Cease Fire =>> STOP!

[D.B. Cooper]

A year old revival!!!!

This thread is like disco.

 

[twofewscrews]

I guess I'm lucky that my local range doesn't have RSO's. Its pretty small (3 lanes of pistol, 4 lanes of 50 yards, 10 lanes of 100 yards, small (6 person) indoor pistol/small caliber rifle range) and the main attraction is really the skeet/trap/sporting clays, but when we do have 10 or more people there we have three commands. "Cease Fire" which is usually done when someone needs to reset a target or something benign. This is usually called after the person who needs to do the resetting has got everyone's attention. Once everyone is aware and the command has been called, we hit the red button which sets of lights and a buzzer. At this point everyone who hasn't already dropped their mag, drops their mag, opens their chamber, and steps away from their firearm. When everyone is back behind the firing line we call an "all clear" and last man in hits the green button which turns of the lights and buzzer. We reserve the command "stop" for when something serious is or can happen and we need someone or everyone to cease all action immediately. To my knowledge we've never had an accident at the range and its been open 40+ years. I've actually been there twice to witness a "stop" command. Once a member had a squid and while the shooter didn't notice it the guy next to him somehow did. The second time a person went to light up a smoke not realizing someone on the range had a muzzle loader.

TLDR: Cease Fire = Benign, Clear = Range is clear for fire, Stop = Immediate Danger. IMO "stop" should be reserved for immediate danger whereas "cease fire" for the benign. That being said my range is small so perhaps my experience doesn't have any bearing on larger ranges.

 

[Nature Boy]

What about the command, "Fire at Will"?

And what if your name is Will?