Dress Code at Public Gun Range?

[Excelsior]

Hey...he may be a midget, but ya gotta respect the intellectual in him!..

Ha!

[Excelsior]

They are being paid money, to wear a uniform at an event, as a representative for whatever sponsor is writing the check. You do understand that right?

So are PGA golfers (which was the comparison.)

Next?

[pastureofmuppets]

I have revised my policy, it is now a strict dress code. If you don't look like this, your not coming in:

[Mitch]

I go with Dress Mess and full size medals, no miniatures. I like to hear the clanking of the medals from the recoil when shooting.

I absolutely would not tolerate white shoes after Labor Day.

[njineermike]

Hey...he may be a midget, but ya gotta respect the intellectual in him!..

Why should I respect the guy screwing him? If he's sleeping with this clown he can't be all that intellectual.

[Teeko]

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[Citadelgrad87]

Is op still bloviating?

Don't feed the pseudo intellectual.

Next!

[Mitch]

Next!

Shooting clays:

[ja308]

We should be endeavoring to make this sport an inclusive club not an exclusive one as the OP wishes. Professional USPSA shooters don't dress like professional golfers for crissakes. We are dying, you may not realize it, but we are. As long as you are not endangering others, "come as you are".

The sport of golf did not become popular by eliminating dress codes and pandering to the lowest denominator .

Part of its popularity stems from the fact its viewed by many as a polite sport .

It's my belief we will attract more shooters if we collectively voluntarily clean up
our public image by dressing better and speaking better !

[Artema]

I think we have enough rules...

This. I can kind of understand the no open toed requirement, but I have been to my range in flip-flops dozens of times without getting brass stuck in my toes, lol. That's freaking funny.

[Decoligny]

Boots are a must.....

The wider at the top the better. It just makes catching the hot brass all the easier.

[Chaparral]

[QUOTE=Excelsior;13349554] If patrons were allowed to wear garb with racial epithets and/or profanity, that really could be used as a basis for a lawsuit .

Huh? I've never heard of any establishment being successfully sued because their patrons wore something with the "F-bomb" or epithets on it. What I see at the range mirrors what I see in Costco, Starbucks, the malls etc etc.


[QUOTE=Excelsior;13349554]
I've never heard of an establishment being closed because they banned gang garb/colors -- and yes, some get pretty specific about what's allowed and what's not. .

Are you sure the ACLU and others like them have ever picked a fight on dress-codes that someone deems discriminatory? While a private range on private land could probably restrict a lot of items, I doubt a concessionaire operating on government land could. .gov has to deal with a lot of hassles that a private owner may not just by virtue of being on taxpayer owned land with lots of interested non-profit litigious taxpayer groups looking in on things.

Alrighty. It's not about being a cry-baby though. It's largely about safety and in some cases not being offensive (gang wear, etc.) to others.

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For me, anyone who screams and yowls because of a piece of hot brass or any tiny little booboo on their foot is a crybaby...but then again I have a high threshold of pain. I just can't stand wusses.

The issue of offensiveness is another story. There are people who will be offended about anything if you give them enough leeway. Any man offended by other grownups wearing shorts has some serious issues and most likely should go sit back down and hook up to his oxygen because his COPD is clearly affecting his brain. I can see being offended by someone shooting shirtless but it wouldn't be the end of my world and I wouldn't give up my lane and move just because of their presence. Anyone thin-skinned and delicate enough to be offended by folks in hoodies, shorts and sandals with socks on is probably brittle to the point of having a hard time functioning in the world and we can do without them in our sport...I would argue that some folks are "not worth not offending".

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Oh HAIL YEAH!! That's the dress code at my range right there!! Ma'am, you're wearing too many clothes today, I'm afraid we have to ask you to either take some off or leave

[omgwtfbbq]

I can't believe this thread is still going.

[Excelsior]

The sport of golf did not become popular by eliminating dress codes and pandering to the lowest denominator .

Part of its popularity stems from the fact its viewed by many as a polite sport .

It's my belief we will attract more shooters if we collectively voluntarily clean up our public image by dressing better and speaking better !

No question about it. Things need not go "country club" for things to improve greatly in this area. It can be pretty sobering (especially if one has their kids with them) to come in contact with some of the people that use unsupervised ranges.

Their garb, behavior and propensity to leave a mess reflects very poorly on the pro-gun community.

[Excelsior]

I can't believe this thread is still going.

Why's that?

The subject of the thread is important and there has been a great deal of good discussion.

Yes, the trolls showed up early and did their best to crap on it (as they do many threads started by many people) but such losers are easily ignored.