>>BTW, I have had hot shell casings fly into my BRA, and I still had the presence of mind to put the gun down on the table facing downrange in order to fish the brass out.
I’ve had brass go down my shirt and once had a piece of hot brass come down behind my glasses and get stuck between the glasses and my cheek. You may have nerves of steel, but us mortals flinch at that and we instinctively reach with our strong hand...which has a loaded gun in it.
I’ve always had presence of mind to stop myself before I broke the plane of the firing line. Most people do.
But before we start saying that this poor guy is unqualified to handle a gun, ask yourself what test you want to use to check for proper nerves under stress.
Do we want to have to to the local police department so they can hit us with a hot poker to see if we can maintain our composure as proof that we can handle a gun safely when a piece of hot brass goes down our shirt?
Do we want mandatory safety jackets with tight collars when we go to the local range? After all, if it only saves one life is the usual question asked when one of our rights is being eroded.
Like I said, the event was sad and tragic, but rare, and we certainly would not want the gun grabbers to use it as an excuse for more regulation.
We are on the same side here.
That incident with the glasses must have been awful.
Do we want mandatory safety jackets with tight collars when we go to the local range? After all, if it only saves one life is the usual question asked when one of our rights is being eroded.
Exactly. I love all these Monday morning quarterbacks whining about what should have been done.
I walked onto the range once just in time to see a large-breasted woman in a tube top fire her pistol and the ejected brass went right down the middle. She was jumping around when I walked in and I have no idea where her gun was but pretty sure she wasn't holding it.