[penguicon-general] Geeks with Guns

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On Wednesday 21 February 2007 2:29 pm, Clay Dowling wrote:
> I was hoping for a little more clarification on the Geeks with Guns event.
[snip]

> The notice that we shouldn't bring our own ammunition, but must instead
> purchase it on site, confused me a little bit.  It may be that I'm just
> not familiar with the practices of private ranges, but gun owners can be
> very selective about the ammunition they use and this requirement struck
> me as odd.

So are range owners.

It's a common practice for range owners to require users to buy their 
ammunition on site; I have never found a commercial range that does not have 
such a requirement.  The reason is liability.  Garrett explained the details 
as to how liability becomes an issue.  


-- 
Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>

"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point
of doubtful sanity."  --Robert Frost