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  1. Stop, ULSC, hand the shooter a gift card to Dairy Queen and call the RM.
  2. 10.5.12 comes to mind. Back a few years I was competing in a shotgun match and set a closed box of shells on the safe table while I took the shotty out of the bag. The RM happened to be watching and told me that while it was technically not handling ammunition it wasn't a good idea.
  3. Couldn't have said it better myself. The eternal frustration for me is that while record numbers of folks are going to NROI seminars and getting trained they are a drop in the bucket compared to the total number of folks who shoot our matches. I have nothing but respect for anyone willing to help run a match but too many at the club level just don't have the skills or aren't familiar with USPSA safety protocols. The fact that this happened means that the squad didn't have any trained range officers in it or any that were there didn't act quickly enough. Either way it points out the importance of trying to get everyone through a minimal level of training. We run with guns. That's not something you manage with common sense. USPSA collectively has millions of man-hours of experience and NROI does their best to boil that down to a weekend seminar and make it available to anyone who wants to help out. Folks who have no intention of going beyond their local clubs still need to know how to deal with situations like Danny brought up so when (not if) it happens again they will be ready to act before something dangerous happens.
  4. Sorry, didn't mean t imply that you didn't know. Just mentioning it for the new folks.
  5. There is a system for dealing with RO misconduct or incompetence. File an incident report with NROI. I can tell you from personal experience they are not ignored.
  6. Nope, the RO screwed up big time and everyone who failed to yell stop loud and clear did too. None of that relieves the shooter of the responsibility for maintaining a safe muzzle direction.
  7. There are thing for which we issue warnings or go behind the berm for a chat. Pointing a loaded gun downrange while people are working on targets isn't one of them.
  8. Nothing wrong with pointing a loaded gun downrange during make ready. The problem is pointing a loaded gun downrange while someone is setting targets or repairing props. That's one of the rules daddy tells you about when he hands you that Daisy Red Rider.
  9. Are you saying pointing a loaded gun downrange while people are setting targets or repairing props is OK?
  10. 10.5 says "Examples of unsafe gun handling include, but are not limited to:" so a competitor's actions don't have to precisely match any of the examples to be considered unsafe. Based on the information as presented I would say the competitor's actions fall into that category. He pointed a loaded gun down-range knowing there were people there. The fact that he didn't point the gun directly at anyone doesn't change that. If this was a new guy who was just trying to do what the RO told him then he learned a valuable lesson. I feel bad for him but that's not a reason to ignore basic safety protocols. As for the RO walking in front of the gun, needless to say he messed up big time. If the competitor was paying attention he should have been able to see what was coming and turn the gun to a safe direction. He would still be DQ'd for pointing the gun down-range but it would have prevented something that could have resulted in tragedy.
  11. The current rules only limit how much of a target can be covered by no-shoots or hard cover.
  12. 2.1.8.4 refers to the angle from vertical. The rules don't place any limit on rotation. If the match organizers are building stages that are unreasonably difficult or present an unrealistic shooting challenge your main option is to take your business elsewhere.
  13. Books used to be available in the online store but shipping was expensive. They are still issued to students at level 1 and 2 range officer seminars.
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