That depends entirely on the state, county, and city laws in your area. In general, if the gun is not required to be registered by your state or city, the gun range will not require registration. Police ranges in some areas may get overy intrusive, if given a chance. Find out the laws in your area before you go to the range.
No
No.
All firearms owners or users in New Zealand are required to be registered - these records being held by the Police. As for handguns, I understand that these are allowed to registered members of a registered handguns club, but there are strict regulations regarding where and how they may be stored.
Regular handguns have never been required to be registered by federal law. A few states have registration, but it's a local state law.
Yes. The answer is, it depends on where you are. In the United States, in most states, shotguns do not have to be registered, and for that matter, handguns, contrary to extremely popular, but patently incorrect belief, neither do handguns.
Self defense, collecting, shooting.
Yes there are, there are numerous shooting clubs in SA ranging from handguns to rifles.
It depends on where you are. In most U.S. states, they do not have to be.
Handguns are used for defense, for hunting, and for target shooting.
Gerry Gore has written: 'Handguns for self-defence' -- subject(s): Pistols, Shooting 'Handguns for Self Defense'
Gun clubs, shooting ranges
At ranges.