Summer shooting has started at the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department range on Hartland Road, across the road from the County’s Valley Hi Nursing Home. It’s okay; they ought to be shooting away from the nursing home, not toward it. Well, most of the time…
Rumor has it that shooters at the range are using frangible ammunition (of recent popularity since March 15) for much, but not all, of the practice. That’s the frangible ammo which is supposed to disintegrate when it hits a hard target, such as the 500 Brinell steel used for some target frames.
The shoot is for all sheriff’s department employees who carry weapons – deputies, corrections officers, court personnel. Are there others who carry, about whom we don’t know?
Apparently, the plan at the MCSD range is that range officers, who are carrying live ammo in their weapons, will switch to airsoft weapons and then shoot at deputies or COs in action simulations. Presumably, this means that all at the range will be firing airsoft weapons during that exercise.
A better plan would be for all at the range to unload all duty ammo from their weapons upon arrival at the range and secure it in a manner that will prevent anyone at the range from “accidentally” loading it into his weapon for a shooting drill.
All participants should have the opportunity to examine any weapon to be fired toward them. No one should have to worry that a live round, other than airsoft, might be fired at him. Does everyone at the range have the opportunity to check the weapons of range officers, so that they can know with certainty that all live rounds (regular loads) have been removed?
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Do you even have a clue what airsoft is before you begin to ramble on?
Sure do. Why?
Why do I even click on this blog? I dunno.....kind of like looking at a car wreck...morbid curiosity.
Gus, you're trying to make the Woods range issue into a "who-done-it". You think there is some evil lurking but Woods says it ain't so, the witness’s say it ain't so, but Gus wants to squeeze it to death. Drat..I can't FOIA a report that doesn't exist...
When you are Sheriff (loud laugh) where are you going to have 300 plus people make the mandatory qualification shoots? OH by the way...no live ammo or loaded mags is allowed (or has been allowed) except as permitted for qualifications. AND THEN no weapons / mags can be loaded until at the firing line and under issued verbal command of the line officer. Basic range safety 101.
...except the range officers whose weapons and magazines are already loaded. That is the issue as you switch to air soft training and the range officers shoot at the trainees hopefully with airsoft weapons.
Unfortunately Duane, Greg and Dan aren't around anymore to ensure this occurs.
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