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02-10-2017, 08:33 #21
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Exactly!
I managed to draw considerable blood from my forehead. My own bullet fragment came off a steel plate.
I stopped momentarily to ask the RO how serious the damage was.
After finishing the detail, the guys all enjoyed rushing on to the range with first aid kit etc..... Turned out to be a very small wound.
If I had needed a stitch, what would the cops have done in this case?
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02-10-2017, 08:42 #22
Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Bullets ricochet. Its a fact of physics.
When you go onto a shooting range, its called a voluntary assumption of risk.
That said, building a range out of objects that are known to have a high tendency to "shoot back" could well be classified as negligent, which would probably negate the voluntary assumption of risk aspect.
But that's why you sign an indemnity on the way in.
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02-10-2017, 08:54 #23
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02-10-2017, 08:55 #24
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Too many factors...
Private range could be buddies farm...
Regardless of risk, blame...
I strongly advocate following all the rules every time...
That said, I see no reason to explain anything that will not confuse treatment type. "Yes doc we were running around outside and the next thing Paul hit the deck and when he got up he was bleeding and we rushed here...
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02-10-2017, 08:57 #25
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Just remember when shooting at steel. If a Gong it has to swing. To allow ricochet to go down and not back towards shooter.
If its a falling plate. Its best to put it at a slight angle towards you. And not square.
At angle it will help make ricochets go in that direction. If plate square to you. It increases chance of coming back.
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02-10-2017, 08:57 #26
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Is the key here not "private range" whatever that may be?
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02-10-2017, 08:59 #27
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
Crappy situation to be in. Wonder also who thought it was needed to report this to police.
Unless the injury the guy received was significant.
If just a cut. Bandage it or put plaster on.
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02-10-2017, 10:13 #28
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Re: Arrested and charged with attempted murder for ricochet.
I've still got a chunk of a bullet in my shoulder from a ricochet that I was thinking of getting removed, maybe I'll leave it a while longer then...
It was quite interesting picking it up on the x-rays a while later. at the time I just stuck a patch on and finished shooting
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02-10-2017, 11:22 #29
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02-10-2017, 11:26 #30
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