cee zee said:
I hate to say it but I would have to contact the sheriff's office for the area where your range is located.
I was a sheriff for 8 years.
What exactly do you expect the sheriff's department to do about it? There is no law against going downrange parallel to where someone else is firing. It's not the end of the world. I've done it myself on many occasions. I didn't have any choice, the army and the sheriff's department MADE me do it whether I wanted to or not! I've seen it done in private training classes and by people who are out practicing their "zombie defense" training. It's pretty much a standard small arms tactic. Look up "fire and movement tactics". Crap, even wikipedia has an article on it.
It definitely wasn't the smartest thing to do in the situation the OP described, but again, exactly what do you expect law enforcement to do about it? They aren't there to be your mama. Someone needed to bring it to the offender's attention that it wasn't the safest thing to do, which they did. They also need to point out to the club that their safety regulations and penalties for disobeying are obviously not being communicated to everyone. Sounds like there should be some club procedure/training revisions in the near future. If the guy's a repeat violater, he needs to go.
If everyone is following the four basic rules and is aware of their surroundings at the club, then firing should stop immediately if someone goes forward of the line. That's pretty much the whole point of ANYONE being able to call a "cease fire" at any club I've ever been to. Sounds like that's exactly what happened. At that point it is a club matter as to what happens next.
I can imagine getting the call from cee zee.
cee zee: "Hello, I'd like to report a guy walking downrange with his daughter on a private range while some other people were shooting".
dispatcher: "Was anyone hurt? Were any laws broken? Is this on private property?"
cee zee: "uh, no one was hurt, but it was possible that they could have been! It's private property, but they broke the club's rules!"
dispatcher: "What would you like us to do about it?"
cee zee: "Can you come out and enforce the club's range rules for us?"
Some people need to get a life. It's not surprising the direction that the country is heading in with the number of people on a frigging gun forum that believe that the government needs to be involved in resolving a club safety violation at a private range.
