While I understand the intent of your argument...
- A license is required to operate vehicles on public thoroughfares, complete with written and practical tests, as well as enforcement of safety violations (tickets)
- There have been numerous accidents, both involving injury and death at gun ranges in the US, both public and private. Google if you have a strong stomach, many involve kids and other small stature individuals being given high powered or difficult to control weapons.
- This is a state public range. There are no range officers.
- Someone casting a bad vote, or saying something dumb, doesn’t pose the same immediate threat to myself or my family as someone mishandling a firearm.
Again, I’m all for free exercise of the 2nd amendment, but I don’t want to give the left more grounds to attempt infringement of those rights. Surely we can agree a trained and safe firearm owner is better for all involved.
Like I said, I built my own range- options exist.
Accidents/negligence on ranges is controlled- via civil law and perhaps if warranted by criminal law too. Just like the roads, speech, political activity etc.
All the same, but different.
Find a club, pay membership, have privileges and restrictions etc, all free choice and market forces.
Petition the state to look into the activities on the range, ask them to make it safer. They probably will look and either agree and close it up or disagree and leave it be. If it is an unfunded program, perhaps offer to assist- the NRA and state R&P affiliate could be asked to help- they do it all the time.
Wanna be a CRSO and volunteer?