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my 2 cents, Having a sign that says no CCW guns at the range for safety reasons is idiotic. The person who you have to worry about handling his CCW in an unsafe manner is the same guy who will simply ignore the sign anyway. He is also the same guy who will screw up with the gun he is shooting and endanger others on the range.
My indoor club has a sign that says No Unholstered loaded guns in the club room. CCW is fine just dont pull it in the club room. This club also allows you to draw from the holster and actually practice with what you carry on the range. Many ranges (all of the commercial ones) around here will not let you draw from a holster at all.
My outdoor club which has lots of those important $20,000 shot gun owning skeet shooting folks only allows drawing from a holster at an action match. No regular practice on the pistol range drawing from a holster. They also dissallow CCW unless you are a LEO (like that automatically makes you safe). I feel least safe when I walk up to the shotgun area where I am routinely swept by over-unders and other expensive shotguns with closed actions in an unknown state, while their owners are smokin cigars, comparing engraving, and burl walnut over the trunk of their BMW, Mercedes or cadillac SUV. The worst gun handling is often exhibited by our most exclusive and well heeled members.
This stoopid and dangerous gun handling is not tollerated on the rifle range, or the pistol or rimfire range ever.
So no amount of idiot proof signage can disuade the accomplished and well heeled idiot.
My indoor club has a sign that says No Unholstered loaded guns in the club room. CCW is fine just dont pull it in the club room. This club also allows you to draw from the holster and actually practice with what you carry on the range. Many ranges (all of the commercial ones) around here will not let you draw from a holster at all.
My outdoor club which has lots of those important $20,000 shot gun owning skeet shooting folks only allows drawing from a holster at an action match. No regular practice on the pistol range drawing from a holster. They also dissallow CCW unless you are a LEO (like that automatically makes you safe). I feel least safe when I walk up to the shotgun area where I am routinely swept by over-unders and other expensive shotguns with closed actions in an unknown state, while their owners are smokin cigars, comparing engraving, and burl walnut over the trunk of their BMW, Mercedes or cadillac SUV. The worst gun handling is often exhibited by our most exclusive and well heeled members.
This stoopid and dangerous gun handling is not tollerated on the rifle range, or the pistol or rimfire range ever.
So no amount of idiot proof signage can disuade the accomplished and well heeled idiot.