Definitely worth bringing up again, and in a dedicated thread. Good call,
@HayesGreener .
I wrote about this concern in a past post a few weeks ago:
https://www.thearmorylife.com/forum/threads/a-sure-painful-experience.8722/#post-107402. I'll copy-paste below:
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As shooters, we need to remind ourselves that instances such as this can and will happen, and that we need to be mindful of this possibility and realize that it's more important that we keep muzzle and trigger discipline, rather than to dislodge the spent case, no matter how bad the latter happens to be hurting us.
Here's a few notable recent events.....
(1)
Always keep your muzzle pointed down range. I had this happen to a few female friends while at the range (not the shooting part, but the hot-brass-down-shirt part), and one I was actually able to capture on video. Here’s a screen shot from that day, but not from the actual incident: Calm down...
concealednation.org
^ A write-up on Concealed Nation about an actual event (outlink to media coverage of actual event is included).
(2)
The victim was standing behind his father, who was firing from the last shooting lane.
www.nydailynews.com
...which was followed up with this interview with the father:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/04/us/florida-father-shoots-son/index.html
(3)
A close call for a range worker.....
and (4)
The man is expected to be OK.
myfox8.com
^ This event happened at a public indoor range that I frequent, right here in NE-Ohio. (I love the Geauga County Sheriff's Office dearly - they are very pro-2A and extremely nice to work with, for Ohio-CHL applications, but this segment was poorly put together, and I wish their office would have had a say in how the video was edited.)
Particularly for those of us who have been in the hobby/sport for a long time and/or have attended a lot of training (or who may instruct) and/or are competitive shooters, we need to be doubly vigilant and even more careful when we are on the range or otherwise are handling firearms or are engaged in training or competition.
And the following branches out a bit from the spent-case burns detailed above, but still, it's worth bringing up as we're talking about safety.
In terms of competition, look at how many get DQ'ed for safety. Breaking the 180 occurs on a routine basis, and not of just inexperienced shooters.
In training?
The first incident below occurred at what is ostensibly a rather "advanced" class:
Statement from the Range Owner Regarding the Recent Accidental Shooting - Soldier Systems Daily
Shoot-house are no joke.
And the event detailed in the following posts occurred just a couple of years ago in what is almost my back yard.
I've always wanted to -and still want to- attend Mas's classes, and this just goes to show that even someone who is often considered a standard-barer can run afoul of the same issues that any beginner or novice can, and perhaps even more highlight the points that my two brothers above have each posted:
LAYERS OF FIREARMS SAFETY: A TEACHABLE MOMENT |
^ Mas's view of the incident.
^ A more comprehensive look, from one of his AI's (and the host) of the class.
Great reminders that we all must always be humble and vigilant.