I think you're looking for gremlins that aren't there. You'd need to show me, in black letter law, where it says that you can't unconceal to shoot your EDC at a range before I'd believe it to be unlawful. Generally, you can unconceal at home or on property that you control - perhaps it can be said that, for the time you're renting the lane, that you control that little piece of property? I don't know, but suggest like the numerous others have suggested, just ask at the range where you shoot about their policies.FrogFan wrote:If I understand things correctly, if you have a CHL, then unless the range posts a 30.06 sign (why would they?), they can't stop you from carrying, but I suppose it's against the law, technically, for you to un-conceal at the range. ... Does this mean it's technically against the law to un-conceal at the range and shoot, regardless of what the range owner says, and that if you shoot a gun at the range, it can't be your carry gun?
I shoot regularly at Shoot Smart, a commercial range in north Fort Worth. Their policy is that a CHL can unconceal at the lane, download the carry ammo, upload the range ammo and blast away, reversing the process when you're done. Normally, that happens without anyone being the wiser... except, for once in a while. Last time I was there, two ladies were shooting in the lane next to me, and when I went to holster my PPS after shooting it, apparently I raised my shirt a little bit more than usual. One of the ladies, the one obviously getting the shooting instruction from the other, asked in a voice loud enough to be heard several lanes away"Is it OK if he carries his gun, like, on a holster all the time?" The instructing lady calmly replied. "Yes, if YOU get your CHL you can do that, too."
Again, don't look for gremlins that aren't there: remember the law tells you what you can't do, not what you can. Ask at the range so you'll know their policies.
Wayne