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NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:22 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:34 pm
by Graham M
What the hell was an unattended LOADED rifle doing on the firing point wtfwtf wtfwtf wtfwtf
This wasn't an accident ......it was sheer stupidity
G.M.
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:36 pm
by leeroy7031
Rule 101, always treat firearm as if they're loaded.
Sadly the owner paid the price for leaving this loaded at the point .... emrolleyes
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:38 pm
by SevenSixTwo
Instant kill so I hear. Spine or skull?
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:05 pm
by kennyc
SevenSixTwo wrote:Instant kill so I hear. Spine or skull?
almost anywhere in the upper chest would have done it :( anywhere near the CNS and he would have dropped instantly, and then bled out, poor sod.
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:09 pm
by SevenSixTwo
Anyone know what calibre? Didn't look too heavy.
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:49 pm
by ukrifleman
Don't be too surprised if there is a call to tighten up the firearms laws (again) because of the tragedy in Moscow.
I know what you are thinking, it didn't happen here, but that doesn't seem to matter to the anti-gun zealots.
ukrifleman.
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:34 pm
by Mezzer
What a totally avoidable waste of life.
Take a quick shuftie through utube and you'll find plenty more scenarios that had the capacity to end just like this one.
Mezzer
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:28 am
by Demonic69
The kid had plenty of time to aim, clearly setting his sights on his target, this was no accident whatever the official excuse.
"Whoops, I accidentally aimed at the far right of the range for nor real reason...."
Re: NEVER, EVER touch firearms when people are down range
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:46 am
by markS
Tragic stuff that should never happened.
Why/how did the instructor/RCO allow it to happen? Not checking the rifle is clear, allowing the kid to pick up the rifle and aim and also filming them seems a trifle lax...
Not saying that they are the only ones to blame but they are the last link in the safety chain and, I assume, are responsible for what goes on at the range.