A wounding at a reenactment, how would you handle it?

[RANGER295]

[USN CHIEF]

Sounds like he needs to find a different hobby and no longer be allowed to participate doing that stuff. What a tool.

[technique]

He's a danger and has proved it! I don't know how you would go about handling that though, as he is the president....impeach him?

[tophatjones]

Don't let this continue, or someone may get seriously injured. If you can get the other members to voice their concerns, the P will need to change his carelessness or risk losing the respect of everyone. If the latter, can he be voted out?

[RANGER295]

Sounds like he needs to find a different hobby and no longer be allowed to participate doing that stuff. What a tool.

[eaglemike]

He is unsafe with a firearm. He has broken safe gun handling rules. If he is not stopped now, he will hurt someone worse. I'd stay far, far away from him. You have knowledge that he is unsafe. There might be a lawsuit at some point, and you don't want to be associated with him.

all the best,

Mike

[Coastey]

You've documented the incidents. Confront him with the facts. If he can't understand that he is the source of these incidents, then your group needs to get rid of him. If he does understand that his carelessness has caused injuries or was risky...have your group put him on a "safety" probation for a set amount of time. Let him know he is being watched and that any infraction of the safety rules puts him off the field and on the bench. Keep documenting and showing him what he's doing wrong and why.

[USN CHIEF]

Crap, PM me the info of what I got to say and I will call or write a letter complaining

[Greg-Dawg]

First of all, I hope those two dudes got workers comp. Secondly, take it to the board members, who are over or withing the same level as the president, for disciplinary action.

[RANGER295]

Crap, PM me the info of what I got to say and I will call or write a letter complaining

[USN CHIEF]

Heck yeah, my left shoulder still has a bruise from it, I can even have the wife take pics right now Not only did I see it, but I was also a "Victim".

[CSACANNONEER]

Who's in charge of your group? Have you talked with the person in charge about your concerns? Have you talked with other members about the member in question? If you are the only one that feels that he is a liability, you might want to sit out for a while until he is asked to leave. If it were me, I'd rather sit out than be a part of a unit that is unsafe and may injure or kill someone.

A few years ago, I travelled 7 hours to a re-enactment towing a trailer with a "quaker gun" on it. I was the only one from my unit that went and I fell in with a unit of Yankees that we have loose ties with. Well, after the first "battle," my gun crew stayed on the field with a 6 up team and practised "retreat by prolong" for a while. We stopped every 50-75 feet, unhooked the gun, loaded, fired and then retreated a bit further. Well, I had noticed another gun crew watching us and all the while they were signaling that there gun was loaded. After a couple of minutes, just before we would be dirrectly in front of them, I noticed a rammer in the tube and informed an outrider that I had reason to believe the gun we were about to go in front of was loaded. The outrider rode over to the other gun crew and they assured him their gun was not loaded. We worked are way past them and then, THEY FIRED THEIR GUN! The outrider (who was the event safety officer), rode back and chewed them a new one. They insisted that their gun wasn't loaded because they had removed the primer. So, due to their stupidity, I stood dirrectly in front of a loaded cannon with a projectile (the rammer) in the tube! Anyone care to guess how I felt after that? Well, back at camp, I made it clear that if that I would no longer participate in the two day event if the other unit was on the field. Funny thing is, they were already packing up and running away! The unit in question was new, had not even registered or signed releases, didn't know that they had to pass a safety test and left before anyone could get their names.

[Hoop]

So here is my question, how would you handle this situation? This is not the first time this has happened, but the injury yesterday is the worst. Usually it is just something like the first example I gave.

Get rid of him or find another club whose president isn't a moron.

[domokun]

This guy is dangerous and needs to be suspended from participating in your events or restricted to roles where a firearm is not involved. They're not following the rules and thus should be dealt with accordingly.

[tyrist]

If he won't go then you just have to decide if it's worth you getting seriously hurt or killed. Should be a pretty easy answer.