What To Do With Unsafe Behavior At The Range

I actually had a woman shoot a 25auto down range while I was doing a target change. 4 lanes over, but I hit the ground you can bet. After it was all over and she was "removed" my Dad said that was the fastest he'd seen anyone crawl. :D
 
Gun store clerks have their far share of incedents.
I have been covered by more than one so called expert before.
It is rare for someone to check a gun befor e handing it to me. I always check it when I get it. To the point of making sure they watch me check it.

I have been to outdoor public ranges when I lived in SC. They always made me nervous enough to carry something loaded with me when I went down range.
I joined a club as soon as I could afford to. Been a member of one ever since.
 
I know I was looking at a gun at the counter a month or two ago. The clerk locked the slide back and checked the chamber. I accepted the gun, and checked the chamber again.

I then eased the slide down (no reason to ram it home on someone else's gun since it was on an empty chamber). I then asked if I could dry fire it. He said yes. I then pointed in a safe direction, and before I could dry fire it, I pulled the gun up (pointed it at the ceiling) because one of the other employees started to walk in front of where I was pointed.

The employee I was working with and I laughed about it, and he thanked me for pulling the gun up, as obviously, you never point at anything you don't want to destroy.

It is interesting to see some of the people at the gun store (private range) who aren't quite sane at the sales counter. I've seen a few guns pointed by customers all over the place at the sales counter.

I haven't had any issues on the range yet, thankfully, but wouldn't even skip a beat to react to it. No reason to be rude, but you have to watch your ass at the range, as it only takes one mistake to be a REAL bad day.

Just like when I'm in my racecar, just because it's a "practice day" at the track, doesn't mean people are going to drive with sanity. I've had a few people damn near kill me doing things in practice that lacked any sense, and cause incidents, or damn near cause them.

Yes, they laugh at the range when I tell them it's my "cheap" hobby, compared to auto racing.

Jason
 
One time the line was cold and I was out changing my targets. As Im heading back, I see this guys friend looking at his pistol, in his hand, pointing it right at me.
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EVERY WEEKEND I go to the range, I deal with at least one incident where I have some idiot who have no clue on how to handle a gun safely. Usually, it's more than one.

This weekend, I had some moron decide that a cold line was perfect time
to reload his CCW piece. I always check to make sure everyone has heard the call, and has stepped back. This dimwit did that, then went back for the bench. I heard the slide on his 1911 clink shut just as I'm passing in front of his lane.

The previous weekend, I look over to my right to see some guy peeking down the muzzle of an AK, bolt closed and magazine in. At least this Homer Simpson
wannabee had the courtesy to point it at his own head.

I'd like to list every incident of unsafe, stupid gun handling I witnessed just in the past year, but that would be a full time job. It's out of hand compared to
ten just years ago.

I hate saying this, but I'm rapidly reaching the point where tighter restrictions over who gets to own a gun, and who gets to carry one is beginning make a lot of sense. Too many people either don't know the rules, or don't think the rules apply to them.
 
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