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Posted: 2/25/2012 11:53:46 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT Anyone know about this? |
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Dinnertime
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:14:33 AM
Ummmm I was just there....my receipt says 9:09 when I paid and left. Hope no one did, thats some scary shit.
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Gentleman4561
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:22:57 AM
Damn hope thats not true
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:26:43 AM
Originally Posted By Dinnertime:
Ummmm I was just there....my receipt says 9:09 when I paid and left. Hope no one did, thats some scary shit. Happened about 5:00 pm. I think his car got towed from the parking lot out back around 8:00 pm or so. |
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Dinnertime
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:41:25 AM
Well if someone did, then they were operational again by 8ish.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 6:50:13 AM
Ugh... Glad I haven't been going there to shoot much lately. I feel bad for the other people on the range if there were any.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:00:54 AM
lots of cops out front,around 7-ish.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:20:07 AM
Originally Posted By clown714:
lots of cops out front,around 7-ish. clown I wonder why "lots of cops" would be required to investigate a suicide? 
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:47:05 AM
I love it how they make someone else clean up their mess.
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TacticalBarbie
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Posted: 2/26/2012 10:20:50 AM
YIKES!
I have heard of this happening at other ranges and one of the reasons they have RSOs employed by most. |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 10:32:03 AM
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
YIKES! I have heard of this happening at other ranges and one of the reasons they have RSOs employed by most. Honestly what could an RSO have done? Just tell the cops" yep he blew his head off". Anytime this crap happens, I get scared because in Kali, you cannot rent a gun if you are alone, only in groups of two or more. |
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ikickhippies
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Posted: 2/26/2012 10:40:42 AM
Originally Posted By Sweep:
hearing protection & eye protection  |
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TacticalBarbie
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Posted: 2/26/2012 11:46:48 AM
Originally Posted By ExKalifornian:
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
YIKES! I have heard of this happening at other ranges and one of the reasons they have RSOs employed by most. Honestly what could an RSO have done? Just tell the cops" yep he blew his head off". Anytime this crap happens, I get scared because in Kali, you cannot rent a gun if you are alone, only in groups of two or more. Where I used to work, we discussed these situations in some meetings and the RSOs looked for that. |
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fcs2178
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:33:14 PM
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
Originally Posted By ExKalifornian:
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
YIKES! I have heard of this happening at other ranges and one of the reasons they have RSOs employed by most. Honestly what could an RSO have done? Just tell the cops" yep he blew his head off". Anytime this crap happens, I get scared because in Kali, you cannot rent a gun if you are alone, only in groups of two or more. Where I used to work, we discussed these situations in some meetings and the RSOs looked for that. Eds aka Nicks on E Piedmont has had several of these situations occur. A good RSO is worth their weight in gold, but if a person is determined to harm themselves theres nothing that can be done to prevent it. A good counter person could also be a great pre screening point, unfortunately though most ranges are so damn busy it "ID, CC, Do you need ammo, Here ya go youre on Lane 12, thanks." Another thing to think about is if you recognize this is about to occur and you "engage" this person whether it be in conversation/negotiating or by other methods you have just possibly created a much more significant issue. Fine line of liability for all involved. PS. Its 1146 and youre posting on ARF, dont you have other things that take precendence? Hmmmmmmm....... |
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TacticalBarbie
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Posted: 2/26/2012 12:41:43 PM
[Last Edit: 2/26/2012 12:42:51 PM by TacticalBarbie]
Originally Posted By fcs2178:
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
Originally Posted By ExKalifornian:
Originally Posted By TacticalBarbie:
YIKES! I have heard of this happening at other ranges and one of the reasons they have RSOs employed by most. Honestly what could an RSO have done? Just tell the cops" yep he blew his head off". Anytime this crap happens, I get scared because in Kali, you cannot rent a gun if you are alone, only in groups of two or more. Where I used to work, we discussed these situations in some meetings and the RSOs looked for that. Eds aka Nicks on E Piedmont has had several of these situations occur. A good RSO is worth their weight in gold, but if a person is determined to harm themselves theres nothing that can be done to prevent it. A good counter person could also be a great pre screening point, unfortunately though most ranges are so damn busy it "ID, CC, Do you need ammo, Here ya go youre on Lane 12, thanks." Another thing to think about is if you recognize this is about to occur and you "engage" this person whether it be in conversation/negotiating or by other methods you have just possibly created a much more significant issue. Fine line of liability for all involved. PS. Its 1146 and youre posting on ARF, dont you have other things that take precendence? Hmmmmmmm....... 10-76 |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 2:48:44 PM
It's not the first time it's happened at Bullseye, and it won't be the last.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 4:21:33 PM
Very sad. But damn it, can these people do this stuff some place else. This type of stuff brings negative publicity, when we certainly don't need anymore.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 4:34:31 PM
I was there and it was not a pretty site. I feel bad for the employees at Bullseye because it was chaos when it happened. The guy looked like he was mid 20's from what I could tell. Thank god there were no kids in there at the time. What a selfish act and traumatic for everybody who had to see it. It's stuck in my head and I went out drinking last night to forget. Drinking didn't help at all. Had bad dreams all night.
