samuelrp
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A range can be a scary place.
New sign posted at the pistol range.
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shouldazagged
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How many times have you seen someone approach something with a "Wet Paint" sign and touch it to see if it's true?
As for stupid people being in the majority, I disagree. Uninformed or misinformed people are another matter altogether, especially when it comes to guns.
As for stupid people being in the majority, I disagree. Uninformed or misinformed people are another matter altogether, especially when it comes to guns.
the ringo kid
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While qualifying on the range when I first got into L.E-we had one very pretty woman who I was forced into standing behind while on the range. We were using .357s to qualify with. This gal was swinging her right arm all the way back and could easily have shot me--every time she just fired a shot at the target--which was about 30 feet ahead. This gal shot the ground every time and I was getting very fidgety watching where she swung the barrel of the 357--and all the while I was trying to get the range instructors attention to the matter. Finally Mr. Sullivan saw I was waving while also standing well away from the woman. Luckily she just finished firing her six and he ran up there and yanked the handgun from here and sent her to the sidelines. She never hit her target and hit the ground at the base of the target.
That's the closest call I ever had on any range.
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I want timid. I had strep throat at the time which was why I was waving at the range instructor.
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New sign up at the pistol range.
C'mon, Man- tha suspense is KILLIN us-
DID THEY LET YOU IN OR NOT?
(JUST A JOKE)
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C'mon, Man- tha suspense is KILLIN us-
DID THEY LET YOU IN OR NOT?
(JUST A JOKE)
Yes, but only because my 9 year-old daughter was with me. She promised to watch me and keep me in line.
kozmic
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Based on what I've seen at the Zimmerman trial, they need to light that sucker up with neon and slap it up on the courtroom door.
While signs may look like an answer I think driver licenses with stupid in red letters stamped on it would be a better option.
beach elvis
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If that was in reference to a trial that's currently going on, I got it and that's brilliant.
If I'm off-base about what was meant, then...uh...[ahem]...everybody move along...nuthin' ta see here.
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I watched a gal walking down range to change out a target, AFTER I had started shooting. I've found, when at a range with others, it's a good idea to watch them for a few minutes to see how they handle their guns. I always assume people I don't know are idiots until proven otherwise.
I've met and known a number of people "qualified" to be MENSA members I wouldn't trust on a range.
It's not so much about being bright, dim, or downright stupid. It's more about so-called "common sense", and understanding the rules and basic safety.
The problem with "common sense" is that it seems to be becoming more rare.
Common sense isn't.
It's not so much about being bright, dim, or downright stupid. It's more about so-called "common sense", and understanding the rules and basic safety.
The problem with "common sense" is that it seems to be becoming more rare.
Common sense isn't.
Silver Dollar
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That's a good way to size things up. I've been very lucky in that whenever I've gone to my local range, I've been there at a time when I'm all by myself so I'm relatively safe. I remember one time (at gun camp--LOL) My wife and I were just coming out of the shooting area as an older woman came into the range lobby. She had 2 plastic gun boxes with her as she went to check in. I had seen her there a couple of times before but never saw her shoot first hand. I asked her what kind of guns she had and her first response was "I don't know- uh a Smith and Wesson and some other gun". I asked what type of gun she had i.e. a revolver, semi auto or what and again I got "I don't know". I then asked what calibers she was shooting and again I got "I don't know". I know she was being helped by the RO but her demeanor was really weird and I know that was not the first time she had been shooting. I think if I see her come in again, I'm going to make sure I'm not anywhere near her when she goes up to the line and starts shooting. That's when I grab my stuff and home I go.
beach elvis
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At the private outdoor range I belong to, there's a porta john situated in the total opposite direction and across a road from the lines. There's also a 7-shot four-inch group of appx. .40 caliber holes in the door.
People gotta quit suckin'.
That is all.
People gotta quit suckin'.
That is all.
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One time when I was re-qualifying with about 40 others-I was standing next to a Navy vet who got into Law Enforcement when I did and we were loading our AR-15s 10 round magazines. Apparently he never held a weapon of any kind-because instead of loading them like your supposed to load-i.e.-not bullet-head into the mag-but horizontal (for lack of better words) he had managed to jam into the mag-3-4 cartridges--all ""pointy-end"" into the mag with the back ends of the cartridges sticking out of the mag.
I never knew such a thing could actually happen? but it did. Needless to say-he ruined that magazine and got kicked off the shooting range that day-was told to come back later in the day when the rest of the class was over for the day so as to not chance hurting others.
Still another person in the class-though he DID load the 5 shells into his Shotgun--he was afraid to fire it and handed it to me--and I fired all 5 no prob. This guy was also testing to become a Sergeant.
I never knew such a thing could actually happen? but it did. Needless to say-he ruined that magazine and got kicked off the shooting range that day-was told to come back later in the day when the rest of the class was over for the day so as to not chance hurting others.
Still another person in the class-though he DID load the 5 shells into his Shotgun--he was afraid to fire it and handed it to me--and I fired all 5 no prob. This guy was also testing to become a Sergeant.
Black_Sheep
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Judging by the holes from errant shots, our local range should display that sign as well...
I was qualifying at an indoor range with a bunch of other people, and this was before eye protection was mandatory. One guy got hit in the eye with an ejected cartridge case from his own gun. He clapped his other hand over that eye and turned to the rear, all while holding his loaded pistol level. I never saw some of those slug-farmers move so fast in order to get out the the way. The RO hurried over, took the gun away from him, and sent him to see the corpsman.
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