Comments on: Hands Up, Scum! No Shooting At The Shooting Range!

By: Not as stupid as Sinn Fein

Not as stupid as Sinn Fein — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:22:08 +0000

#9, Greg Allen,

Well said. I have little issue with those who shoot sport weapons or hunt. Pointing a weapon at someone though is entirely different.

#12, Angel,

Good point. That won’t save the civil suit though.

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:09:30 +0000

He’s going to have those charges dismissed because he’s a police officer.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:04:26 +0000

Li,

Well, I’m glad we have that in common. I honestly believe that there is a reasonable compromise on this subject that could be created except that the NRA and others have so polarized the debate.

I’m curious: do you have a concern about guns that are designed primarily for shooting people? Or at least having those guns in the hands of every and any goofball who wants one?

By: Li

Li — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:39:55 +0000

Hey Greg, I despise gun control, but pointing guns at people unless you are in mortal danger is something I have a problem with too. In this case, drawing a bead on mistaken, albeit armed, people strikes me as a recipe for tragedy. Good thing it didn’t work out like that.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:34:57 +0000

Reading the article, there seems some merit to charging him. Although, it seems ambiguous enough that the parties would be better off settling this personally.

Just because you’re at a gun range, I assume you’re still not allowed to threaten people with guns!

Like most libbie gun control types, I have no problem with sport shooting. It’s when you start pointing them at people that I have a problem with it.

By: Smartalix

Smartalix — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:17:01 +0000

Exactly. Why draw down on them?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:02:49 +0000

I just want to confirm that there are outdoor ranges that are shotgun only, for the reason stated above.

By: improbus

improbus — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:53:57 +0000

What a dumb ass. He could have just walked up to them and asked them to stop. Just another reason to despise the police, especially airport police.

By: Sounds The Alarm

Sounds The Alarm — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:23:18 +0000

Right idea – telling them that its a shotgun only range. Wrong method – telling them with a gun.

By: moss

moss — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:08:53 +0000

Peter – thanks for pointing out the difference. I did most of my early days skeet and trap shooting at a factory gun club that sat on a point of land next to a beach community. It was laid out so any stray shot went out into the water.

If they had allowed hand guns or long guns, stray rounds might have landed hundreds of yards away – or even picked off a local coastal fisherman.

There’s a great deal of difference in safety requirements in the design of either kind of firing range.

By: Peter iNova

Peter iNova — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:03:53 +0000

Ranges for shotgun sports don’t have the same line of fire constraints that pistol and rifle ranges must. Shot doesn’t fly far, but bullets do.

It is COMPLETELY illegal –and terribly dangerous– to shoot bullets at some ranges designed for shotguns.

Just because it’s a range doesn’t meant its for your gun of choice.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:59:13 +0000

Weird man. I’ve never heard of no handguns at a shooting range. Especially if it’s one the police frequent.

By: MacBandit

MacBandit — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:28:07 +0000

Joke gone wrong? Drunk? Mental illness?