I'm gonna take a break from guns

[Trriemferent]

OP needs to come back and finish the story.
- Did you curse him out?
- Did you beat his ***?
- Did he get kicked out?
- All of the above?

[Jeepergeo]

HAHA!

I was gonna say, I'd see how far downrange I could throw it.....

Years ago when I had more temper.... I young woman in an suv almost killed me on my motorcycle because she changed lanes quickly without checking her mirrors/blindspot. I saw she was yapping on the phone too.

I was so close to following her, taking the phone and smashing it against her head.

But then.... I would be the 'bad guy'..... I just let it go.... (I've mellowed a LOT since my youth!)

I'd still throw that glock downrange though. Better yet.... have a 12ga handy, throw it and play "skeet".....

She might have had Glock in her purse and known how to use it!

[Cuda440]

Who starts a thread like this, then doesn't reply? WTF!

[Jeepergeo]

Great advice. My private club, West End Gun Club is in the process I think of changing its by-laws to make it far easier to expel unsafe members.

West End is a well run club and range. The fees keep most but not all the yayhoos out. The main range RSOs seem to do a good job on walking the line before anyone goes down range and watching the line while folks are down range. I've seen them quibble with folks that should know better but were not following range rules.

[Pessimist]

The bullet hit almost 2 inches away from my toe.

Dude, glad you are OK and still have all your toes! Public ranges are dangerous places. Some of us have to shoot at them, at least sometimes due to location and distance from BLM or Forest Service land. I have been muzzle-swept so many times I have lost count.

Closest I ever came was when a guy at an indoor range accidentally spilled an entire box of 45 acp on the floor. Somehow, one primer must have hit another case just right and the round went off. Bullet bounced of my ears and left a mark, but no injury. Glad round went off outside of a chamber so very little velocity.

[BrassCase]

Even LEOs have gun accidents in their locker rooms, they either shoot themselves in the leg or foot or another LEO. There is no substitute for care and caution.

[sl0re10]

What happened to the negligent shooter? He should have been, at minimum, ejected from the range.

and banned...

[Whiterabbit]

Guys, there is no doubt. it is target masters. That range attracts these kinds of fools. The shooter in question probably packed up his glock next to the .223 rifle he was shooting a moment before (TM does not allow 223), then left.

When you charge the lowest price and have the longest hours that extend late into the night, this is kind of result you have to expect.

[Felix168]

I was at the shooting range, and there was a guy wearing a camo baseball cap right next to me attempting to unload his Glock.

He removed the magazine, racked the slide 20 times rapidly, locked the slide back, inserted a magazine, pointed it at the ground, and pulled the trigger in an attempt to dry fire it.

The bullet hit almost 2 inches away from my toe.

I'm think I'm gonna take a break from guns for awhile.

Glad that you're ok, but I have a serious question:

Can the trigger be pulled and a round will fire off when the slide is locked back on Glocks? Or will the slide automatically unlock (release) when the magazine is inserted?

[Oliver_Charles]

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[Whiterabbit]

Glad that you're ok, but I have a serious question:

Can the trigger be pulled and a round will fire off when the slide is locked back on Glocks? Or will the slide automatically unlock (release) when the magazine is inserted?

irrelevant. The purpose of the story was to tell us how he almost got shot in the foot, not give you the finer details of the other shooter, whether he was left handed, had long hair, wearing sandals, shooting bullseye or zombie targets, and incidentally every little tiny step he followed right before almost shooting our poster in the foot.

[whipkiller]

I was at the shooting range, and there was a guy wearing a camo baseball cap right next to me attempting to unload his Glock.

He removed the magazine, racked the slide 20 times rapidly, locked the slide back, inserted a magazine, pointed it at the ground, and pulled the trigger in an attempt to dry fire it.

The bullet hit almost 2 inches away from my toe.

I'm think I'm gonna take a break from guns for awhile.

Glad that you're ok, but I have a serious question:

Can the trigger be pulled and a round will fire off when the slide is locked back on Glocks? Or will the slide automatically unlock (release) when the magazine is inserted?

irrelevant. The purpose of the story was to tell us how he almost got shot in the foot, not give you the finer details of the other shooter, whether he was left handed, had long hair, wearing sandals, shooting bullseye or zombie targets, and incidentally every little tiny step he followed right before almost shooting our poster in the foot.

I think it's a valid question because if you read the OP's sequence of events he doesn't say anything about the guy dropping the slide, so if you take it verbatim it could give the impression that he pulled the trigger with the slide locked back.

With all due respect, I see his question as much more relevant than "whether he was left handed, had long hair, wearing sandals, shooting bullseye or zombie targets"

I am a little curious why it matters that he was wearing a camo baseball cap.

[POLICESTATE]

I was at the shooting range, and there was a guy wearing a camo baseball cap right next to me attempting to unload his Glock.

He removed the magazine, racked the slide 20 times rapidly, locked the slide back, inserted a magazine, pointed it at the ground, and pulled the trigger in an attempt to dry fire it.

The bullet hit almost 2 inches away from my toe.

I'm think I'm gonna take a break from guns for awhile.

I'm going to take a wild guess and ask TARGETMASTERS?

[bsg]

glad that you're ok, and thanks for the heads-up reminder for all to be aware of their surroundings. those that do not profit from their mistakes are bound to repeat them.

[FireControlman]

I fully understand. I stopped going to public ranges sometime in '03 or '04 for a similar reason.

I shot exclusively on BLM land in the desert for many years until just this summer when I decided to go back to a local range due to the high cost of fuel and time involved to get out to my desert shooting spots.

I'm not familiar with any BLM areas near you, but I'd suggest at least looking into it.

That is exactly my sitrep; I explain this to all my military buddies too. The desert or bust.

I went to a range in Rancho recently out of necessity, I had no other option, a buddy and his wife were in need of immediate basic firearms weapons safety instruction.