Greenday

That's when you say, "You're welcome!" to remind them. That's when you say, "You're welcome!" to remind them.

I'm much rather use the 9mm or a .45 and my wife knows realistically a .22 isn't the best option. But by suggesting the .22 and getting her to object to it not being powerful enough, I was able to open up the discussion over which caliber we should use. Suddenly instead of should we have one at all for protection, it's which one.

Yes, I thoroughly enjoy plinking at the range. My .22 is great for that. And I prefer to treat my wife as my equal, not someone to be put in their place.

My wife insists we don't keep any of our guns in the bedroom. I think one handgun would be sufficient. Now that she wants to get a second handgun for herself (She's thinking about a Sig P320 in .45), I was like great, that'd be fantastic for self-defense.She said no to that so I said fine, I'll keep my .22 in there. She said a .22 would be pointless and that her 9mm would be much better. Checkmate, already got her thinking about what we SHOULD have in there, not whether we should. I don't give a crap if it's my .22 or if we get a .50 cal. Most people aren't wearing body armor and the shrapnel from the .22 will still accomplish plenty. This story just re-enforces my opinion that we should have something ready for self-defense.

I'm not saying men should be weeping constantly. Just it's okay to show emotions from time to time. It's acceptable for a man to cry at times that aren't just funerals and births of their own child. It's not health or sane to bottle shit up until you explode.

FYI, this isn't an example of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is stuff like holding your feelings in because men don't show emotion. That's not healthy thus it's "toxic". If you have to seriously go out of your way to open a door for someone, it's just obnoxious. If you get to the door at the same time, it's normal or if you are going thru a doorway and someone is going thru after you, but I can see how someone would think it's on the obnoxious side of things for another person to insist that they need to open the door for you when they have their hands full and such. Just seems like overkill.

The inspection area is it's own room that isn't open access. You have to be buzzed in. Just nitpicking but for those who haven't seen the place yet, it doesn't happen in the shop area. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I think you guys have raised some good points about the safety aspect. It's not like there's a clearing barrel or anything. The original complaints made it seem like an invasion of privacy thing whereas I clearly feel it's a minor inconvenience at worst but as far as safety goes, there's no serious benefit here.

Wary? I'm holding a gun that fires projectiles that if it hits a human being, could result in someone's death. Suspicion has nothing to do with it. I mean, the way I carry my rifles, I don't have to handle them in any way to prove they aren't loaded while transporting. I keep the bolt out of my bolt action rifle to render it unusable during transport and for my 15-22, I have a lock going through the chamber so no one can use it without my permission. I literally just have to unzip my case and you can see looking at it that nothing is loaded.

Yea, but when you load the gun, you should be in the port with your rifle pointing downrange so any negligent discharge goes downrange and no one gets hurt. We all know there's casual dumbasses who don't have trigger discipline not to pop a round off just getting their gun out of their bag. They aren't the majority but it can result in someone getting killed which is why I'm fine with the very minor inconvenience. Especially for a range that markets itself towards people new to handling guns. No, he has not. I stated days in advance I'd be at the range today. People could have asked to meet and shoot with me and I would have obliged. Yes. It was an extremely minor inconvenience that took seconds to complete not worth causing a fuss over.

They made sure I had them on. No one went through my bag. No one touched my bag or my rifle or anything I brought with me. They just ask to see it's unloaded. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

Checking your eyes and ears... checking that you have eye and ear protection. I've never been to a range that didn't do that. Shooters and FMJ won't let you into the range either until you have both on already. This is standard. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

So no range has ever made sure you had eye and ear protection before entering the range? Every indoor range I've been to makes you have eyes and ears on before going in the range. I opened my bag, the guy saw my chamber was open and empty and he didn't touch anything. That was all he needed. Yes, I have bench rests. And I mean the smaller rest under the butt of the gun, not the part against my shoulder. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

Theres no such "extensive" inspections. They check your eyes and ears which EVERY range does. And they make sure your guns are unloaded. Went tonight and had a good time. Shot prone for the first time. Hung around afterwards and chit chatted with the folks there. I have nothing but good things to say about the place (except for charging extra to have a membership that includes both the pistol ranges and rifle range). Everyone has been super friendly and helpful. Used some tips one of the RSO's gave me from last time which helped. Need to utilize the small bag I have for the butt of the gun. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I don't even have a membership at R129 yet. Still got an active one at FMJ.

Holy crap that's absurd. Basically bans semi-autos unless I misread it. I could see training before getting a carry permit but not just to own.

Soros is paying me to talk them up.

Basically this. It's so different from my experience that I'm confused as to what's the real norm.

Last weekend. The ranges have only been open for one week now so there really isn't a "while ago" possibility.

The only thing they asked of me was to check my ammo, eye and ear protection. No one searched my bags. No one even touched my bags. That's EXTREMELY reasonable. They could but making conversation isn't harmful. Yes, just like every single other place. But sadly, if a shooting range in NJ has any accidents, the range and guns will be blamed, not the individual's stupidity.

So...basically some people don't like the range because they check your weapon and ammo to make sure you aren't doing anything stupid on their property. For checking if a magazine was more than 10 rounds and wanting to let you know about the law?

Now we're talking! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

The best part is those are definitely 30 round mags altered to only fit half that. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I think a lot of it has to do with the scrutiny they are under. The police station is within walking distance so I wouldn't be surprised if they get a lot of random visits early on. The permits took forever to get, though the owner said the powers that be were more concerned about them selling guns than having the range. Maybe it's because I brought in a bolt action with a 5 round mag but my "inspection" was extremely quick. I'll probably go Saturday morning now that I have a mat to lay on and shoot some prone. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

No reloads period. And they "check" but I just showed them my boxes and said I hadn't opened them yet which was good enough. The RSO said they could definitely tell the difference when I was talking about how I want to reload but no one let's you use it around here. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk