BullfrogKen
Moderator Emeritus
ny32182 said:Is it a private range, and are the guys "escorting him off" administrators with the legal right to do so? If not, I think he does have the right to refuse.
It depends on the by-laws of the range. The by-laws are a product of the membership. If they don't want a certain group or contingency of people within the membership ranks, they can use whatever criteria they chose to admit members.
It's not uncommon for a private club to have standards of acceptable behavior defined, and to have the memberships empowered to escort those who violate it to leave. What usually happens is the member or guest engaging in some unwanted behavior is removed from the property, then the Board Directors and Officers become involved.
ny32182 said:If it is private, and the guy doesn't have a membership, he doesn't have the right to be there... but if he does... he does. Should've screened him out during the application process.
Not exactly. And the screening process cannot catch everything. Just like an employer cannot be assured a new employee is who he says he is, or that he doesn't change some years after being hired. Memberships clubs are voluntary bonds of association, and they can chose to sever those bonds. The by-laws lamost always have a process spelled out about how that occurs, but most by-laws usually have something in it about how a member engaging in behavior that community doesn't want to tolerate is dealt with in the immediacy.
I've seen some jerks at our club. Some people are just jerks. But for every jerk, I have 20 members who are pleasant people and want to make a new shooter feel welcome. I have had many, many more positive experiences at my club than I have negative.