I would like to ask others to test my thoughts. I have five children and now five grandchildren so I am familiar with young behavior. Being Christmas break, there were several groups of children (with adults of course) at our gun club range.
Being groups on both sides of me, I noted the muzzles (not all the time) waving around pointed down range and up at the bench cover structure. As I watched children being children, getting excited, jumping up/ down from the bench seats, waving the muzzles sometimes, parents/ adults correcting sometimes, I got very nervous.
I never did see a muzzle pointed in my direction but I saw children holding loaded guns excitedly and youthfully waving the guns all around in the general direction of “down range”. After about 15 minutes of being overly watchful, I realized that I was too distracted to relax and shoot well so I packed up and went home.
Again, I never saw a muzzle point in my direction but I could picture that one bad moment in my mind. I know children and their sometimes hyper behavior especially when they are excited but with a gun in their hands, I got very nervous and observant. It was in my mind, right at that limit that I should get nervous and save myself before that one (possible) bad second. My question: was it the children having their normal hyper, jerky excitement or this old man being overly cautious and judgmental?
Being groups on both sides of me, I noted the muzzles (not all the time) waving around pointed down range and up at the bench cover structure. As I watched children being children, getting excited, jumping up/ down from the bench seats, waving the muzzles sometimes, parents/ adults correcting sometimes, I got very nervous.
I never did see a muzzle pointed in my direction but I saw children holding loaded guns excitedly and youthfully waving the guns all around in the general direction of “down range”. After about 15 minutes of being overly watchful, I realized that I was too distracted to relax and shoot well so I packed up and went home.
Again, I never saw a muzzle point in my direction but I could picture that one bad moment in my mind. I know children and their sometimes hyper behavior especially when they are excited but with a gun in their hands, I got very nervous and observant. It was in my mind, right at that limit that I should get nervous and save myself before that one (possible) bad second. My question: was it the children having their normal hyper, jerky excitement or this old man being overly cautious and judgmental?