M47_Dragon said:
[quote name='my 9 > your 9']I was gonna ask what's "getting swept" but it sounds like it's having a gun pointed at you either intentionally or unintentionally, right?
Yeah, I used 'swept' because the poor girl advanced to a new shooting position before she was supposed to. Realizing her mistake, she did a 180 to head back to the previous position and in doing so, swung her gun around in a sweeping motion at the people standing behind her. The SO gave her a command and physically made her gun go back downrange all in one motion. I felt bad for her boyfriend, who was standing there with us. He apologized emphatically for her mistake. I think he was embarrassed.
I was at a charity shooting event a couple of months ago and while a new shooter was getting ready to go on the firing line (obviously with little or no safety training) and he pointed an empty gun at my chest. Again, the SO jumped on him right away. I looked up at the guy's face so I could give him my best evil glare ( :wink: ) and realized he was my high school auto shop teacher who I hadn't seen in 20 years!
And this is the worst: years ago, there was an open outdoor "range" with no supervision. Just a dirt road with clearings every so often for setting up bottles, TVs, whatever. This was out near Palmdale, CA. It was called the "Kentucky Shootin' Area." Used to see gangbangers practicing drive-by shootings! It was the kind of place where you never had an empty gun. If you were shooting one gun, you had another on your waist ready to go.
Anyway, I was out there with an LEO friend of mine one time and actually saw (and I sh*t you not) a guy scratch his head with the barrel of a loaded revolver!!!![/quote]I've heard alot of people use that term and never knew what it meant until now.
That's crazy what happened with your old teacher, did you guys have a long conversation about range etiquette after that?
The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.