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Is there precedent for government ranges being open to the public?
Was this more common in the past, before cops got militarized and encouraged to only associate with other cops and govt employees?
I know that the Dekalb County outdoor range on N. Goddard Rd. is, or was, open to the public a couple days each month. I've shot there as a private citizen.
Like any range that allows Joe Blow to show up and shoot, there are some horror stories of idiots doing unsafe things there. But any range has that, even members-only private gun clubs (usually it is a guest of a member that is the idiot or vandal).
Here's a recent news story showing that Warner Robins has opened its law enforcement range to the public (one day a month).
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/lo...s-police-departments-5-firing-range/25990457/
Was this more common in the past, before cops got militarized and encouraged to only associate with other cops and govt employees?
I know that the Dekalb County outdoor range on N. Goddard Rd. is, or was, open to the public a couple days each month. I've shot there as a private citizen.
Like any range that allows Joe Blow to show up and shoot, there are some horror stories of idiots doing unsafe things there. But any range has that, even members-only private gun clubs (usually it is a guest of a member that is the idiot or vandal).
Here's a recent news story showing that Warner Robins has opened its law enforcement range to the public (one day a month).
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/lo...s-police-departments-5-firing-range/25990457/