Pocket carry at the range.

[nachogrande]

WHAT HAPPENS IN MY POCKET,STAYS IN MY POCKET.

It's only "illegal" if you get caught. There's NO halo over my head, & I regularly carry into local banks/post office when there are no metal detectors. When I AGREED to the rules when deciding to join the gun club, I obey them. One of my most witnessed scenarios is when CONCEALED turns into show & tell. I never agreed to, gave my word, signed an agreement with the bank or PO (as far as I know). AM I besties with all the RO's? Of course not, but I respect the job they are trying to do (keep us safe). Some I get along with, shoot each others guns, (when they are not working) many have that stern poker face I just can't read, and YES some can get a bit overzealous while staying within their job description. If any of them were as out of line as depicted the more senior ones would have a word with them, or if bad enough with enough complaints be removed from the position, & there has been 1 case of that I can recall.

 

[Cal44]

There is no rule against carrying in a bank unless they post a "gun free" sign here in California -- and I haven't seen any signs at the banks I use.

But the post office is a federal law, and I never carry there. Not worth the risk IMO.

At my gun club, the rule is if you have a ccw, they you can carry at the range, but leave your gun concealed. So you can't practice drawing, but otherwise you are OK to shoot other guns.

 

[Whitwabit]

You can't carry at your range?...ironic.

Can't carry at the 2 ranges I use either .. guns are loaded on the firing line bench and no other place .. Try and get away with it and you will join the list of people no longer welcomed to shoot ..

With one range being the only indoor range for 30 miles you really have little choice if you want to shoot in the dead of winter when out door temperatures are very unfriendly ..

 

[SailDesign]

Can't carry at the 2 ranges I use either .. guns are loaded on the firing line bench and no other place .. Try and get away with it and you will join the list of people no longer welcomed to shoot ..

With one range being the only indoor range for 30 miles you really have little choice if you want to shoot in the dead of winter when out door temperatures are very unfriendly ..

Yup - follow the rules, or change ranges. It's an easy choice.

Forget, or disregard, and you'll probably find yourself changing ranges anyhow.

 

[cybermgk]

I think I'll be able to make it from my car to the firing line without having to pull my gat.

And, you also have to removed your EDC in the parking lot, either unload it, then case it to carry into the range, or lock it securely in your car. Bit, of a pain in the arse, imho.

Most ranges here, allow it (concealed, we don't have open carry), as long as you keep it concealed.

 

[Walkingwolf]

Yup - follow the rules, or change ranges. It's an easy choice.

Forget, or disregard, and you'll probably find yourself changing ranges anyhow.

My suggestion is find different ranges. I don't like the death traps anyway, they are not safe, and has nothing to do with loaded concealed, or open carry weapons that stay in the holsters.

There are endless problems with these ranges, indoor the fumes, and noise are hazards. Others the range officers are head cases more interested in the pretty girls than doing their jobs. Then there are the ones who believe they are operators, and are far from safe.

Everytime I have stepped foot in a public range I have left as soon as possible for fear of my life.

 

[cybermgk]

If you want people loading guns, or with loaded guns behind you at your range, be my guest. I won't be at your range.

Loading? No. But, even with that, or being loaded, behind me is no more dangerous than right next to me. And, again, a concealed weapon is unlikely to fire.

 

[Walkingwolf]

Loading? No. But, even with that, or being loaded, behind me is no more dangerous than right next to me.

Are these same people bothered by loaded guns behind them in the checkout line at the store? At least they don't pull their guns out to show off. The only people I have seen do that at a range are range employees.

Thanks, but no thanks, I am going to the woods where there are no operator ninjas.

 

[SailDesign]

Are these same people bothered by loaded guns behind them in the checkout line at the store? At least they don't pull their guns out to show off. The only people I have seen do that at a range are range employees.

Thanks, but no thanks, I am going to the woods where there are no operator ninjas.

Nice if you have woods you can do that in.

RI is kinda densely populated for that....

 

[ameridaddy]

My local indoor and the outdoor range I belong to allow concealed carry loaded weapons, but you don't get to show them off or touch them while in the firing line area or at the firing line. Anything handled in the firing line area must cased unloaded, placed unloaded on the bench at the line, pointed downrange, and only loaded at range hot. Only one weapon at a time on the firing bench. In spite of that, the ceiling, side walls and roof at both facilities are full of holes. Really makes a fella think.
As to OP's original question, seems to me covering the trigger with a holster is just a plain old good idea, wherever the loaded pistol resides. Seems to me you can be more sure of an unfouled trigger if you need it, while lessening chances for an ND.

 

[Whitwabit]

My suggestion is find different ranges. I don't like the death traps anyway, they are not safe, and has nothing to do with loaded concealed, or open carry weapons that stay in the holsters.

There are endless problems with these ranges, indoor the fumes, and noise are hazards. Others the range officers are head cases more interested in the pretty girls than doing their jobs. Then there are the ones who believe they are operators, and are far from safe.

Everytime I have stepped foot in a public range I have left as soon as possible for fear of my life.

I don't know your location but none of the ranges are that way in the area I am located and wouldn't be open long if they were .. In my some 50 years experience I have never seen an RO more interested in the ladies then the safety of the range they are covering !!!

 

[Wise_A]

Personally, I think it's just poor facility management. Some guys like to think that you can just make rules all willy-nilly, because it's "their" range (whether it's a club or a commercial range). It's a head-in-the-sand approach.

If you've got a pistol range, and it's in a jurisdiction where CCW is available, then people are going to want to carry. All that you can accomplish by prohibiting carry inside the facility is to either push gun-handling out into the parking lot (far more dangerous), or have a rule people ignore (which erodes the force of your other rules).

Ban drawing from holsters--perfectly legit given the setup of a lot of pistol ranges. Prohibit handling of firearms anywhere but the firing line--that's just Ranges 101. Prohibit holstering a pistol in any form of IWB holster--given people I've seen, that's just smart. Hell, make a policy of all holsters being subject to on-the-spot prohibition. I've seen Festus MacFumblehands and his $5 airsoft-grade nylon Walmart holster--or his literal homemade gin-yoo-wine 100% rat-leather holster--too many damn times.

I swear I wish I was making that last one up. Whatever critter that leather was made from, it was about as thick (and about as stiff) as an athletic sock, with what looked like shoelaces for stitching.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Pocket holster: good idea.

Common sense: great idea.

Problem one: Common sense is an uncommon virtue. -Benjamin Franklin.

Problem two: those who need advise don't heed it. Those who heed advise don't need it.

Problem three: in theory 100 percent of those idiots on the roads have been trained and passed a government mandated test.

 

[Dvan34]

Not certain that I am following this conversation. The policy at the range I use is all guns are brought in unloaded, slides locked open before entering the range proper. Checked by the R.O.. No magazines in the weapons, even empty mags. Then taken into the Range and loaded under supervision prior to firing. Then ready to fire when the R.O. gives the signal. No one fires until the R.O. makes certain that everyone is ready on the line. Afterwards all weapons are cleared.

 

[Wise_A]

Some of us conceal-carry to the range, because getting robbed and murdered for your guns is A Thing. Some ranges have rules banning this. Sometimes, it's for a reason outside of the management's control, like idiot insurance stipulations. Sometimes, it's because the management doesn't want to go on a case-by-case basis with CCW holders wanting to shoot their currently-equipped CCW at the range. Sometimes, it's for a really good reason, like the range simply doesn't have the facilities or layout to accommodate holstered pistols. And sometimes it's because the management is composed of idiots.