Gun ranges check people in and out.
Perhaps that's the case where you live.
WMA ranges here (GA) are just cleared spaces in the woods. Self-policed.
Gun ranges check people in and out.
The same applies to ranges on state game lands in Pennsylvania, and to many shooting areas on BLM land in the western states.eflyguy said:WMA ranges here (GA) are just cleared spaces in the woods. Self-policed.
This is something that is rare but it's something that does happen and it's something that I give thought to anytime I go shooting alone
Overwhelmingly, the odds are that your next airplane flight out of LaGuardia won't end up in the Hudson River, too, but history proves conclusively that the odds aren't zero. The odds also said that my daughter wouldn't be held up at gunpoint in a subway station in a city (and country) where private ownership of firearms is mostly illegal. Again, history proves that the odds weren't zero.
Pointing out what can happen is being realistic, not pessimistic.
With that said, why are you telling me this? I didn't mention anything about survival. I just said that if somebody wants to ambush you, there isn't anything you can do about it...which has apparently happened to you. More than once.
I wish there was a LIKE button for that.I have no sympathy for people who leave their cars unlocked and valuables get stolen, particularly when firearms are stolen. I have little sympathy for people who leave firearms in their locked vehicles and are stolen anyway.
I may pity them, but I'm unsympathetic.
Just had a FB post the other day on our local neighborhood page that a Springfield 9mm was stollen from a car. "We ALWAYS lock our car and NEVER leave the gun in it..... Except last night."
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Yeah. Their bad deeds coupled with the irresponsible behavior of the so-called victims (like idgits who get valuables stolen from their cars) can and will affect the lives of others who have a tendency NOT to make bad/stupid/irresponsible decisions.
Then again, trying to get some people to understand common sense, logic, and reason is about as useful as trying to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
One thing is dead certain....a gun that is NOT left in a car will not be stolen FROM the car.
My FFL has been robbed at gun point. After two or three burglaries, the robbery was what finally convinced him to move his shop out of the location where had had been for twenty years.MagDiddy said:I always carry one I don't intend to shoot. Nobody is going to rob a gun store but someone alone at an outdoor range seems like a good place for a criminal to find a gun to steal.
Uh huh....I always carry one I don't intend to shoot. Nobody is going to rob a gun store but someone alone at an outdoor range seems like a good place for a criminal to find a gun to steal.
I am also familiar with the diffusion of responsibility.I am familiar with the protectionist mentality. I guess there is plenty of room for it in this rather large world of ours. I simply do not subscribe to the usual protectionist tenets. I will however, abide by the laws regarding proper storage (where they exist). If you want to call it being an idgit, stupid or irresponsible..you can. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and wisdom.
I feel that this subject matter is worth the discussion. Sadly, when people feel that disparaging or rude remarks are necessary to make a point, the thread is often locked. The firingline has quite a culture of locking threads over little of nothing. Ultimately it does not really help the curb appeal of this forum. Most of us try to avoid such a result but ya know, it doesnt always work out.
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