On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, the veteran Hollywood agent Rob Kenneally was unwinding with his usual post-lunch ritual: firing a few rounds from his 9-millimeter pistol with a couple of friends.
“It’s a meditative thing for me,” said Kenneally, who at an earlier point in his movie industry career also worked part-time as a Los Angeles County reserve sheriff’s deputy. “It’s just always been a way to sort of blow the cobwebs out after a day of work.”
He was sitting in a dark leather armchair at the Range L.A., a members-only gun club on the border of the well-heeled Brentwood neighborhood that has become a gathering place for gun enthusiasts, industry professionals, actors and artists. Kenneally, 67, says he often runs into people he works with, and several of his clients take lessons from one of the club’s shooting instructors.
“It seems to attract, for some reason, people who are in the entertainment business,” he said.
That’s no doubt partly because of its location. Then there’s the atmosphere at the Range, whose interior resembles that of Equinox, the high-end gym chain that also happens to be its neighbor. Not far from where Kenneally sat were a touch-screen coffee machine, a Bevi flavored water dispenser, a shuffleboard table, vintage cowboy-themed posters and artwork mounted on exposed brick walls.
Similar high-end gun clubs (some of them members-only) have started popping up across the country, including Centennial Gun Club in the Denver metropolitan area, Frisco Gun Club outside Dallas, XCAL outside Washington, D.C., and the Blackwood Club, which is under construction in Bergen County, N.J. And the Range has two more locations in the works, in the South Bay and the San Fernando Valley.
These sleek, modern takes on the shooting range suggest that while gun control remains a polarizing political issue in the United States, gun culture has appeal for people across the political spectrum.
— Charles W. McFarlane in Shooting Ranges Go Quiet Luxury
Wonder how many of these rich folks in the “Enternainment Business” that frequent these posh establishments, oops I meant shooting ranges, still vote for Libtards?
Probably most of not all of them.
Interesting! None of the ranges near me are in desirable locations, and only two are in any way fancily furnished. But I do train monthly in the one that is physically closest to my home, mainly for the quality of the instructors there, and the second amendment friendly attorney whose wife owns the place. But I like that it isn’t in the usual sketchy or remote location, and has the latest gear available. Another I just discovered is a half hour drive away, but likewise has a nice-looking, up to date facility, and expert help readily available. Perhaps there’s a market opportunity here to take one or both of these to the next level of being an actual club for members. That said, I’ve never liked that exclusivity aspect of country clubs – the idea that only certain people are welcome, so I hope any such club remains open to walk-in customers too.
This is the “I support the 2nd but….” Democrats want.
You can own a gun and even shoot that gun but you must be a vetted member of an elitist club you can’t afford and your gun must be kept at that club locked up and you may only use it at that club. Also all ammunition you fire through your gun must be purchased at that club where every spent case is accounted for.
See, they totally support the 2nd. But….