buck460XVR
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Another gun range mistake
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larryh1108
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We should name him Alexander Haig aka "I'm in Charge" Haig. Let's see how many remember that great line.
Yukonstorm
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Tell me how you would feel with another shooter, injured, or dead.
jcwit
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More than a little hard to say, I have never been put into that position. I could surmise but that may all change in the reality of it all.
So my final answer is "I have no idea". I pray I may never have the need to find out.
So my final answer is "I have no idea". I pray I may never have the need to find out.
KB is right - this thread is getting out of hand. For those of you who are not an RSO, we will occasionally seem a bit cocky. Some of us even are. I, and a select few others at my range, have the "authoritah" to temporarily revoke an offender's membership pending a board review. I've never used it, and am not aware of anyone in the club having done so. I have, however, spoken sharply to a few people. In each case the conversation ended amicably. It's not about ego - mine or the offender's - it's about safety. Keep up the sniping and we'll get to watch a moderator demonstrate a practical application of the difference between ego and authority.
45_auto
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Unfortunately, many times it IS about ego. RO's are people just like everyone else. Safety is only an excuse. It seems that many people who become RO's feel that they have to play politics or demonstrate their "power" or false knowledge. In the 7 years that I ran a private range I had more problems with RO's making bad decisions and unsafe decisions than I did with regular members.
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I've been an RSO for the better part of a decade, and the Chief RSO for the last 4 years. In that time, I've "pulled cards" on probably 10 people who had to go to a board review. In all but one of those cases, the board dismissed the members and declared the persona non grata and ineligible to ever reapply for membership. The other case... he was forced to attend new member orientation again (after being a member for 15 years) and permanently lost access to our indoor range.
It's not easy policing idiots who don't want to follow the rules or have such serious lapses of judgement that they simply can't be welcome as a part of the organization.
Edit: I should also point out that we're a club of just under 2,000 members, so pulling 10 cards is really an insignificant percentage of the membership.
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I agree with a lot of posts in here.
The mistake made by the individual described in the OP wasn't procedural, and couldn't be modified by rules, regulations or other such precautions.
The dude's brain simply had a cramp, or he's just that special kind of dumb that's required to point a gun near other humans at a range.
I'd try to get him barred from the range if he has a history of DERPy events like this
The mistake made by the individual described in the OP wasn't procedural, and couldn't be modified by rules, regulations or other such precautions.
The dude's brain simply had a cramp, or he's just that special kind of dumb that's required to point a gun near other humans at a range.
I'd try to get him barred from the range if he has a history of DERPy events like this
Lighten up, Francis.kb58 said:
Amazing likeness, but I am a bit taller.Kinda reminds me of this guy.............
I've always though of myself as a Cap Weinberger type.
Got any fresh material?
To be fair, your range is considerably larger than ours. And I should have said that I'm not aware of a ban since I've been a member. I'm sure it's happened more that once in the history of the club.
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