over the past few years i've been a member of 5 different outdoor ranges in my state, 4 of which have 1000 yard rifle ranges, and 1 indoor range.
I did have the opportunity to join another and declined because of politics. it was run by idiots and their rules didn't fix the problems (mostly of some members and their guests destroying the range by using the target stands for targets and leaving shot up junk all over the place) and just made the experience unbearable.
if that one range was my only option, i'd have joined and become active to try to make it better by putting up cameras etc and booting any members caught violating the rules.
I did have the opportunity to join another and declined because of politics. it was run by idiots and their rules didn't fix the problems (mostly of some members and their guests destroying the range by using the target stands for targets and leaving shot up junk all over the place) and just made the experience unbearable.
if that one range was my only option, i'd have joined and become active to try to make it better by putting up cameras etc and booting any members caught violating the rules.