Comments on: Insurance Companies Suck

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:20:44 +0000

Yow! For all its flaws, I’m glad I live a mile and a half from the range on the state game lands.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:21:19 +0000

Mike, you also have to realize it’s a pooled risk and that naturally they’re going to lump you in with the idjits. Otherwise, everyone would claim to be non-driving, non-smoking, health instructors who meditate all day.

The liars are accounted for, I’m sure.

By: Mike Gallo

Mike Gallo — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:11:21 +0000

These insurers are idiots. I’m as low-risk as you can get for life insurance, but I got lumped in with the smokers and obese people because I drag race at sanctioned race tracks. My chances of dying on the way to or from the track are more than 50,000 times my chances of dying at the track from a crash. It doubled my rate, so I’m thinking of dropping my current provider and lying to the next guy. I mean, sheesh, I go out with the car maybe twice a year – I didn’t get out last year at all.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:59:52 +0000

Are you talking about a range or a private club? Ranges are usually more expensive.

By: kaveman308

kaveman308 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:32:28 +0000

Man, an hourly rate to shoot???

Never heard of such a thing. My range is $125 a year and no hourly rate whatsoever.

Ya’ll are gettin’ ripped.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:21:37 +0000

I’d also venture to guess that a lot of shops have that rule not because they don’t trust you not to rob them, but because gun handling is so prevalent and generally the guns you do manhandle are unloaded that they don’t want confusion.

By: Ahab

Ahab — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:15:56 +0000

Ex: the local indoor range Popguns has a “no loaded carry” rule as well, and from what I’ve seen it’s a relatively good thing. While most of the folks that frequent the range practice safe gunhandling, I’ve also been muzzle-swept more times than I care to remember there, so for my safety I’m glad that the rules are what they are.

On the flip side, Eagle Creek park (my favorite range) has the same rule, but for whatever reason the gunhandling is a lot better at Eagle Creek.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:49:59 +0000

My local range is $250 a year and $12 an hour. As much as I went last year, it was entirely worth it (I shot at least once a week, many times twice) when compared to the standard rate.

Haven’t renewed yet this year because I’m broke from the AR-15 project.

By: Fighting For Liberty » Damn lucky …

Fighting For Liberty » Damn lucky … — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:23:49 +0000

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