Do you ever see this at an indoor firing line? People talking on cell phones.

[torpid]

Yesterday, a person got offended when he was talking on his cell phone when the person next to him started to shoot a semi auto shotgun. He was complaining how rude it was for the person to shoot a shotgun at an indoor range while he is talking on the cell phone.

I actually feel his pain.
Indoor shooters are sooo rude sometimes.

My biggest pet peeve at the indoor range is when I'm trying to go to the bathroom in my lane, and some shooters just keep on rudely blasting away at targets as if they owned the place, instead of respecting my privacy like civilized folks and leaving the range for the duration.

It's not like I won't come out and tell them when I'm finished.

Savages.

 

[Tim L]

hmm, looks like a reason to always have the CZ-52 along. what other light recoil loud as heck gun would work?

Tim

 

[Barr]

Ruger Redhawk in .44 Magnum, short 5.5" barrel, and hot handloads. Does life get any better?

 

[spartan55]

How rude!

What was the guy thinking, Some people are just not very sonsiderate to others feeeeeelings. A cease fire should have been called all firearms unloaded, bolt locked to the rear, checked by range boss. So everybody could have enjoyed his litttle phone call. I hate it when people eat in a restaurant, poop in an out house, and especially shoot at a range

 

[RNB65]

The best way to deal with rude cell phone talkers is to move really close to them and make it blatantly obvious that you're eavesdropping on their conversation. Really irritates the heck out of 'em.

 

[wolf_from_wv]

hmm, looks like a reason to always have the CZ-52 along. what other light recoil loud as heck gun would work?

.30 Carbine Blackhawk...

 

[Geno]

That's right...no "private" "public"

That's right...no "private" "public". Listen in and then, chime in and give them your advice regarding the call.

Doc2005

 

[arthurcw]

The dude who complained about the shotgunner should have his head examined. If HE is putting HIS HEARING in danger then HE should get the heck out! After all Mr. Shotgunner did not bring his shootzenbomer to a “cell phone range”. I'm afraid I would have told Mr. Cell Phone to have a big mug of **** and go away.

Well, with that said… I guess it’s time to fess up to some stupidity.

I like to listen to music when shooting. I keep it low and active noise canceling ear buds help the ear muffs keep the noise level down. One day, I forgot my music but my phone has a radio so I just figured I’d listen to that. It was pretty good. Tested it out and it blocked the noise. The ear buds fit nicely but not as nice as the ANC ones… but what you gonna do.

About 30 minutes in, the phone rings. No biggie, I’m just gonna let it go to VM. Right? No, the phone had other ideas. See this was the first time I’d ever taken a call with the radio on and it seems the factory default is to auto answer! Well… my ears were nice and safe except for the exposed mic that was funneling every sound right into my ears!!! Everything went crystal quite then I heard my friend say, “Hello?” I then heard my wife VERY CLEARLY from the next lane over. I still don’t know what she said because I also heard the guys who had been shooting an AK rapid fire in the other lane next to me. From them I hear *clack* then one of the guys yell, “let her rip!”

The brain works in funny ways. At the same I time I knew something was wrong I knew what was wrong. I grabbed the wire for the buds and yanked up just the tiniest fraction of a second before the wannabes started rockin’ and rollin’

The Friend who called later told me, “Man, all I heard was your wife’s voice then some dudes yelling then gun shots! I was freaked!”

Morals:
1) Don’t use a cell phone on the lanes.
2) Exposed mics are not your friend.
3) God really does look out for me. (see the Fools and Little Children rule).
4) Gunshots over the phone freak people out.
5) Expect lots of follow up calls and messages on all your phones when a real friend hears gunshots over your phone.

 

[rnchick]

I occassionally go to the range when I am "on-call". I leave my phone on vibrate mode & check for the voicemail alert at regular intervals. If I get a call that I need to return (such as work calling me in) I LEAVE THE FIRING LINE AND TAKE THE CALL IN PRIVATE! I would never risk my hearing, or risk distracting others while they are shooting. It's just common courtesy!

 

[Cliff47]

RNB65, really like your sense of humor. Irritate those Oblivions, make 'em take up knitting! They're probably the same ones poing down the road with a cell phone stuck in the ear. Nokia makes a phone (I got one) with an on/off switch on the top surface. I leave mine 'off' for the majority of the time, I got it for my use, not somebody else's entertainment.

 

[dhoomonyou]

DUMB.

 

[220_Swift]

At our local indoor range, if you remove your hearing protection, you will be not so politely asked to leave. They are very strict about hearing and eye protection, as they should be.

 

[hqmhqm]

In Japan some of the phones have a special button for "driving mode", the phone answers incoming calls with a message that says "the owner of this phone is driving right now, please call back later". My wife used to push it by accident all the time. Anyway, for the US, they could say "I'm in a firefight now, please call back later".

