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I will never walk down range when anyone is firing, nor will I cause anyone to worry about me even touching a weapon while they are downrange.
It is VERBOTEN.
Well unless it is agreed upon for training purposes, all participants are known, and well trained.
And that is a rarity.
It is VERBOTEN.
Well unless it is agreed upon for training purposes, all participants are known, and well trained.
And that is a rarity.
Royd 0
As for leaving the trash, their parents probably do the same thing. They all need smacked in the back of the head.
Gawain 0
Another way to look at it, you are the company you keep. Quit shooting with them. When they invite you to shoot with them, say, "No thanks." When they ask why, tell them and explain.
If they care, they'll ask why and they might listen too.
However, what goes around comes around. It'll take someone to sh*t in their yard for them to understand.
If they care, they'll ask why and they might listen too.
However, what goes around comes around. It'll take someone to sh*t in their yard for them to understand.
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!
its your ears, but let me tell you, losing your hearing sucks.
as for people shooting while someone is down range, that is just plain dangerous and shouldn't be tolerated.
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as for people shooting while someone is down range, that is just plain dangerous and shouldn't be tolerated.
"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
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QuoteAnother way to look at it, you are the company you keep. Quit shooting with them. When they invite you to shoot with them, say, "No thanks." When they ask why, tell them and explain.
If they care, they'll ask why and they might listen too.
However, what goes around comes around. It'll take someone to sh*t in their yard for them to understand.
when i was in my lower twenties, i didn't give a fuck either, so i'm chalking it up to them just being young. if i don't shoot with them any more, nothing will change. i'm thinking that if i do shoot with them and set an example, maybe they'll eventually follow it. i just need to be able to slip in how much land i no longer have access to land because of misuse and how much it sucks without it sounding like a lecture.
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Were they at an actual outdoor range, or just private land? The range around here charges a deposit if you want to use shotguns, and if you pick up your shells, you get the deposit back. Otherwise, they keep it, and you've paid them to pick up. Either way, the range is clean at the end of the day. Personally, I pick up my own.
Nah, just collect their spents in a bag, and then dump them in the front seat of their car. They'll get the point.
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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
it was blm land. i think idaho is about 2/3 public land, which means you can pretty much do whatever you want out there as there. if it was a range, i wouldn't be bothered as much.
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Quoteit was blm land. i think idaho is about 2/3 public land, which means you can pretty much do whatever you want out there as there. if it was a range, i wouldn't be bothered as much.
Yeah... making a mess on public land and not cleaning up after yourself is really selfish.
Not just selfish, but downright shitty.
Maybe they want to live in a big city, strewn with garbage, so they can see what they are turning their own area into.
Maybe they want to live in a big city, strewn with garbage, so they can see what they are turning their own area into.
JohnRich 4
Quoteyesterday i went shooting with a group of guys and girls in there 20's and a couple things disturbed me.
i noticed that some of them weren't wearing earplugs...
the more disturbing thing is that they didn't pick up their spent shells...
Yep, it's the new "me" generation. They refuse to learn any lessons from the old-timers, and they care only about themselves. I saw hints of this in my granddaughters, ages 14 and 15, while canoeing with them over the xmas vacation. They don't give a second thought to throwing trash in the water, and when I give them a stern rebuke and make them pick it up, they giggle like it's some kind of cute joke. There is no respect for nature there.
I keep those cheap foam ear canal inserts in my gear bag, packaged in individual pairs. They cost almost nothing. If I see someone without ear protection, I throw 'em a pack and tell them they should use those. Even if they don't, they've now got the free pair, and they'll be thinking about using them in the future, since they've already got them.
One of my gun club ranges has a range safety officer on duty, and we keep a big box of those things in the locked equipment shed. If someone needs hearing protection, we go get them a pair.
As for the trash, yeah, that's a problem. I'm glad you picked up after them. You should have laid a guilt trip on them, and asked them to help out. There are lots of public lands that have been closed to shooting because assholes don't pick up their trash.
Oh, and like someone else said, dump those empty shells in the offenders front yards, and then see how much they like their trash laying around.
JohnRich 4
QuoteWhat worried me most was the kids a couple yards to the right shooting skeet. My buds were walking checking targets while the kids were shooting.
When your shooting at a place without a formal safety officer, then someone needs to informally take charge of that situation. You just go over to the skeet shooters and tell them that you need to go downrange to check your targets, and ask them to make their guns safe, set them aside, and cease fire while you do so. Then when you're done, you thank them, and clear them to open fire again. It quickly becomes routine and everyone gets with the program.
Indoor range a couple of weeks ago, the range officer asked a few young toughs to leave after repeatedly telling them to stop holding their handguns sideways and emptying the magazine in a burst.
Their targets were spotless! 
The 'ME' generation watches way too much TV! 
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The Optimist says: "Sure it can!"
namgrunt 0
I always police all the brass folks just let laying around.
take it home and run it through the tumbler and bag it up. never know when that strange caliber can be used by someone that reloads
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take it home and run it through the tumbler and bag it up. never know when that strange caliber can be used by someone that reloads
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Donno. Went to my outdoor range yesterday. I fired the 357 til I ran outta ammo then the 12 ga. til I ran outta ammo. The 22's til we ran outta ammo. I don't wear earplugs. Louder than fuck tho. What worried me most was the kids a couple yards to the right shooting skeet. My buds were walking checking targets while the kids were shooting.
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Come on man I know you know better than that, I'm 26 and have wore hearing than my 56 year old father, every time I've gotten in a big scrap happened to be one of the few times I wasn't wearing earpro, and i'm paying for it now.
It's not worth jacking up your hearing.History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Holy shit. At our range there is a red flag at every stand. When you go down range you put that flag up an yell going down range. You don't just go waltzing on down, but you wait till it's clear then go. Nobody shoots when the flag is up and a body is down range checking targets. Jesus, thats just common sense.
I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.
One of the sporting goods stores in my area gives cash back on good used brass. It's worth picking up your own and everybody elses that leave it behind.
I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.
I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.
pop 0
QuoteOur new society. People just don't give a fuck. They care about thier immediate gratification and anyone who reminds them of thier obligations, responsibilities or simply the importance of respecting others is accused of "getting thier panties in a bunch"
I bet every geenrations makes a similar statewment and has been doing thizs for thousands of years.
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