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Originally Posted by PastorPack
Yup, very scary places. The most frequent mistake I see is people not stopping fire during a cease fire or resuming fire too soon. When I can, I prefer to go to the backwoods firing range (forest service).
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While in the USAF I was stationed in Belgium. We were required to go through yearly qualifications with the M-16. One year we had some new arrivals on base who were qualifying for the first time using an "actual" M-16. At one point during the orientation the range officer mentions the usual gun range safety precautions, "always keep the gun pointed downrange", "always treat the gun as if it were loaded", etc. One of the commands he gave was that if you were having problems with your M-16, keep it pointed downrange and raise your left hand and hold the rifle with your right arm.
When it was time fire standing we had one new arrival have a "malfunction" when he was firing the M-16.
When the line of people were through firing this new idiot turns around holding the M16 level towards EVERYONE behind him looking for a range official!!! You can bet that one of the range officials raced towards this guy and grabbed the M-16 out of his hands. They proceeded to explain that he could could have shot somebody in the event the M-16 had discharged.
Even in the military there are people who just don't get it!!!