Runaway shooter

[LPatterson]

Well, the actual scenario in my CRO class was a shooter that fired the first mag, then realized all the other mags were in the range bag. "Back it Up!" and he went back to his range bag to get more mags. No rear fault line and he remained between the two side fault lines that extend to infinity....

Holy crap, did he have his gun out when he left the stage. Were ther other shooters around. Was his range bag within the berms. Just because fault line extend to infinity does not mean you can run anywhere on the range as long as you do not cross the lines. sound like a clear case of unsafe gun handling and poor judgement. The point could be argued that he was in the shooting area, but it aklso goes to the fact that if you put everything in the stage discription that you cannot do, it would take all day to read. Sounds like a DQ and $100.00 for ARB if the shooter want to argue that one. I do not know of two many people that would agree that leaving a stage to get more mags after you have begun shooting is safe.

If it isn't illegal in the rule book and not prohibited in the WSB and the shooter kept the gun pointed downrange there was nothing to stop him for except being stupid and that is not a DQ offense. If the RO had stopped the shooter for a reason that could not be supported by the rule book then a reshoot is required because the shooter was under the direct control of the RO. Had the shooter overrun the RO or spectators and gotten them downrange of the muzzle, then you have unsafe gun handling. While an RO can DQ a shooter they still have to be able to support that decision to the RM who will be making a judgement based on the rule book.

[Singlestack]

Please show me the rule that supports out running a RO is unsafe gun handling.