Feel unsafe at range?

[Ranger20]

The indoor range I go to will warn you once and 2nd time mostly your out... Give em any LIP... and you get blacklisted with your name on the wall of shame never to be allowed to shoot there again.
Good group of guys work there... They do a good job keeping the peace but there is always some knuclehead testing the limits.

Funny thing is a high majority of those on the blacklist are ... Yup Cops.

Perhaps it's an attitude thing. You know taking direction..

[f33dback]

I find that hard to believe for 2 reasons, one is they have their own range, the second is most "cops" I have had to deal don't seem eager to draw their weapons.

The indoor range I go to will warn you once and 2nd time mostly your out... Give em any LIP... and you get blacklisted with your name on the wall of shame never to be allowed to shoot there again.
Good group of guys work there... They do a good job keeping the peace but there is always some knuclehead testing the limits.

Funny thing is a high majority of those on the blacklist are ... Yup Cops.

Perhaps it's an attitude thing. You know taking direction..

[Turo]

Happily I've never had to deal with this at my local ranges. (pretty much all upper-middle class here in SLO, not many 'banger types) I do have to help out some people I go with with muzzle control every once in a while though. Even my dad, who taught me everything about shooting and safety has to be corrected from time to time.
The biggest concern I have at one range I go to, is people setting down guns pointing down the line of shooters rather than down range. I usually mention it to them politely as in: "hey, you may want to point that downrange, I wouldn't want the RO to yell at you." It usually works better than telling them to move it, threat of embarrassment is more important to people than safety in some cases.

[Bill Carson]

Yeah the white guy that is the Glock armorer is a good guy. No bad experiences there during the daytime, especially not saturday mornings, ganagbangers do not get up that early. I only say gangbangers cus of the way the act, dress and talk and all the gun renting. I mean really, 4 guys rent one gun. After dark is just like on the streets of L.A., not so safe.

[SCMA-1]

i wonder if my experience wasn't as bad as the others b/c i went on a day where the owner, the female and the elder were all there, plus their employee, a white guy that was also a glock armorer. he kept his presence known by walking onto the range every few minutes to sweep brass and just to show that they are there watching.

I'm sure the unruly wanna be gang banger incidents are not a regular occurrence, but the danger is that business establishments that gain a reputation for lax policy enforcement may tend to attract these undesirable types. The few times I've been there recently at peak hours (weekends and weekend evenings), I personally didn't notice anything of that nature, but did witness the usual "date night" couples with the incompetent/unsafe boyfriend types attempting to impress their dates at the expense of safe firearms handling protocol.

[7.62x54R]

Just by reading your post I knew it was Insight range. I have encountered such behavior there before. I haven't felt unsafe per say but I wish a little more safety was taken by some shooters there.

[Anothercoilgun]

No dilemma for me. Feel at home at my range. I drive 28 miles to get their if I do not go directly from work on friday which is 8 miles away from range. I am but 5 miles from LAX. I choose rather to drive the 28 miles then 5 miles to LAX.

See no dilemma at all. Choose wisely.

[Ranger20]

I find that hard to believe for 2 reasons, one is they have their own range, the second is most "cops" I have had to deal don't seem eager to draw their weapons.

Regardless what you may think... It's still true... unless the guys at the range are not telling the truth.

PM me and I will tell you the range and you can drop by or call them and see for yourself.

Remember LEOs don't always practice for their quals at their ranges.


PS. I prefer like a lot of folks to practice on BLM Land.... It's more fun to shoot outdoors and at targets that give you feedback like bottles of water, spinners and clay pigeons.

[Malmon]

I had a feeling the OP was referring to Insight. I go there on a regular basis and always keep a loaded pistol on standby. I encountered a few 'cholos' there and seems like the range is not really well-controlled. I was a regular there years ago when they used to have water streaming down the backstop, now the present owners replaced everything with rubber.

[Bird of Fire]

This is why I love getting off work in the middle of the afternoon on Fridays. I can go to the local public indoor range and have it all to myself. Not a soul around to bother me.

True bliss is loading up my pickup truck, a bunch of rounds, targets, bottled water, and a snack and going out to my BLM shooting spot on the weekends. Not a soul around me for miles. Nobody bothers me, I don't bother anyone and I get to enjoy the outdoors for hours at a time. Nice and peaceful.

For what it's worth, it's almost always noobies who don't understand to always point the gun downrange, or finger off the trigger, etc etc. The thugs that I've ran into at the range are all usually safe in that regard. Can't hit jack crap for a group on paper, but safe regardless.

[boredin818]

say what you will about evan's but that sort of c-rap does not happen there

Evans is great!

[m98]

A few years back while I was at an outdoor rifle range, some homebres decided to put 1 round down range while people were checking out their targets. The round zipped passed these 2 fellas and missed em just by 10ft or so. A shootout almost incurred right after that between all of the fellas at the target. "YOU M***f*****R, get the F**** out of here".....I was a few benches down, and I was ready to act fast if things got bad and the adrenaline.......Lucky, the idiots packed up and left. This range that I was at had no RO's. Everytime I go there, I'm always cautious of the Noobs&Morons&Thugs that shows up to shoot.

[Fobanginvtek]

Bureau Canyon is a great outdoor range IMO. Not so crowded when I go, staff is cool.

[CnCFunFactory]

Sounds like the indoor range in Burbank. Went once, never again.

[Critter]

Sounds like LAX