(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, a sport shooting range operator, sport shooting sponsor, sport shooting official or sport shooting instructor shall not be liable for any injury, including an injury causing death, to a participant engaged in sport shooting activities and, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, no participant or participant’s representative, may maintain an action against, or recover from, a sport shooting range operator, sport shooting sponsor, sport shooting official or sport shooting instructor for an injury to, or the death of, a participant engaged in sport shooting activities.
(2)  Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of a sport shooting range operator, sport shooting sponsor, sport shooting official or sport shooting range instructor:
(a)  If the sport shooting range operator, sport shooting sponsor, sport shooting official or sport shooting instructor:
(i)   Commits an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful and wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury;
(ii)  Intentionally injures the participant;
(iii) Fails to exercise ordinary care in the sport shooting range operator’s, sport shooting sponsor’s, sport shooting official’s or sport shooting instructor’s own use of a firearm, airgun or archery equipment; or
(iv)  Provides firearms, airguns or archery equipment to a participant and fails to exercise ordinary care to determine that the provided firearms, airguns or archery equipment are in a safe operating condition.
(b)  Under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws;
(c)  Under the liability provisions set forth in chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code; or
(d)  Under the provisions of the Idaho worker’s compensation law, section 72-101, Idaho Code, et seq.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 6-2702

  • Engaged in sport shooting activities: means entering and exiting a sport shooting range, preparing to shoot, waiting to shoot, shooting and assisting another person in shooting. See Idaho Code 6-2701
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Participant: means any person who engages in sport shooting activities, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in such sport shooting activities;
Idaho Code 6-2701
  • range: means an area designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, archery or any other similar sport shooting;
    • Idaho Code 6-2701
  • Sport shooting activities: means the use of firearms, airguns and archery equipment for target practice, competition, training, instruction or other similar activities;
    • Idaho Code 6-2701
  • Sport shooting instructor: means a person who holds a current instructor certification issued by the Idaho department of fish and game, the Idaho state police, the national rifle association or other nationally recognized organization, which certifies shooting instructors who are engaged, whether or not for compensation, in instructing, training or coaching a participant in sport shooting activities;
    • Idaho Code 6-2701
  • Sport shooting range operator: means an individual, group or club, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, whether or not operating for profit, which owns, operates or otherwise provides a range for sport shooting activities; and
    • Idaho Code 6-2701
  • Sport shooting sponsor: means an individual, group or club, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, whether or not operating for profit, which promotes or conducts sport shooting activities. See Idaho Code 6-2701
    • (3)  Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall prevent or limit the liability of a sport shooting range operator if a participant sustains an injury because of a dangerous latent condition which was known or should have been known to the sport shooting range operator and for which warning signs had not been conspicuously posted.
    (4)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to enlarge or otherwise adversely affect the liability of any party. This section shall not be construed to impair any defense and any other immunity or bar to a civil lawsuit shall remain in effect.