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PSC Shooting Club, Inc.'s rules were changed to allow CHLs to carry concealed on the property. The club is over 40 years old and it had a "cold range" policy for many of those years. After the CHL bill passed, the issue of how to address CHLs was debated by the Board. It was ultimately decided to allow CHLs to carry loaded and concealed. If they want to shoot their carry gun, they go to the firing line and unload it. From then on, it's treated like every other gun on the range -- i.e. it's loaded only on the firing line when the line is hot. (This is also true for the pistol bays.) Also, if a CHL wants to take their carry gun off and holster something else, the carry gun has to be unloaded.

The only reasons CHLs are required to keep their carry guns concealed is 1) so people won't be handling loaded handguns behind other people on the line or in a pistol bay; and 2) so non-CHLs won't mistakenly think it's okay to have a loaded pistol holstered when they aren't on the line.

As a general statement, I believe we see better gun-handling skills on private ranges and clubs, but even there skill levels vary significantly.

Chas.