Shooting Edge....again??

[TKRIS]

Originally posted by broken_legs
My comment was aimed at first time or non-pal shooters that show up at the range.

Yeah, fair enough.

Originally posted by broken_legs
If you have a PAL you've already had an interview, and had your friends or family interviewed to see if you are a risk to yourself or others.

If you don't have a PAL, you should be required to have a friend there.

You don't get any sort of interview when you apply for a (R)PAL. I've never heard of a single person having any of their references checked either. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even run an actual background check on all the applicants to see about criminal offeses.

EDITED to remove my jag about how fucking stupid firearms laws are in this country.

[Tomaz]

Originally posted by TKRIS

EDITED to remove my jag about how fucking stupid firearms laws are in this country.

Are they any better in other places?

[TKRIS]

Why does that matter?

I don't know of anywhere that I'd use as a template. That said, I don't know the ins and outs of every other countries laws. My point is that it doesn't matter. What we're doing wrong is painfully obvious, so we should probably stop doing that, regardless what Norway, the USA, or Fiji does.

[3g4u]

Originally posted by TKRIS

Yeah, fair enough.



You don't get any sort of interview when you apply for a (R)PAL. I've never heard of a single person having any of their references checked either. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even run an actual background check on all the applicants to see about criminal offeses.

EDITED to remove my jag about how fucking stupid firearms laws are in this country.

I got a phone interview and two of my refrences called for my RPAL, so have quite a few other people i know. You must have been lucky!

[TKRIS]

Non of my references got called, nor have I been called about the 7-8 people I've been the reference for.
It is (or was, at least) a bit of a running joke on Gun Nutz how no one's references ever get called.


Not saying it doesn't happened, just saying that from my experience, it seems to be fairly rare.

[kertejud2]

Originally posted by 89coupe

What would you do? Go out like a man, or die in a hospital bed?

Depends on how he did it I suppose. Did he "fall on his sword" or did he go out in a blaze of glory?

[Tomaz]

Originally posted by TKRIS
Why does that matter?

I don't know of anywhere that I'd use as a template. That said, I don't know the ins and outs of every other countries laws. My point is that it doesn't matter. What we're doing wrong is painfully obvious, so we should probably stop doing that, regardless what Norway, the USA, or Fiji does.

IMO, there is nothing really we can do. No matter what provisions we put in place, or laws we pass, there will always be idiots that will find ways to fuck things up. It's unfortunate, but reality.

[kertejud2]

Originally posted by Tomaz


IMO, there is nothing really we can do. No matter what provisions we put in place, or laws we pass, there will always be idiots that will find ways to fuck things up. It's unfortunate, but reality.

So long as they use the range guns just to kill themselves and not others I'm not really bothered.

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by TKRIS

Yeah, fair enough.



You don't get any sort of interview when you apply for a (R)PAL. I've never heard of a single person having any of their references checked either. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even run an actual background check on all the applicants to see about criminal offeses.

EDITED to remove my jag about how fucking stupid firearms laws are in this country.

Someone said above 'you must have been lucky'

All of my references were called and interviewed and everyone I've talked to about this had theirs called too.

And yes the firearms laws are stupid.

[JustGo]

I hate to say I told you so...




But... I told you so.

[Sugarphreak]

...

[AE92_TreunoSC]

I can just imagine how much it costs to insure the place lol

[BigMass]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
I can just imagine how much it costs to insure the place lol

against what? nobody is liable and the building itself is in no danger. It probably costs more money to insure a construction company.

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by JustGo
I hate to say I told you so...




But... I told you so.

Yes you sure did.

Originally posted by JustGo
Unless you're an avid hunter or in a military type profession, you don't need to know how to fire a gun. Places like this should all be shut down. Too many wacko's in the world... even though this is a relatively isolated incident... this shows the potential for even worse tragedies.

There's so much potential for tragedy in the world. We are so lucky to have people like you to decide whats safe for us. Please save us from ourselves!

[banned3x]

random question: if you know someone suicidale who do you call? police? doctor? pychiatrist?

[CUG]

^^^ All of them.

[UndrgroundRider]

Ghost busters.

[D. Dub]

Originally posted by banned3x
random question: if you know someone suicidale who do you call? police? doctor? pychiatrist?

911

[banned3x]

Originally posted by D. Dub


911

And what's the procedure? Do they aresst them? Or send them to the hospital pych ward?

[D. Dub]

Usually taken into custody and to the psych ward if they are severe enough