 

[ZeSpectre]

Timely... I was considering posting this story so now I will.

NRA HQ range just a few days back. I only noticed the start because I was the next lane over and I was reloading.

Guy answers his cell phone on the range, steps back from the line and pulls one earmuff off. RO is there almost instantly, politely insistant that the shooter (phoner?) put his hearing protection back on.

The "phoner" actually SHUSSHED the RO and said "can't you see I'm on the phone".

That RO and a second quickly and firmly ejected the inDUHvidual (found out later he got mouthy outside so he was suspended from the range).

I couldn't wipe the grin off my face for about an hour.

(I'm now going to run away from this thread before it gets me started on my cellphone rant about how annoying I find the concept that if I'm not accessable 24/7 I am somehow being either "rude" or "antisocial") :banghead: .

 

[RobW]

It's our new culture. ME, MYSELF, and I. Everybody else has to serve MY needs. Who gives a sh** for anybody else?

Sometime, a doctor or a "scientific" survey in need of money will discover that cell-phones cause brain cancer.

But I'm sure, the cell-phone people have no brains at all.:banghead:

 

[battlehatch]

I answer my phone on the firing line. I only use earplugs so I can hear my phone when it's on speaker and next to my ear. I try not to have any real in depth conversations though, usually limit it to, "I'm at the range, I'll call you later.".

 

[f4t9r]

never seen it and do not want to

 

[RobW]

As I don't have to be accessible for my boss 24/7/365, I don't have one of this wonderful marvels.

Question: what did you do at the times a cell phone was far in the future?

 

[CNYCacher]

As has been mentioned already, i would be extremely loathe to use a cell phone at a firing range- especially an indoor one- because of the change incolved that such use would blow out the microphone. Much easier than you think.

My first thought as well, then I realized that the microphone is going to be reacting to sounds if the phone is on or off, or taking a call or not. Won't do any more damage using it than not using it at the range.

For some reason i can hear my wife on the phone just fine through my earplugs. I don't know why. I usually step back from the line and answer my call, then get back to it. I won't do this if someone is waiting to get on the line.

 

[RioShooter]

I don't understand how we became a society where everything must stop because a person is trying to call someone.

I used to have a phone in my office, which was next to my classroom. It would drive my students crazy when the phone rang and I wouldn't answer it. I told them that my lesson for that day was more important than a conversation with an unknown person for an unknown reason. I also explained to them that if the message was important, the person would call back.

I also screen my cell calls and have my landline on an answering machine. Humans should be smarter than Pavlov's dogs.

 

[UltimaSE]

Two stories come to mind.

Once upon at a range, an inexperience shooter walked into the range. Broke every rule in the book. Painted myself, my girlfriend and my friends several times. When I told him to stop, he looked flustered and told me it was his first time, so it was ok. Then he proceeded to jam a revolver, and paint everyone at the range again. Finger in the trigger, the whole 9 yards.

This was enough, I started packing up. He goes out with a hot jammed revolver, get's b*tched at by the RO. Proceeds to walk in without his hearing protection explaining to everyone that it's his first time shooting. I proceed to grab everything I haven't pack and/or unloaded and empty everything down range as fast as I possibly could. Yes, yes, petty I know. This list included a .357 mag loaded with blue dots, .308 model 70 boss etc. I turn around, he's got his fingers in his ears and the revolver pointed straight at his head...

The other isn't as bad/good. Out at an indoor range, cell phone rings. Guy takes the call, and has the nerve to asks everyone to stop ... I actually stopped. After I realized that he wasn't going to go back out, and was going to try to carry a conversation for what seemed like a few minutes, I walked back and grab my 870, the other guy at the range got the hint too and grabbed a rifle. We somehow synchronized touching off the rounds...

UltimaSE

 

[RobW]

I turn around, he's got his fingers in his ears and the revolver pointed straight at his head...

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Did he pull the trigger???

I'm sure: if I am ever in an accident with a guy/gal, using his/her cell phone, I'll sue them for some million dollars.

That would prevent the whole insanity. Unless the judge has some shares from Cingular, Verizon, etc. etc.

 

[Steve N]

Voltiare said "Common sense is not so common". In the 21st century, it should be "Common courtesy is not so common."

I have a Motorola V66. It has an off button. It also has a vibrate mode, and a silent mode where all incoming calls ring immediately to voice mail.

I hate my phone, but unfortunately it is a work necessity. I avoid using it whenever possible.

And yes, if I am ever at the range and someone gets on a cell phone, I'll blast away as fast and as loud as possible.

 

[pap1105]

cell phones on firing range

new command ready on the right. ready on the left ready on the cell phone line.

 

[PaulBk]

Banned

Cell phones aren't allowed to be turned on at our indoor range. First offense is a warning, second one you get you booted for the day.

-PB