Last weekend my brother want to go shoot his new glock. He is still a dependant by virtue of being a colledge student. So he suggests signing me into the range. The facilities are great and the staff was cool upfront. I am not sure what the max range was likely 25 meters we were just shooting at 12 feet, my brother is a new shooter and I figured he did not need to shoot distance yet.
On to the problem. The range has the lanes set up on one side and some tables setup behind to load mags and such. When we first got there there was a father son team and us thats it. We were doing our thing and then about 30 minutes into it it starts getting crowded. I am loading mags on the table for my brother and a person comes up and starts loading a mag next to me for a smith auto loaded of some sort puts the mag in the gun holding it sideways pointed in my general direction and drops the slide sweeps everyone on the line as he walks up to the line and starts shooting. The father of the father son team sees this looks at me and stops his son from shooting unloads packs up and leaves. I was unsure what to do so I thought he was just not paying atention so I dismissed it for the time. We continue to shoot and another guy comes in with with a tac-ed out ar again I am loading mags this guy takes the rifle out of the case sets it on the table locks the bolt back and loads a mag. I did not think much of it as there is no room to place rifles on the table with out pointing them up the line in one direction or the other. So just as I finish loading the last mag this guy puts a magin the rifle and releases the bolt again with the rifle pointed in my general direction so I had to say something. So as I try to mention it to this guy his reply is hey My finger wasnt on the trigger your fine. I think what is the problem here. I went to the Facility staff and explain the concern and this guy tells me to give them a break, most of them just got back from Iraq and I am safer with them pointing a loaded gun at me than I am with a civilian pointing an empty gun at me........WHAT? I did not argue or say anything else. I stood and watched behind the glass and watched for a minute and saw numberous accounts of 4 or 5 guys sweeping the line each other ect with loaded guns. I went in got my brother and left. Last time I think we will be going there, some how I think this hapens all the time. Just for the record I never saw any range rules posted either does not mean I did not see them.
Am I wrong or this just unsafe?
On to the problem. The range has the lanes set up on one side and some tables setup behind to load mags and such. When we first got there there was a father son team and us thats it. We were doing our thing and then about 30 minutes into it it starts getting crowded. I am loading mags on the table for my brother and a person comes up and starts loading a mag next to me for a smith auto loaded of some sort puts the mag in the gun holding it sideways pointed in my general direction and drops the slide sweeps everyone on the line as he walks up to the line and starts shooting. The father of the father son team sees this looks at me and stops his son from shooting unloads packs up and leaves. I was unsure what to do so I thought he was just not paying atention so I dismissed it for the time. We continue to shoot and another guy comes in with with a tac-ed out ar again I am loading mags this guy takes the rifle out of the case sets it on the table locks the bolt back and loads a mag. I did not think much of it as there is no room to place rifles on the table with out pointing them up the line in one direction or the other. So just as I finish loading the last mag this guy puts a magin the rifle and releases the bolt again with the rifle pointed in my general direction so I had to say something. So as I try to mention it to this guy his reply is hey My finger wasnt on the trigger your fine. I think what is the problem here. I went to the Facility staff and explain the concern and this guy tells me to give them a break, most of them just got back from Iraq and I am safer with them pointing a loaded gun at me than I am with a civilian pointing an empty gun at me........WHAT? I did not argue or say anything else. I stood and watched behind the glass and watched for a minute and saw numberous accounts of 4 or 5 guys sweeping the line each other ect with loaded guns. I went in got my brother and left. Last time I think we will be going there, some how I think this hapens all the time. Just for the record I never saw any range rules posted either does not mean I did not see them.
Am I wrong or this just unsafe?