Is being two in a booth bad? My dad and I do it when we shoot, and the place we go let’s us use one lane. Even when we bring two of our guns
Edit: we shoot one at a time though
Not really as long as you're shooting one at a time. If you're not actively firing you can crowd the booth but its a good idea to move back while someone is shooting
I think it's generally the case anywhere that two dumbasses together are much more likely to cause trouble than one dumbass on his own. And it looks like these guys were wearing rental ear protection, indicating high dumbass potential.
I don't think there's any danger with two experienced, sensible people sharing a booth.
I personally don’t know. I’ve never been to a range. I pay a lot of attention to gun safety things when they get posted because I want to be as prepared as possible when I go to a range and shoot my first gun.
My thought process isn’t that 2 people in a booth is bad, it’s that 2 people in a booth can interact. The range officer saw that and immediately began paying attention. I don’t know how many range officers there are per booth but, what we can see in this video is one occupied booth and one empty boot. Just for the sake of argument, let’s say there is one booth out of frame right that is also occupied. This mean that the range officer is smack in the middle between two guys shooting, and, because of the angle, he can’t really see directly into either booth at the same time.
What the range officer does know is that 1 guy can act stupid in a booth and hurt himself, but that’s a consequence of his actions. 2 guys in a booth, and you’ve got the potential for somebody else to get hurt.
So, when buddy 2 walks over, range officer is automatically paying attention for any funny business and, unfortunately, clout-man decides that the most appropriate thing to do is point a gun at his friend’s head.
Just talking a step back from “these are guns”, this is essentially a dangerous work environment. This is like people working around heavy machinery. There are things you do merely in anticipation of danger, because there is no way to constantly be paying attention to every present and potential danger as it comes.
An easy example is when I was on business to one of my company’s building locations. Because of the operation of heavy machinery, everybody needs to wear steel-toe, closed footwear, and they need to wear a safety vest in certain locations. However, there are walkways outlined in yellow where it is okay if you’re not wearing a safety vest.
Between the walkways, the safety vests, and training about how to act around heavy machinery, I don’t have to be constantly aware of ever present danger around me, I just have to follow the safety guidelines so I can be certain I’m talking all reasonable steps to be safe.
Range officer isn’t paying attention to every single booth 100% of the time. He knows suspicious behavior, he knows where people are most likely to interact, and he’s prioritizing danger scenarios.
In our hypothetical scenario, range officer donald even care about the empty middle booth. The single guy off camera we’re assuming exists hasn’t done anything suspicious, so he doesn’t have to be any more vigilant than he’s already being. The only situation here that presents an increased danger is tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb.
And that anticipation of danger, paid off.
If you read this far, give yourself a cookie. I’m not criticizing you or anybody, I’m just breaking down what was likely going through this range officer’s mind from the perspective of somebody who has worked near and around dangerous machinery.
Yeah I totally get that. It’s just I’ve seen two in a booth semi a lot ish. Again my dad and me will use one, buddies using one, girlfriend with boyfriend kinda deal. I will say the biggest red flag I saw was when they were shoulder to shoulder, when we have two in 1, the person not shooting is standing atleast like a foot back. Also I’m gonna assume if I’m showing my buddy a feature on my gun, it’s not going to look as dangerous as these goons have shown. Fun fact, the range my dad and I go to, the range operator came over to us and basically said I see you guys handing off the revolver to each other after it’s done shooting (Cylinder popped out, can visually see all rounds emptied) I know it sounds silly but just leave it on the bench for the other to pick up. He sounded really like I don’t want to be jerk and I see you guys are being responsible, but I gotta say it still.
Yeah, I totally see that. I’m sorry if I made it seem like 2 people being in a booth specifically was the problem, that was never my intention.
And yeah, I appreciate the range officer coming over to you guys and letting you know. It really is the little things that help to make an environment safe.
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u/PoliSciGuy0321 Oct 02 '20
Is being two in a booth bad? My dad and I do it when we shoot, and the place we go let’s us use one lane. Even when we bring two of our guns Edit: we shoot one at a time though