Howdy,
I would like to start off by stating "I do not get off on impeding on the rights of others". So if the range does not have a no cell phone policy then it is an annoance to me and I would not push the issue any further. However equally worth stating is : " there is a time and a place for everything". The range is a place to improve your marksmanship skills pure and simple. I understand that there are people who work on call and if it is an important/business call I don't have a problem with it.
My issue is rudeness pure and simple. To yell on a phone while people are sighting in is rude !! I appreciate the fact that there are those whom have tunnel vision and can block out everything else but the target, I'm not one of them. If a guy I don't know is pacing behind me while I'm holding a firearm in my hands it definately poses a distraction.
There is a reason why people don't talk while someone is teeing off in golf or serving during tennis or volleyball, the gun range deserves that same consideration.
I would like to start off by stating "I do not get off on impeding on the rights of others". So if the range does not have a no cell phone policy then it is an annoance to me and I would not push the issue any further. However equally worth stating is : " there is a time and a place for everything". The range is a place to improve your marksmanship skills pure and simple. I understand that there are people who work on call and if it is an important/business call I don't have a problem with it.
My issue is rudeness pure and simple. To yell on a phone while people are sighting in is rude !! I appreciate the fact that there are those whom have tunnel vision and can block out everything else but the target, I'm not one of them. If a guy I don't know is pacing behind me while I'm holding a firearm in my hands it definately poses a distraction.
There is a reason why people don't talk while someone is teeing off in golf or serving during tennis or volleyball, the gun range deserves that same consideration.