I went there on a GroupOn gift card I got for Chri...

I went there on a GroupOn gift card I got for Christmas. Despite growing up with them, guns still frighten me and I don't like being around people shooting them that I don't know. But having a gun and not remembering how to use it is also not a good thing, so I asked an gun enthusiast friend to go along and went to what was my first firing range. It was a pretty pleasant experience overall. The AR-15 bangs in an adjacent stall were pretty disconcerting and I thought I might slip on all the shell casings on floor, but otherwise no complaints. That was in the summer of 2014.

I got a handgun shortly afterward and tried the Shoot Indoors range in Broomfield last week to learn to load and shoot it. BluCore was very good, but I liked Shoot Indoors better. It had no gun shop but the traffic was easier to manage for the same distance, there was no time limit on shooting for the day. I enjoyed being able to take a relaxing break for lunch and return without paying again. And the facilities -- hand washing, waiting room, etc -- were better. The range officer was watchful but unobtrusive.

But I'd happily go to the BluCore range again as well.