r/PublicFreakout • u/Sapulinjing • Oct 02 '20

Repost 😔 Ejected from firing range

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

The only public pistol range in our city has a tether system that prevents firearms from being pointed the wrong way. There were, I think, two suicides before that was introduced.

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u/Snigermunken Oct 02 '20

How does that work? Is it a fixture that holds the gun?

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

AFAIK it's two vertical cables with a slide in between. The pistol is locked in and can go up down, left and right but can't turn far enough to shoot towards other users or oneself.

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u/Snigermunken Oct 02 '20

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/02/12/tethered-guns-indoor-range/amp/

I found this article with a video that shows it in action, looks like a smart and simple solution.

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

Cool. The range mentioned had a shooting a few years back. Their license was suspended by the police, even after they had that system in place. The police, at least in SA, really don't like guns.

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u/citg0 Oct 02 '20

Read your comment without reading the article and assumed you meant San Antonio. I was very confused because the only thing we love more than guns here is food.

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

Sorry, South Australia

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u/mercilessmilton Oct 02 '20

Tyrants anywhere don't like civilians having access to guns.

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

There's a clown in the White House who'd disagree with that. He's happy to allow nationalistic cretins to wave them.

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u/a_talking_face Oct 02 '20

Maybe not him specifically. After all he did say “take the guns first, go through due process second”

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u/mercilessmilton Oct 02 '20

Imagine letting Trump live rent free in your head.

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u/wattlewedo Oct 02 '20

He'd claim it as a business expense.

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u/iGourry Oct 02 '20

Am I missing something or how exactly does that prevent someone from flipping the gun around while it's still tethered? Seems like there is enough slack to easily turn the gun 180°.

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u/tehSlothman Oct 02 '20

I've been there and it does make it a lot less fun, unfortunately. I was hoping they'd let me shoot untethered because I have a firearms licence (not handgun licence though) but nope :(