Agree, I'm seeing a huge difference in demographics amongst students. Sort of a downside though is with the influx of so many new to the world of shooting, so many are coming into the range unqualified. The longer I teach the more strict that I am on asking students to leave the range. We try to help if a student is having an issue with their firearm, but if I see you loading your rounds in backwards, or don't even know where the magazine release is, I pretty much ask you to leave. I just explain that part of our job is to observe students and when we see this things we are concerned that they may be a danger to themselves and others. I give them my card and request that they take a basic firearm course first.AF-Odin wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:51 am Not quite back to the levels pre-Permitless Carry, but still seeing an uptick. Lots of beginner classes and steady LTC classes. What is encouraging is the demographics of the classes are no longer a bunch of old and very young white guys, but all races and sexes. Big increases in Black female students.
I also keep a pocket knife in my pocket so that I can cut the tie wrap and price tags off their shiny new gun they've never even taken out of the box.. Oh and a few bandaids because they can't keep their thumbs away from the slide....