Today was the third time in my life that I've been to a target range, so I'm obviously new at this stuff. I recently joined a club and one of the rules they taught us noobs was that when the red lights go on, you do not touch your firearms. Makes sense to me.
So today I brought my daughter to the range and we were by ourselves and having fun shooting my 226 and my P22. Another guy showed up and started setting up a rifle. A short while later I asked him if he wanted to set up his target, and he did, so we flipped on the lights, we went to change our target, and we waited for him to get back. We resumed shooting and the next time my daughter and I went out to change targets, as we were walking back the other guy pulled a target pistol out of his bag or case and put it on the bench. This was while the red lights were still on. I did notice that his pistol didn't have a magazine, but the action wasn't open. What he was doing appeared to be against range safety rules but I didn't say anything to him about it, thinking I'm the new guy. The more I thought about this today the more I think I should have called him on his infraction, because I'm just really anal about safety, especially when my little girl is around.
Am I out of line in my thinking? How would you have handled this situation? Thanks for your input.
So today I brought my daughter to the range and we were by ourselves and having fun shooting my 226 and my P22. Another guy showed up and started setting up a rifle. A short while later I asked him if he wanted to set up his target, and he did, so we flipped on the lights, we went to change our target, and we waited for him to get back. We resumed shooting and the next time my daughter and I went out to change targets, as we were walking back the other guy pulled a target pistol out of his bag or case and put it on the bench. This was while the red lights were still on. I did notice that his pistol didn't have a magazine, but the action wasn't open. What he was doing appeared to be against range safety rules but I didn't say anything to him about it, thinking I'm the new guy. The more I thought about this today the more I think I should have called him on his infraction, because I'm just really anal about safety, especially when my little girl is around.
Am I out of line in my thinking? How would you have handled this situation? Thanks for your input.