A suggestion for this year.
As I've said before, I won't be there this year (I'm meeting up with other friends this year) so I won't be at the DC Shoot to act as the "shill" during the introduction and Q/A to ask those safety-related questions like I did last year. Deviant usually covers them all, but please, for the sake of media that might show up "under cover" make sure all the safety rules we know are also said out loud. Some questions:
* Four basic rules for responsible handling of firearms
* What is a "cease fire"? Who can call one? How do they call one?
* What does it mean when the range/field/lanes are "hot"?
* What rules exist about the firing line and travel forward of the firing line when the range/field/lanes are "hot"?
* I want to take pictures. Can I go down range while people are shooting to take pictures of that? I've noticed nobody else has those kinds of pictures.
* When is anyone allowed to travel down range to adjust, set, or fix targets?
* How often will there be Cease Fires called?
* What do you do if your weapon "jambs" ?
* What is a "RSO"?
* How can you identify "RSO"?
* Where is the firing line?
* May I handle and touch my weapon to show it off during a cease fire?
Most of these questions are likely going to be addressed by Deviant Ollam during the introduction, but it is hard for one person to remember all of these and any others. I expect we all know he answers to these questions, but people from the media will assume there is no safety unless it is explicitly discussed, and even then, some will choose to ignore what is discussed. :-/
I have no information on anyone from the media showing up this year, but their interest last year could have been for "recon" to go under cover this year.
If you have more questions that should be asked at the intro, please add them here. As a group "we" should be able to remember to cover all of these items.
Some non-safety related question for media people:
* Is there a way to mark yourself as not wanting to be in any pictures or video taken by anyone from the media? (Last year, this was an 'X' with two strips of tape.)
* Is there a way to mark yourself as being fine with picture or video, but not for the news media? (Last year, this was a single strip of tape as a '/" or '\' and I think meant that pictures for "community" use were fine on websites, but NOT for news media.)
Any other questions you can think of to make sure are publicly stated in the intro?
As I've said before, I won't be there this year (I'm meeting up with other friends this year) so I won't be at the DC Shoot to act as the "shill" during the introduction and Q/A to ask those safety-related questions like I did last year. Deviant usually covers them all, but please, for the sake of media that might show up "under cover" make sure all the safety rules we know are also said out loud. Some questions:
* Four basic rules for responsible handling of firearms
* What is a "cease fire"? Who can call one? How do they call one?
* What does it mean when the range/field/lanes are "hot"?
* What rules exist about the firing line and travel forward of the firing line when the range/field/lanes are "hot"?
* I want to take pictures. Can I go down range while people are shooting to take pictures of that? I've noticed nobody else has those kinds of pictures.
* When is anyone allowed to travel down range to adjust, set, or fix targets?
* How often will there be Cease Fires called?
* What do you do if your weapon "jambs" ?
* What is a "RSO"?
* How can you identify "RSO"?
* Where is the firing line?
* May I handle and touch my weapon to show it off during a cease fire?
Most of these questions are likely going to be addressed by Deviant Ollam during the introduction, but it is hard for one person to remember all of these and any others. I expect we all know he answers to these questions, but people from the media will assume there is no safety unless it is explicitly discussed, and even then, some will choose to ignore what is discussed. :-/
I have no information on anyone from the media showing up this year, but their interest last year could have been for "recon" to go under cover this year.
If you have more questions that should be asked at the intro, please add them here. As a group "we" should be able to remember to cover all of these items.
Some non-safety related question for media people:
* Is there a way to mark yourself as not wanting to be in any pictures or video taken by anyone from the media? (Last year, this was an 'X' with two strips of tape.)
* Is there a way to mark yourself as being fine with picture or video, but not for the news media? (Last year, this was a single strip of tape as a '/" or '\' and I think meant that pictures for "community" use were fine on websites, but NOT for news media.)
Any other questions you can think of to make sure are publicly stated in the intro?
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