New sign posted at the pistol range.

[Hillbilly77]

Over the winter our indoor pistol range had a genius somehow put 4 bullets into the ceiling.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/300523-range-trip-cancelled-thanks-careless-shooters.html
The range was closed until steel plates could be installed to prevent it from happening again.

There is now a new sign on the entrance door to the range:

Hopefully that will make people think before they act.

 

[tork'd]

can they read??

 

[Rangerpat]

Nice sign, but the stupid people will be too stupid to realize they are stupid; it's a never ending cycle.

 

[indiandave]

I was at the range by me last week. There are 10 lanes. I was in lane 7. A gentleman was in lane 10. No one else was there. This guy shot so poorly he hit the ceiling by lane number one. It startled me. he missed hitting his target and cardboard back stop more times than he hit it. He had his target set up at 15 feet. I imagine a range officer talked to him. At least I hope he did.

 

[Cpo1944]

Being stupid is like being drunk, the more afflicted you are the less you are aware ...

 

[Bkreutz]

I was at the range by me last week. There are 10 lanes. I was in lane 7. A gentleman was in lane 10. No one else was there. This guy shot so poorly he hit the ceiling by lane number one. It startled me. he missed hitting his target and cardboard back stop more times than he hit it. He had his target set up at 15 feet. I imagine a range officer talked to him. At least I hope he did.

Hopefully you reported it, sometimes the RO doesn't see everything. I would have reported it on my way out of the range. I wouldn't have stayed any longer than it took to pack my stuff up. I had a similar experience when a guy was teaching his wife 2 lanes down. I notices the dust from the ceiling tiles in front of my lane falling down.

 

[iouri]

I was at the range by me last week. There are 10 lanes. I was in lane 7. A gentleman was in lane 10. No one else was there. This guy shot so poorly he hit the ceiling by lane number one. It startled me. he missed hitting his target and cardboard back stop more times than he hit it. He had his target set up at 15 feet. I imagine a range officer talked to him. At least I hope he did.

I've seen it quite a few times when people setup target like 5-10 ft away and try to shoot "head" of the target. Usually I politely point out that they are shooting ceiling. Our range is kind of high tech and high tech equipment has a price tag attached to it and I really don't want those guys go out of business, cause it's a very convineint range for me

 

[H Richard]

I shoot in a range in a local High School that has been active since 1933. There are ventilation shafts along the ceiling (which is a couple feet of concrete). The range is limited to 22 RF, but the number of holes in the ventilation shafts is amazing. I can just picture a young person closing the bolt on a rifle and putting his finger on the trigger "before" lowering it to target level, and "bang" a hole in the ceiling. Fortunately the adult club I shoot with at this range has never had an accident of any kind, but we are all very watchful of any new member.

 

[kozmic]

Did that sign get a "thumbs up" from the legal department as a proper means of eliminating all future club liability?

If so, I'll need a few hundred of 'em to tack up around here.

 

[finesse_r]

Over the winter our indoor pistol range had a genius somehow put 4 bullets through the back wall of the range.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/300523-range-trip-cancelled-thanks-careless-shooters.html
The only way to do that is to shoot through the ceiling. The range was closed until steel plates could be installed to prevent it from happening again.

There is now a new sign on the entrance door to the range:

Hopefully that will make people think before they act.

Aren't stupid people a federally protected minority now?

 

[Hillbilly77]

Did that sign get a "thumbs up" from the legal department as a proper means of eliminating all future club liability?

If so, I'll need a few hundred of 'em to tack up around here.

The best thing may be to find out where the stupid people live and put the sign on the inside of all their front doors.
Sure would save the world a lot of hassle.

 

[gdnagle]

Aren't stupid people a federally protected minority now?

Actually I think they are a majority. Especially in what we can't discuss on the forum.

 

[NOLASHOOTER]

Yeah, the problem is most stupid people seem to miss signs of any kind. And, they are probably to stupid to realize they are stupid.
I think we could start a very long thread about stupid people at gun ranges. I stopped going to a range because it seemed like it was always crowded and filled with people who did not know what they were doing. Did not feel it was safe there any more. There had been a very strict RO but he left and things kind of fell to ****. Something about stupid and firearms do not mix.

 

[Lee Barner]

I can think of many places that sign would be appropriate. lee

 

[Evil Dog]

I prefer going to my local range at first light on weekday mornings. I usually have the place pretty much to myself that way..... and can be a stupid as I want !!!

 

[vytoland]

There is now a new sign on the entrance door to the range:

Hopefully that will make people think before they act.

this will be impossible to enforce..........remember, you are dealing with "humans"....

 

[rock doc]

Aren't stupid people a federally protected minority now?

You got that wrong. Stupid people are a federally protected majority.

 

[Silver Dollar]

The last time I went to my range, I just happened to look up a few times and saw holes that I had no idea how they got there. I just thought it was a bunch of goofballs fooling around. After seeing a couple of these posts, I'm not so sure it was fooling around anymore. From lane 10 to lane 1?? That's scary.

 

[old bear]

Aren't stupid people a federally protected minority now?

Sadly they are no longer in the minority any longer...

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

good idea!