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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.

Guest jcoyle6
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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

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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.

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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.

Guest Phantom6
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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. :)

Guest BG38357
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With all the closures of ranges on campus in this country, this is great news.

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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 :D )

Guest jcoyle6
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how many years is a few? I shot there 4 years ago.

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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?

Guest jcoyle6
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I was in program fall 04 spring 05. Dropped for asthma.

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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...

Guest DocShipley
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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! :D

Guest jackdog
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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.

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

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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 :)

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Guest FroggyOne2
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that is what happened to ETSU.. it was either the shooting team or golf.. they chose golf..

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