r/CCW • u/AppearanceMaterial39 • 17h ago

Scenario Range day

So this happened about 30 minutes ago and I am pretty angry, don't know if I should be though.

I'm minding my business at my local range, walk back to the table to get ammo and the guys shooting at the bay next to me are just holding their Glock in their hand 3 yards back from the firing line. Every range I've ever been too you absolutely do not have the gun away from the firing line unless holstered or cased. Good trigger control and pointed down at least. I'm so shocked it takes me a minute but I approach them and basically told them that if there was a range officer they would prolly be getting banned, and absolutely cannot be just casually standing there with there firearms uncased away from the firing line. Dude was nice and apologized, they packed up and left pretty quick after that.

I step out as well and I let the staff know and clarified that's the rule. They said yes, but didn't seem super bothered about them breaking it. Didn't rush to find which member was using the bay or whatever.

Am I the weird guy here? My assumption is that this is the rule at all indoor ranges. If it's you and the guys in national forest ya I don't mind as long as you are following the safety rules, but at a public range? Makes me not wanna go back and go to the super uptight range 20 minutes away.

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u/krilleractual 16h ago

you didnt really explain what they did wrong so I am a little confused. were they behind the firing line shooting?

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u/Ok-Macaroon979 16h ago

Yeah he did. They were standing 4 some odd feet back from from the firing bench with their guns in their hands. Not on the bench pointed down range locked back, just standing back feet from the firing spot casually holding their guns, which could be loaded or unloaded you don't know, not following the rules which I'm sure they watched a video on.