Prohibited at the range?

[coble]

Went to the range yesterday, with a buddy. We were BSing when some guy pulled up. Came over to us( he was OCing) and ask if he could buy a target to shoot. When he asked , I could clearly smell booze. He was not visually impaired. So we left the guy shoot his guns, and he left. Later my buddy confirmed he also smelled booze.

So does the smell of alcohol make this guy prohibited to carry OC or even CC? Or is that up a LEO to decide? I know, I didn't feel comfortable around him. And should have I confronted him about it?

I would imagine this guy, is a member of PAFOA, or lurks in the shadows. He might even chime in.

[kimbershooter]

IMO best thing to do would be to contact LEO's. May not be good idea to get in argument with some one who has been drinking and has firearms. I most likely would of left and notified the police.

[Curmudgeon]

What are the range rules? I'm betting this is out of compliance with them.

[Hawk]

IMO, alcohol and guns don't mix. But, there is no law against it as far as I know. I wouldn't hang around any range where I knew someone has been drinking and then proceeded to handle a firearm.

[mrjam2jab]

Went to the range yesterday, with a buddy. We were BSing when some guy pulled up. Came over to us( he was OCing) and ask if he could buy a target to shoot. When he asked , I could clearly smell booze. He was not visually impaired. So we left the guy shoot his guns, and he left. Later my buddy confirmed he also smelled booze.

So does the smell of alcohol make this guy prohibited to carry OC or even CC? Or is that up a LEO to decide? I know, I didn't feel comfortable around him. And should have I confronted him about it?

I would imagine this guy, is a member of PAFOA, or lurks in the shadows. He might even chime in.

Are you askinig if the range personnel can stop him? or if he is prohibited to be out in public?

[ReconLdr]

It is not against the law to drink and shoot (that I am aware of). If he had a beer or two I see no problems with it. He wasn't visually impaired... what's the issue.

I have had a beer or 2 and been shooting. I might have even uttered the phrase "hold my beer and watch this". The point I am trying to make is, I know my limit, 1-2 beers ok, 3 or more, no guns, no driving, no pointy sticks etc....

[streaker69]

Maybe he wasn't drinking but merely spilled his beer on himself while driving to the range?

[kimbershooter]

Just seems like drinking and shooting is asking for unneeded problems. What if something were to happen? Just not worth the risk to me. IMO

They say "Impairment starts with the first drink"

[HiredGoon]

The point I am trying to make is, I know my limit...

As mentioned, he may be in violation of range rules, but he is not being illegal by drinking and carrying a gun in a holster.

Now if he is waving the gun around, threatening to shoot somebody or otherwise being an ass, then charges could be levied against him. IANAL

[MDJschool]

They say "Impairment starts with the first drink"

And yet even for some teetotalers, idiocy starts with their first gun. Many of the reports here about ignorant and/or reckless and/or crazy people at the range usually describe the exit scenario occurring after they get swept by a barrel of a sober(?) person.

What else are you folks doing to screen those possessors within your vicinity?