Range Safety Officer benefits

[Gil Martin]

Our Range Safety Officers pull four-hour shifts. They supervise ten pistol ranges (eight pistol ranges are reserved for large handgun events) so two pistol ranges are active and four rifle ranges. We verify membership cards and guest passes and ensure safety and range rules are being followed. So on an average day, there may be up to ten shooters on the line at one time. There are a total of eight pistol benches and sixteen rifle benches. That means that RSOs are usually on the move going up and down the line. The vast majority of our members are safe and tend to follow our range rules. We tried to use volunteers and have members police each other. That rarely works so we went to paid Range Safety Officers. At this time we have about a dozen Range Safety Officers and at least one is on duty when the ranges are open daily from 8:30 A.M. to sunset. We do staff up on weekends and prior to the opening of big game seasons when more members are on site. All the best...
Gil