They got my point and opened the action.
So was there a round in the chamber? I have to know!
Tim
They got my point and opened the action.
Again, no one touches a firearm during a ceasefire or while anyone is downrange. I walk around all day long with a loaded and cocked it on my hip it hasn't gone off accidentally yet.
Unless you were the range master they were under no obligation to listen to anything you said
Absent any facts,
Again, no one touches a firearm during a ceasefire or while anyone is downrange. I walk around all day long with a loaded and cocked it on my hip it hasn't gone off accidentally yet.
Unless you were the range master they were under no obligation to listen to anything you said
Are you the range master? Are you employed to enforce the range rules?The sign on the wall said that actions are kept open when people are downrange.
They weren't obeying the range rules.
The old adage, “ Familiarity breeds contempt “.The original design/ purpose of a firearm was to kill - that design intent remains to this day. The math says that if you put enough firearms into enough human hands, someone will get shot - it is inevitable. Tens of thousands of people get killed and injured every year using a vehicle designed for benign travel - innocent point A to point B - just another day on the road. Hundreds of people a year get shot during various hunting seasons. What is thought is going to happen when you put a firearm in the wrong person’s hand - an absolute guarantee that someone will get shot. When in a concentration of firearms and people, your head needs to be on a swivel. People are notorious about taking their safety for granted - when it comes to other people and their mindless natures, that can be a very costly mistake.
I'm sure clubs like that are great, but how do you even get a foot in if you don't already know someone in there? I wish clubs like that could just vet the new people, without also require that a member recommends them first.Time to find another range. My club vets each member and you need to be recommended by another member.
Yes, that’s it. There are rifle ranges at 100/200, 300, and 500 yards. Pistol bays from point blank range to 100 yards and tactical bays where you can shoot 180 degrees with large berms surrounding them. I have purchased target stands so I can shoot by myself in the tactical bays without having to worry about others shooting next to me.https://templegunclub.com/
Google News- "An incident Saturday at Temple Gun Club resulted in the death Sunday of Zakary Michael Jerke, 30, from a gunshot wound to the head, the Bell County Sheriff's Office reported."
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but I have packed up and left the range a couple times in the past because someone was not handling their firearm in a safe manner.
Again, no one touches a firearm during a ceasefire or while anyone is downrange. I walk around all day long with a loaded and cocked gun on my hip it hasn't gone off accidentally yet.
Unless you were the range master they were under no obligation to listen to anything you said
I don’t think the issue was of anyone saying anything….. but the fact of asking someone to manipulate a possibly loaded gun whilst people were already downrange……You're right- you're under no obligation to listen to me. But I'm going to say something. That goes for any dangerous situation I'm in- anybody on a job site sees something they think is unsafe, they should say something and we stop what we're doing until we figure it out. A range shouldn't be any different.
Let's assume for a second that there was a round in the chamber.
In which case do you think the rifle would be more or less likely to fire. Laying on the shooting bench with a round in the chamber and no one touching it.
Or with somebody fiddling around with it and trying to lock the bolt to the rear while there were people downrange.
I don’t think the issue was of anyone saying anything….. but the fact of asking someone to manipulate a possibly loaded gun whilst people were already downrange……
…….but, I wasn’t there, just reading into what the poster was thinking…
Never underestimate the stupidity of other humans. Had an older gentleman at the firing line at a pistol range once. He was shooting what I believe was a 32 auto. Gun jammed, he had it pointing my direction to try and clear it. I gave him hell about it, packed up my gear and left. Rather live to shoot another day.Many, many years ago when I was in my early 20's I was at the range and two other groups were there. A guy in his 30's on the far left bench with two children, a boy and a girl about 10yo or so, shooting a 22. I was at the middle bench. A couple of guy were at the far right bench sighting in a hunting rifle.
As I was aiming a shot the guy with two kids starts walking out to their target about 10-15 yards down range. I caught him in my peripheral vision and immediately looked at the guys on the right and yelled "DOWN RANGE" at the top of my voice just as one was about to take a shot. The shooter gave me a REALLY nasty look until he saw the father changing targets after which he promptly opened the bolt on the hunting rifle and waited politely.
When the father got back to his bench I looked at him straight in the eyes with an "Are we all clear??". After which I yelled "ALL CLEAR". The father didn't need a lecture from a punk 20 something kid but I could tell through eye contact that he got the message and learned a lesson. I would have had to been aiming at a 45 degree angle to the firing line to hit him and the other guys at an even more obtuse angle... but man, to do that right in front of his kids!
I haven't been to a range in decades, I go to BLM land when I want to shoot. The whole "we are all range officers" thing just doesn't work in my experience. I am confident the guy shot in the head the OP was referring to wasn't the one being the numb nutz.
The club is opening the range starting Friday morning except for tactical bays 7 and 8. Still no details on what happened. There's an overhead view on the quoted post.https://templegunclub.com/
Google News- "An incident Saturday at Temple Gun Club resulted in the death Sunday of Zakary Michael Jerke, 30, from a gunshot wound to the head, the Bell County Sheriff's Office reported."
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