Greenwood Point Blank Temporarily Closed.

[traderdan]

My family and I were there. I was watching...but I was not looking at the individual when it happened. I was watching the lady two lanes down from him. My daughter and I saw him slump over..then fall. We alerted the staff...

 

[Bennettjh]

My family and I were there. I was watching...but I was not looking at the individual when it happened. I was watching the lady two lanes down from him. My daughter and I saw him slump over..then fall. We alerted the staff...

I'm sorry you two had to witness that. Very sad.

 

[VUPDblue]

I feel like offing ones self at an indoor range is not uncommon.

 

[traderdan]

Upset my daughter quite a lot. She is 19. My son was there, he is on a fire dept. Another young lady and Stephen went in to try to help. Fortunately there was an older lady there, who knew what she was about, so they let her work. Sad,sad stuff. I was watching him shoot, and he seemed familiar with firearm..but someone said that he had rented a pistol. Looked like a Glock. Rumors fly, in a situation like that.

 

[Sigblitz]

I assumed a jam in a 556.

 

[VUPDblue]

There is not a lot that can be done to treat headshots most of the time.

 

[Route 45]

Upset my daughter quite a lot. She is 19. My son was there, he is on a fire dept. Another young lady and Stephen went in to try to help. Fortunately there was an older lady there, who knew what she was about, so they let her work. Sad,sad stuff. I was watching him shoot, and he seemed familiar with firearm..but someone said that he had rented a pistol. Looked like a Glock. Rumors fly, in a situation like that.

I don't think Point Blank will rent a gun to a first-time visitor if he/she is by himself/herself. Might be different if he already had another gun with him, or had visited before.

 

[traderdan]

Someone thought that he had come in with another guy. There were 12 of us there. One of our young guys said he saw it happen. Time will tell us more..

 

[jamil]

Sad situation indeed. I don't know how it is at the Point Blank in Greenwood, but I often think range officers aren't as present as they should be at the one in Louisville.

 

[Ndavid45]

Sad situation indeed. I don't know how it is at the Point Blank in Greenwood, but I often think range officers aren't as present as they should be at the one in Louisville.

From what I've experienced at point blank in greenwood they do a good job. with the number of lanes it's impossible for one RO to be aware of all the lanes at one time.

 

[Twangbanger]

Sad situation indeed. I don't know how it is at the Point Blank in Greenwood, but I often think range officers aren't as present as they should be at the one in Louisville.

They aren't there to keep you safe from gunshots. You already signed your life away on that when you filled out the waiver. They are there to sweep brass, make sure you don't trip over it and sue them for not maintaining the premises.

 

[Trapper Jim]

They aren't there to keep you safe from gunshots. You already signed your life away on that when you filled out the waiver. They are there to sweep brass, make sure you don't trip over it and sue them for not maintaining the premises.

payroll Is costly to provide otherwise.

 

[jamil]

I do not want to make this about range officers. It was just a general observation. When I'm at the range and there are inexperienced shooters around, I do like that they tend to try to keep people from doing stupid things. If they see people handling firearms unsafely, they do step in. I just wondered how the one in Greenwood is.

 

[traderdan]

No one could probably have prevented this event. IMO

 

[MontereyC6]

I don't shoot there alot, but have gotten to know a couple of the RO's, and generally they are pretty nice guys. They do tend to pay attention to the newer shooters, and not bother people unless they see something unsafe, but they do like to talk about guns.

 

[Ark]

Considering how quickly one can intentionally or unintentionally put a gun to their head and pull the trigger, I don't think it's something an RSO can realistically stop from happening.

 

[jamil]

Considering how quickly one can intentionally or unintentionally put a gun to their head and pull the trigger, I don't think it's something an RSO can realistically stop from happening.

Probably not.

 

[Sigblitz]

I haven't heard anything from the news yet, and that could be a good thing.

 

[88E30M50]

I don't shoot there alot, but have gotten to know a couple of the RO's, and generally they are pretty nice guys. They do tend to pay attention to the newer shooters, and not bother people unless they see something unsafe, but they do like to talk about guns.

^^^THIS^^^

The RO’s that have been there when I shoot are top notch. They will not hesitate to kick someone out when they are being unsafe and will not hesitate to help someone if they need help.

 

[churchmouse]

^^^THIS^^^

The RO’s that have been there when I shoot are top notch. They will not hesitate to kick someone out when they are being unsafe and will not hesitate to help someone if they need help.

This can not even be considered on the RO's.
But I am sure the ones on duty are having to deal with this.