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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2574404" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p><img src="/images/smilies/shocked.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /> I've been shot at but never hit ... <img src="/images/smilies/lookaround.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lookaroun" title="Lookaround :lookaroun" data-shortname=":lookaroun" /> It's a pretty sobering feeling to feel a bullet whiz past your head close enough to move your hair (I had "Farah Fassett" hair back then ... <img src="/images/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue :P" data-shortname=":P" />)</p><p></p><p>I've posted my story here about having .40 cal rounds in a .45 cal gun ... <img src="/images/smilies/lookaround.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lookaroun" title="Lookaround :lookaroun" data-shortname=":lookaroun" /> Do NOT pull boxes of ammo out of your range bag without putting on your reading glasses and taking a good look at what you are snagging ... <img src="/images/smilies/lookaround.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lookaroun" title="Lookaround :lookaroun" data-shortname=":lookaroun" /> </p><p></p><p>And I've torched off a shot a couple of different times when I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles the gun was outta rounds. Both times it was pointed downrange ... Even when I think my gun is empty I treat it like it's not ... I lost a classmate to a negligent discharge when I was in junior high school (middle school for you youngsters) ... I'll NEVER forget his parents at his funeral. His dad was the one responsible for what happened. Put what he thought was an unloaded shotgun in a box and wrapped it up for Ronnie's Christmas present. Ronnie's best friend pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger. He bled out before the ambulance got there. </p><p></p><p>Honestly, I'm scared to death of guns. No, really ... it's why I will approach absolute strangers on a range and talk to them about what they are doing ... because God forbid I don't and they hurt themselves or someone else ... It's also why I was such a stickler for the rules when I worked at the range. I'm amazed at the number of folks who are the exact opposite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2574404, member: 1242"] :shocked: I've been shot at but never hit ... :lookaroun It's a pretty sobering feeling to feel a bullet whiz past your head close enough to move your hair (I had "Farah Fassett" hair back then ... :P) I've posted my story here about having .40 cal rounds in a .45 cal gun ... :lookaroun Do NOT pull boxes of ammo out of your range bag without putting on your reading glasses and taking a good look at what you are snagging ... :lookaroun And I've torched off a shot a couple of different times when I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles the gun was outta rounds. Both times it was pointed downrange ... Even when I think my gun is empty I treat it like it's not ... I lost a classmate to a negligent discharge when I was in junior high school (middle school for you youngsters) ... I'll NEVER forget his parents at his funeral. His dad was the one responsible for what happened. Put what he thought was an unloaded shotgun in a box and wrapped it up for Ronnie's Christmas present. Ronnie's best friend pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger. He bled out before the ambulance got there. Honestly, I'm scared to death of guns. No, really ... it's why I will approach absolute strangers on a range and talk to them about what they are doing ... because God forbid I don't and they hurt themselves or someone else ... It's also why I was such a stickler for the rules when I worked at the range. I'm amazed at the number of folks who are the exact opposite. [/QUOTE]
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