I sent them the following message:
My local range has the following rules:
Firearms may be brought into and taken out of the building only in the following manner:
• Holstered: loaded or unloaded, concealed or unconcealed. Holstered firearms may not be drawn until the club member or guest is on the firing line.
• Boxed, bagged, or otherwise completely enclosed: unloaded only.
• Unboxed, unbagged, or otherwise unenclosed firearms may not be carried in hand, loaded or unloaded, in any portion of the building. Carrying a loaded firearm in hand will result in the immediate revocation of membership.
Every firearms store in my town (Colorado Springs) has a similar policy. When I see stores who trample on our Second Amendment rights, I find it's invariably NOT a safety issue, but rather, a swollen head issue.
I and my friends spent 20 years serving our nation, protecting and defending our Constitutional rights, while ARMED. How in the world can you sit back, pretend you're pro-2A, while doing the exact opposite by trampling our Constitutional rights the way only the most anti-2A liberals do around here?
I sincerely hope the cluebird lands and you change your tune. Until then, I'll continue to urge any and all friends to avoid businesses such as yours like the plague. Such anti-2A behavior deserves NO reward.
If you do change your rules, I suggest you merely post them prominently on your website, your store-front, and at the top of all leases, rental agreements and other contacts which you may use. I think you'll find your lawyer's fears were unfounded.
You can't live your life in fear.
- A Veteran