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Its 10:30 pm and its easier to post here than to call them in the morning.
A person on another forum claimed that The Firing Line rents machine guns? I have not been in there in a while. Is this a new change, something they got rid of a very long time ago or just plain false?
they only let you shoot pistol and .22lr rifle, and I've never seen a class 3 firearm in the joint.
I'm guessing whoever told you that misheard or didn't know what they were talking about.
RUMOR!!
They use to rent MG's they had several subguns but they stopped doing it quite a few years ago. They also rented other guns is what happend was somebody went in rented a gun (not a MG) and commited suicide with it.
They stopped shortly after that don't know if that was the reason or not.
they still rent handguns but no class 3 firearms are allowed.
I had a feeling that it was something they used to do a very long time ago.
Because of the suicide thing they require you to have a friend with you in order to rent a handgun. I was browsing the shop one day when I overheard the sale guy telling that to a young lady. Unsure if there are exceptions to the rule since so many folks shoot alone but it seems like a reasonable safeguard against suicides on the range.
A suicide is how Colorado Springs lost our indoor range a long time ago. That and poor management.
I thought that was the place where the idiot shot His Kid a few years back.
Firing Line and Cherry Creek have both had suicides. I'm unsure of the other local ranges. Not that its important to us except for the fact that it influences firing range policies.
I've never understood that whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Freeman
Was there actually any relationship between the suicide and the place closing?
Mike
I personally don't think the suicide is the reason they stopped renting MG's. I was there one day and some gangbanger looking idiot rented a mac and shot it one handed holding it sideways like gangbangers do. I damn near hit the floor and belly crawled for the door. Lead was flying everywhere.
I think that is the reason they stopped just to many idiots.
people like that should be nationally banned from ranges, gun shops, renting and owning any gunQuote:
Originally Posted by HunterCO
I haven't been in that range for almost a year. Every time I go there, I see more bullet holes in the dividers. Its just not safe when any moron off the street, with no training, can go in there unsupervised. [postal]
I must be spoiled. Too many years of running my own range I guess.
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They don't rent smg's, but you can shoot em if you got em, just as long as you have your paperwork and promise not to hit the ceiling :) .
Have you seen the ceiling in the Firing Line? and the dividing lane particions? They are all pepered with holes. By the way, the Firing Line has had 2 suicides. One of them rented one of the Firing Lines guns.
They apparently let shotguns on the lanes sometimes. I was shooting in lane 3 when 2 guys a few lanes away were trying out a shotgun.
suicide w/e if somone wants to kill themselves they dont need a gun, not a big loss to society, better that way at least that way they dont hurt anyone else trying to kill themselves