This is my first post. I find it hard to believe there are those here (of all places) who would ridicule the IBS for promoting safety procedures-
Ridicule? No, disagree with implementation/reasons.
many of which have not been enforced for years.
HELLO!!!! Did I not just say that?
At this years membership meeting Jim Borden's description of some of the most recent incidents gave my spine a chill-- Deja-vu of many times at matches I have witnessed someone (including myself) violate cardinal safety rules and gotten away without incident. There is not one shooter among us who has not witnessed the same. I compete with some of the best in the game --but none has the ability to call a shot back.
repeat my last sentence here...
As for the air horn, my hearing isn't the best and hearing loss runs in the family, but as long as you or I desire to compete and can do so safely this is one means to keep us shooting.
There again is where we disagree with what "do so safely" means. To me it means that if nobody else is there, you can conduct yourself safely. Seems simple to me. To me, this is one more way to allow us to be more careless and expect someone else to be responsible for our actions or lack thereof (I say)
Are some of the new practices a pia and take extra time-you bet--But we're there to relax and enjoy ourselves
We are not there to relax while at the line. We are there to be attentive to what we are doing. We may relax when the gun is sitting on the cleaning bench with the bolt removed, and shoot the bull and relax with our friends then. At the line, we are supposed to be watching what is going on. That's part of the "conduct yourself safely" thing.
and at least we'll leave the range alive--no guarantees on the ride home.
No kidding there. That's because that same careless person we allowed to shoot will be on the road, responsible for another potentially lethal device, but with no rangemaster there to blow a horn to wake them up when they fall asleep at the wheel (like is now implied they're allowed to do at the bench).
Every day, blind people walk the streets and manage to get run down by cars less than folks with eyesight. People who can't hear communicate with speaking people without having the speaking person change a thing. People without legs drive cars without needing dual controls on MY car. Deaf people use phones every day without my phone changing a bit.
I'll say again, the rules to deal with this are already on the books. Making more so the old ones can continue to be ignored is not the solution.
These are very profound words here. "Dictate Code, Not Conduct".
jmho...
