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I am a relatively new handgun owner and decided to take my brother to the range to let him shoot my 1911. Since he knows almost nothing about handguns, I gave him my own version a of 15 minute safety course before heading to the range... what to do, not to do, expect, etc.
So, we get to the range, and I watched him like a hawk every time he was shooting and especially when I knew the gun was loaded. He did a great job.
Well, while we were there, I observed something that I knew was not cool. A guy in his 50's was there with what looked like 2 daughters in their 20's. At one point, he turned around to speak with them, and he had his handgun pointed toward the stall next to him.
When we left the range, I asked my bro what he thought. While he had fun shooting, he relayed a couple incidents. First, the same guy I mentioned above apparently turned around and pointed the gun from the hip at his daughters while talking to them. More disturbingly, there was a young couple near us, and the lady was apparently clueless as she pointed her boyfriend's gun at my brother, and my brother literally ran away. Since I was shooting, I missed the whole episode.
Anyway, I have 2 questions (the first rhetorical):
1) What the F is wrong with people? In my limited experiences going to the range, how is it possible that people don't follow the most basic principle of keeping the gun pointed downrange? And why don't "hosts" watch their guests more closely? I was just amazed.
2) I spoke with my bro about the experience. We both agreed that confronting the individual was a bad idea. As polite as I can be, I don't know how these people will react, and they're armed. So, what would you do if you saw something that was either marginally or blatantly wrong?
So, we get to the range, and I watched him like a hawk every time he was shooting and especially when I knew the gun was loaded. He did a great job.
Well, while we were there, I observed something that I knew was not cool. A guy in his 50's was there with what looked like 2 daughters in their 20's. At one point, he turned around to speak with them, and he had his handgun pointed toward the stall next to him.
When we left the range, I asked my bro what he thought. While he had fun shooting, he relayed a couple incidents. First, the same guy I mentioned above apparently turned around and pointed the gun from the hip at his daughters while talking to them. More disturbingly, there was a young couple near us, and the lady was apparently clueless as she pointed her boyfriend's gun at my brother, and my brother literally ran away. Since I was shooting, I missed the whole episode.
Anyway, I have 2 questions (the first rhetorical):
1) What the F is wrong with people? In my limited experiences going to the range, how is it possible that people don't follow the most basic principle of keeping the gun pointed downrange? And why don't "hosts" watch their guests more closely? I was just amazed.
2) I spoke with my bro about the experience. We both agreed that confronting the individual was a bad idea. As polite as I can be, I don't know how these people will react, and they're armed. So, what would you do if you saw something that was either marginally or blatantly wrong?
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