I feel for his family, friends, employees of Bullseye and for everybody in the range that witnessed it. I'm sure it screwed with people's head, it has mine. |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 5:03:50 PM
Originally Posted By HoobanginAR: I was there and it was not a pretty site. I feel bad for the employees at Bullseye because it was chaos when it happened. The guy looked like he was mid 20's from what I could tell. Thank god there were no kids in there at the time. What a selfish act and traumatic for everybody who had to see it. It's stuck in my head and I went out drinking last night to forget. Drinking didn't help at all. Had bad dreams all night. I feel for his family, friends, employees of Bullseye and for everybody in the range that witnessed it. I'm sure it screwed with people's head, it has mine. That sucks. You'll never forget what you saw but you'll get over it. |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 5:11:00 PM
[Last Edit: 2/26/2012 5:12:09 PM by georgia357]
Originally Posted By HoobanginAR:
I was there and it was not a pretty site. I feel bad for the employees at Bullseye because it was chaos when it happened. The guy looked like he was mid 20's from what I could tell. Thank god there were no kids in there at the time. What a selfish act and traumatic for everybody who had to see it. It's stuck in my head and I went out drinking last night to forget. Drinking didn't help at all. Had bad dreams all night. I feel for his family, friends, employees of Bullseye and for everybody in the range that witnessed it. I'm sure it screwed with people's head, it has mine. Dang man, that's gotta suck. Good luck in getting over it. eta: welcome to the GAHTF |
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stepup
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Posted: 2/26/2012 5:41:39 PM
Talk about a selfish prick, I mean why would you not just buy a gun on a damn credit card and go home and blow your fucking brains out. That is sickening to know that someone would screw up that many peoples head when it could have been done much easier.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 5:44:48 PM
Originally Posted By Sweep:
From what I understand from my brother-in-law and several other people that were next door at McCray's Tavern, some guy went into Bullseye, rented a gun, hearing protection & eye protection but purchased no targets, walked into the range area and shot himself in the head. Anyone know about this? I was there too. He had a target. He was in there for a long time before it happened, it was very disturbuing to see. The range was full, one kid in there probably 14 or 15 yrs old with his dad, he was shaken up. It's so sad to see someone decide they need to do that. I hope I never see anytihng like that again. |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 7:20:28 PM
Originally Posted By mtgldr:
[quote]The range was full, one kid in there probably 14 or 15 yrs old with his dad, he was shaken up. It's so sad to see someone decide they need to do that. I hope I never see anytihng like that again. Oh no! I didn't see the teenager in all the chaos. That's even worse. People poured out of the range so fast, some walking outside in shock and some stayed in the store. They told everybody to grab their license and leave pretty quick too. That poor kid, it wouldn't hurt for him to go talk to a counselor IMO. Sometimes it helps. What a crappy thing to have to go through. I hope I never see something like that again too. It's scary enough being there not knowing if some idiot might mishandle a gun and accidentally shoot you. Now the whole suicide crap makes it harder to go back. I think I need a break from the range for a while. I might find someone with private land that won't mind if I do some plinking. |
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Posted: 2/26/2012 8:14:01 PM
Really sorry you all had to be there for that. If you can't shake it in a couple weeks, go talk to someone. It helps, trust me! There are a lot of people hurting out there, all we can do is be there for each other. And thank the lord he did not physically hurt anyone else during this situation. This is why I seldom shoot at a public range, this kind of stuff scares the shit out of me.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:20:42 PM
Originally Posted By Tim2hunt: Really sorry you all had to be there for that. If you can't shake it in a couple weeks, go talk to someone. It helps, trust me! There are a lot of people hurting out there, all we can do is be there for each other. And thank the lord he did not physically hurt anyone else during this situation. This is why I seldom shoot at a public range, this kind of stuff scares the shit out of me. This is one of my big issues with shooting on crowded ranges. Well, that and getting swept by various muzzles due to casings down shirts. I hope all involved in this tragedy get through the emotional detriment soon. |
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whiskerz
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:39:52 PM
That is more common at ranges than people realize . Every indoor range should have good video more than RSO's . An RSO will not be able to catch every person that wants to kill themselves . Might as well have a video evidence,. A range in Columbia SC. has had a couple and one that they thought was a suicide that turned out being an AD with a Desert Eagle
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