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Number one rule of gun safety....
Triple Threat 33T
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Always keep your weapon pointed in a safe direction.
[h=3]Coroner identifies GA woman killed after shot in eye at Upstate gun range[/h] Posted: Dec 26, 2016 2:58 PM EST Updated: Dec 29, 2016 11:40 AM EST By Dal Kalsi
ANDERSON, SC (FOX Carolina) - The coroner confirmed Thursday that a woman had passed away just days after she was shot at a shooting range earlier this week.
Lt. Sheila Cole with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and EMS were called to the Skip-J Range on Murphy Road around 2 p.m. on Monday.
A 24-year-old woman was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the face, Cole said.
On Tuesday the coroner confirmed the victim was shot in the eye and the bullet was lodged in her brain. She was placed on life support.
According to the incident report, a woman at the range stated that while shooting pistols she noticed her friend had been shot in the head and she immediately called for help. When deputies arrived on scene they say the victim was lying on the ground as she was being treated by a paramedic. She was then transferred to AnMed Hospital.
The coroner identified the victim as Sarah Bonner, 24 of Lawrenceville, GA. She passed away in the middle of the night on Wednesday with her family by her side, the coroner said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with memorial and funeral expenses.
The owner of the shooting range told FOX Carolina's crew at the scene that the shooting was an accident but deputies said the incident remains under investigation.
Per the Skip-J Range website, it is a private pistol and rifle club that hosts IDPA Pistol matches and Tactical Rifle matches
[h=3]Coroner identifies GA woman killed after shot in eye at Upstate gun range[/h] Posted: Dec 26, 2016 2:58 PM EST Updated: Dec 29, 2016 11:40 AM EST By Dal Kalsi
ANDERSON, SC (FOX Carolina) - The coroner confirmed Thursday that a woman had passed away just days after she was shot at a shooting range earlier this week.
Lt. Sheila Cole with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and EMS were called to the Skip-J Range on Murphy Road around 2 p.m. on Monday.
A 24-year-old woman was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the face, Cole said.
On Tuesday the coroner confirmed the victim was shot in the eye and the bullet was lodged in her brain. She was placed on life support.
According to the incident report, a woman at the range stated that while shooting pistols she noticed her friend had been shot in the head and she immediately called for help. When deputies arrived on scene they say the victim was lying on the ground as she was being treated by a paramedic. She was then transferred to AnMed Hospital.
The coroner identified the victim as Sarah Bonner, 24 of Lawrenceville, GA. She passed away in the middle of the night on Wednesday with her family by her side, the coroner said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with memorial and funeral expenses.
The owner of the shooting range told FOX Carolina's crew at the scene that the shooting was an accident but deputies said the incident remains under investigation.
Per the Skip-J Range website, it is a private pistol and rifle club that hosts IDPA Pistol matches and Tactical Rifle matches
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Violation of either one could have caused the incident.
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Depends on who's rules you abide by. Some have their first rule, such as the NRA, "Always keep your weapon pointed in a safe direction" whereas others first rule, like Jeff Cooper, "Treat all weapons as if they were loaded".
Again, it varies!
Not sure it matters since violation of any of them can get you killed
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I think Anderson County S. C. Sheriff Dept is investigating
I think it does matter. I can think of scenarios where even if you treat a weapon as if it were loaded, you could still have someone or something get hurt. If you always keep a weapon pointed in a safe direction, I dont see how anyone or anything could get hurt
Just curious if this involved steel targets...
I'm wondering if she looked down the barrel for some reason.
If I treat a gun as if it is loaded, then I will always point it in a safe direction.
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People get very nervous the first few times they go to a gun range. A good range officer will watch for problems and address them accordingly.
The first thing I do at the range is to take a good long look around and see if anyone is a potential problem...acting foolish or reckless...The second thing I do is greet the range officer and let him know my intentions.
Look what happened to Chris Kyle....
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If you always keep your muzzle pointed in a safe direction, it doesn't matter if it's loaded :wink
You're arguing semantics. Always keeping your muzzle pointed in a safe direction even if you've just finished completely reassembling it is "treating it as if its loaded".
What happened to Chris Kyle is completely irrelevant to everything else MYB stated. The shooter was a psycho who Chris Kyle brought to the range and there was no range officer present to make sure he didnt "get very nervous" and intentionally murder anyone. I hate to break it to you but if your focused down range and someone wants to shoot you in the back they could do it very easily and the range officer cant do much but hopefully kill the **** afterwards.
I disagree. There is a difference. That's just my honest opinion.
I think your number one focus should always be to keep it pointed in a safe direction. Again, there are scenarios where someone might treat their weapon as if it were loaded but possibly not keep it pointed in a safe direction.
Though for many that woud be pointing it in a safe direction! :wink
Pointed in a safe direction...and treated as if it were loaded...just sayin.
Stuff happens.
Especially if someone has a sub-machinegun in their hand that fires from an "open bolt".
Another is taking someone's world that any weapon is "cleared".
Hence why I'm curious if they were shooting steel.
Not pointing it at something you don't intend to shoot is just common sense.
No Sir, it was not pointed in a safe direction. Obviously.
I don't shoot at fixed steel targets for that exact reason. Even steel targets on a movable hinge can be dangerous.
I know, but it is fun getting Triple T worked up over it.
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That would violate the rule of treating it as it was loaded. You never point a loaded gun at anything you don't want to kill or destroy. That is rule 3.
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I agree with you here, you don't shoot a 50 cal at a steel target at any distance.
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