JRH6856
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I wish more people had the same level of concern regarding traffic signals. You can get killed just as easily by some idiot busting a red light. And I see it a lot more often.
"We yelled at him and he woke up, put the pistol down, and mentioned that he was hard of hearing..."
At the local pistol range today there was about six shooters.
Called the range cold, four people walked out to their targets.
Looked over and one guy went back to the bench, picked his pistol up, and prepared to fire in a two-hand hold with the pistol fully pointed down-range.
We yelled at him and he woke up, put the pistol down, and mentioned that he was hard of hearing...
This whole discussion makes me wonder just how any of you go bird or rabbit hunting with 3 or 4 friends. Everyone is walking downrange with loaded firearms, in their hands no less. And consider where the bird dogs are!
Poor analogy, but do you walk in front of your friends? When I hunted birds, everyone was aware of where everyone else was. We had specific fields of fire and no shooter was in-line/in-range of another shooter.This whole discussion makes me wonder just how any of you go bird or rabbit hunting with 3 or 4 friends. Everyone is walking downrange with loaded firearms, in their hands no less. And consider where the bird dogs are!
The most astonishing was the one I witnessed a few years back when a man on a full pistol range with about 30 shooters just up and started walking out to get his target!
That ^ always worked for us to but being a boarder state and having the feds come buy monthly it was suggested and it works for us with minimum cost and hassle.As an added bonus, this results in better camaraderie between the members.
Maybe some hunters are a little more nonchalant. That would explain the Dick Cheney incidents.
Poor analogy, but do you walk in front of your friends? When I hunted birds, everyone was aware of where everyone else was. We had specific fields of fire and no shooter was in-line/in-range of another shooter.
I don't think anyone here is saying he didn't need a timeout.
I'm an RSO at our club, over 600 members, and that gentleman would be done shooting for the day.
than all one can do is tongue whip them and watch their back.
You're right about one thing, people make mistakes and accidents happen. But, when someone makes a critical error with a firearm and another person is wounded, it's difficult to say "Opps, my bad," and just drive on.NO! That does not explain the Dick Cheney incident. Yes there was a mistake made, yes bad things happened because of it. But accidents happen, to everyone, and happen every day.
None of us are perfect, and to imply that any of us can get thru life without having a screw-up is just ridiculous. Life is full of danger from the time the Dr. slaps us on the behind till the time we take our last breath.
Common sense folks should prevail. Frankly all of us are in much more danger driving to and from the range than any of the time spent there.
It is an excellent analogy actually. And by having specific fields of fire and no shooter in-line/in-range made it IMPOSSIBLE fir an accident to happen. Ya, Right!
There is an old saying the blank happens, and that holds true for every facet of life.
You have a very casual attitude about safety,