My first impression is that this is a line by a reporter who has never been to a shooting range, and wants to try to stir up something to show the sort of "caveman mentality" that leftists believe exists among conservatives, NRA members, shooters, etc...
Mark
Yes, that's what most of the posters here are focusing on. It was a huge mistake of mine to use the "auto-excerpt" posting function here, because it picked out the one stupid line that really isn't what the article is about. Hopefully people will click on the link and read the whole article.
I found this article because it was linked from the NRA site.
I agree with your assessment about the taunting. I go to the range frequently and have never seen any taunting or harassing of any kind. Everyone is very polite and serious about their gun handling. About 20 - 25% of the shooters are women and other customers and staff go out of their way to make them welcome.