Studies show more and more women like Audrey Brooks are buying guns, and that’s one of the markets The Alamo is after.Įven before she met The Alamo’s owner and he laid on his Southern hospitality and charm, Audrey Brooks was impressed with the gun range. “I do want to get comfortable with carrying a weapon,” said Audrey, 44. She’s taken classes and plans to get a concealed weapon permit so she can protect herself. “That’s key and his grandfather has a lot to do with that.”
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“It’s good he’s confident with the guns and knows how to use them,” Audrey said of her son.
“Your friends are going to be so jealous,” an instructor told Timothy, who smiled before eagerly giving the guns a try. Upstairs, mom and son, outfitted with protective headphones and safety glasses, tried out a variety of arms in private lanes away from other shooters, including a suppressed Heckler & Koch UMP 45 pistol and a Scar 17 semi-automatic rifle carrying a price tag of about $3,000. Over the elevator doors, an official looking seal reads “PRESIDENTIAL GUN CLUB.” The second floor is usually reserved for members only.Ī special card is needed to board the elevator upstairs. Point your gun in the right direction.’”Īs the two got ready to leave after about an hour of shooting, a chance meeting with the range’s owner, Kentuckian Robert Marcum - who was impressed by Timothy’s knowledge of firearms and his focus on safety - led to a trip upstairs to the VIP level. He was saying to me, ‘Mom don’t do this, do that. The mother and son, who live in Fort Myers, recently visited the newest gun range in town, which quietly opened more than three months ago off Vanderbilt Beach Road, near Airport Pulling Road.Ī skilled shooter, Timothy gave his mom tips on how to handle guns and hit targets. Neither will her son, Timothy, 17, who started shooting outdoors for fun with his grandpa at 8 years old. Audrey Brooks will never forget her first trip to The Alamo indoor gun range in North Naples.
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