Ever stop someone from doing something really stupid with a gun?

[J Miller]

I was going to the range today. After reading this, I'm not so sure anymore.

I guess I have been lucky, I have read about more idiotic incidents than I have seen. And yet I wonder if I must be wearing blinders. Concentrating on my space in the world and really not watching what others are doing.
Either that or I have been shooting in areas where stupid people avoid. Yeah, that's it. NOT!

I don't have a story to put here. Since I'm not memory challenged yet, I really guess I'm lucky..

 

[Kobun]

Had a idiot during a match that when he was finished, all of a sudden thinks he has forgotten some targets, and then starts backing up and around me!!
All the while pointing his MP-5 downrange... NOT lifting or lowering the barrel... :banghead:
Yes, I stopped him.
Had a loong talk too, but that was after I had a few minutes to let my heart calm down...

If you ever takes someone new to the range, make sure they know the safety rules, and how to handle that particular gun before they get any ammo!

 

[pax]

Yes, I have.

I've helped RO in classes for beginning shooters. Seems like every class or so, I've ended up stopping someone from doing something stupid. Putting the thumb directly behind the slide on a semi-auto is probably the second most common error; putting the finger on the trigger when it's not supposed to be is definitely the most common.

It's not a biggie -- that's why they're in class, to learn not to do stuff like that.

If you haven't stopped someone from doing stupid newbie stuff, it simply means you haven't taken enough newbies to the range.

pax

All things are difficult before they are easy. -- Thomas Fuller

 

[wingnutx]

He once unloaded a BB gun by putting his finger over the barrel

I did that once when I was about 13. I ended up with a BB in my thumb. I was rolling it around under my skin, trying to get it back out the hole, when I suddenly woke up on the floor. I think I passed out 3 times total.

I had to have my thumb cut open to have the BB removed. What can I say, I was a dumbass.

 

[oldfart]

My 14-year old daughter has been bugging me to learn to shoot. I took her to the range last week and spent some time showing her how to hold and aim a pistol. Each time she tried it, she's extend the forefinger of her left hand so it would lay along the frame, under the cylinder. I kept telling her not to do that, but she is 14 years old, so she did it anyhow.

Well, that old Smith N-frame is starting to blow a bit of flame out the sides. It took all of one shot before she understood why her idea wasn't so good. Fortunately, it wasn't a serious burn. She listens to me now.

 

[Black_Talon]

I tried to stop something stupid from happening but was too late. It wasn't quite as bad as most of the prior posts however.

I was shooting next to a guy who was shooting an AR-15 and seemed fairly proficient. I was watching him and noticed that he was looking at the chamber with a puzzled look. He told me that the brass hadn't ejected from the chamber. He pulled the bolt open and an empty case ejected. I told him he'd better check the barrel because he may have had a squib. He opened up the receiver and sure enough, the barrel had a bullet stuck in it just past the chamber, in the lead. He said he was going to use his cleaning rod to try and knock it out of the bbl.

I was half-assed paying attention at this time and noticed he was assembling the 5-piece GI cleaning rod that was stored in the buttstock (the one with no handle) The next thing I saw was him with the cleaning rod down the muzzle end of the bbl and the reciever resting on his foot, his open hand raised above the cleaning rod, ready to try and hammer the stuck bullet out of the bbl. As his hand started downwards I realized that there was no handle on that cleaning rod and he was about to get hurt. I started to yell out "STOP!" but was too late. He struck the cleaning rod very hard with the open palm of his hand and impaled the rod completely through his hand. He screamed and pulled his hand off the cleaning rod. By now I had run over there to try and help and expected to see his hand bleeding profusely. Actually there was hardly any blood at all, only a nice 22cal hole through-andthrough his palm.

I watched his stuff while he drove himself to the hospital..........

 

[Combat-wombat]

Oldfart-that happened to my dad once. he was used to shooting light .38 special loads in out S&W M19, but once we put some pretty hot .357s in. I had always suggested that he keep his thumb away from the gap, even with the .38s, but he's older so he knows better, right? Big mistake. His thumb was black when we got home. Most parents teach their kids about guns, but I teach my parents about guns. They would have never shot guns if it wasn't for my interests.

 

[ArMa]

Once I was pheasant hunting with 4 guys, 2 of which werent the best of friends, (lets call them Phil and Eric) competition always set them off. We split up and told each other where we'd be in case of a bird. I ended up a little ahead of Phil and Eric, Eric yelled "brid!" and shot 1 bird and shot the other 2 shots at another, during this time Phil was under the bird Eric was shooting at. Phil yelled "hey ****** watch where your shooting!", and shot 3 rounds about 15 feet above Erics head. They both hit the ground and reloaded. I ran out and tried to calm things down and then they both popped up and were about 10-15 feet away from each other pointing their shotguns at eachother from the hip like a stand off, they started circling around and Eric said, "What you got?!", "4's with and 28 and extra full" Phil replied Eric said "I got 7's with a 26 modified", they realised who had the upper hand and I eventually calmed them down with the help of the other guy. It was a tense moment, I wasnt sure what to do it was like a movie.

I dont hunt with either of them anymore.