ETSU introduces students to Firearms

[awdbandito]

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=62336
News Footage - http://www.tricitiesblogs.com/video/watch/ready_aim_fire/

It looks like all colleges should be doing this. Cool that they have their own indoor range too.

[awdbandito]

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=62336
VIDEO - http://www.tricitiesblogs.com/video/watch/ready_aim_fire/

We should all be supporting events like this!

[waynesan]

My daughter and two female friends I work with got their Handgun Carry Permits at the ETSU Firing Range. At the time I had no idea there was a firing range on the campus. That was a shock to me.

[awdbandito]

I thought it was really cool that they had a range on campus. I had no idea either.

[jcoyle6]

MTSU has a range on campus. It Army ROTC, indoors where they practice basic marksmanship on .22 caliber AR-15s. Its the building just west of the Forrest Hall. Unfortunately it is not open to the rest of the student body

[waynesan]

My daughter and two ladies I work with went to ETSU and got their Handgun Permits. They all loved the class. At the time I didn't even know ETSU had a range on campus. It came as a total shock to me. I wonder how many other State Colleges have shooting ranges.

[BrandonTN]

Awesome! :koolaid:

I know TTU has a range in the football stadium, but it is only open to ROTC students.

[skwashdem]

Unfortunately, only ROTC, the Marksmanship Club, and the Marksmanship classes can make use of the range. Granted, $10 or whatever the semester dues are for the club is pretty cheap, but campus regulations on firearms make it a royal pain to take your own weapons to the range. The school owned .22LRs are a lot of fun, but I like to practice with my carry weapon more than I like to play with Anschutz target rifles.

[Phantom6]

My daughter and two female friends I work with got their Handgun Carry Permits at the ETSU Firing Range. At the time I had no idea there was a firing range on the campus. That was a shock to me.

I was worked an instructor class up there which mainly consisted of ROTC instructors last year and not even the folks working on campus knew the range was there under the half-dome. Best kept secret on campus. :)

[BG38357]

With all the closures of ranges on campus in this country, this is great news.

[Hero Gear]

MTSU has a range on campus. It Army ROTC, indoors where they practice basic marksmanship on .22 caliber AR-15s. Its the building just west of the Forrest Hall. Unfortunately it is not open to the rest of the student body

I was the senior NCO teaching there at MTSU a few years ago.
One of my duties was training and oversight of the unit's match team.

I spent a lot of really hot and really cold days in that range.
(its not conditioned :( )

[jcoyle6]

how many years is a few? I shot there 4 years ago.

[Hero Gear]

how many years is a few? I shot there 4 years ago.

I think I was there 03-06 give or take a few months.
LTC Overbee was the PMS at the time.

Were you in the program? or did you just shoot there?

[jcoyle6]

I was in program fall 04 spring 05. Dropped for asthma.

[Len]

Excellent. We teach the carry permit class on our campus 1-2 times/semester and I just taught an NRA Refuse to Be A Victim seminar on campus yesterday. The college has no problems with either. I'd love to have a range on campus...

[DocShipley]

My wife took the firearms class when she was a student at ETSU about ten years ago. She loved it! I think its great to give folks a chance to learn how to use firearms safely and get college credit for it. I still remember my 8 hour firearms "orientation" in the USAF. It was ok for people who had handled a gun before but terribly inadequate for the newbies. Of course the thought of Air Force support officers (like medical and dental) packing heat is scary enough! :eek:

[jackdog]

sounds great to me. I think this gives non gun folks a chance to see that guns are not evil, but merely tools. Wish more schools did this more often. It would really help our side when it comes to how fire arms are looked at by those that have never been around them.

[EasilyObsessed]

I took "Handgun Familiarization" as one of my PE credits through Tennessee Tech. Counted as the class for my HCP as well :up:

[Medio]

I dated a girl who shot air rifle and small bore competitively. She originally got a scholarship to Nebraska, then tried to come back to WV but they dropped their rifle team I think due to finances. I've been to the range at WVU and Ohio State. She also placed 13th in the 2000 Olympic trials. Thank god she only shot at non moving targets :)

[FroggyOne2]

that is what happened to ETSU.. it was either the shooting team or golf.. they chose golf..

[53caddy]

Good to know for future reference when I am going to see my sister.