Yes in Texas its standard issue to grab an SO / RO before and then after the match to go to a berm make safe or load up, including how we do the PoPo that come (which is frequent). I had thought in NY that a CC license was a rare thing.
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Depends on the county, some outside of NYC and burbs were easy to get one although time consuming and convoluted. There is a fair amount of competition. Not as much as TX, ranges are not as sophisticated. The CCIA law killed useful carry, my usual rant.
The SOs at USPSA were also horrified at police who want to come up the range hot'.
Yes, we went to lunch with 10 guys all carrying in shoot me vests! NYS would probably call in an airstrike.