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Mokumbear · December 20, 2005, 10:14 PM

In the past month, there was a range suicide at a local range here in
South Florida.

There is a five day waiting period in my county, but the gun shops will let you come in and try out your new gun before then, you just can't take it home with you.

Woman buys a .32, comes back to the range another day and commited suicide.

I have heard of one other range suicide, back in Philly, a long time ago.

On a lighter note, my local range has a rule against rapid fire shooting.
I have personally noticed one of the employees (possibly the owner) getting rather pissed about it. I also wonder what the concern is (especially since they rent machine guns!)

Is their a greater chance of a jam, KB or other type of malfunction when one is shooting "rapid fire"?

For a semi-auto pistol, just how fast is "rapid fire"?

December 20, 2005, 10:14 PM	#48
Mokumbear Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2005 Posts: 696	Incidents... In the past month, there was a range suicide at a local range here in South Florida. There is a five day waiting period in my county, but the gun shops will let you come in and try out your new gun before then, you just can't take it home with you. Woman buys a .32, comes back to the range another day and commited suicide. I have heard of one other range suicide, back in Philly, a long time ago. On a lighter note, my local range has a rule against rapid fire shooting. I have personally noticed one of the employees (possibly the owner) getting rather pissed about it. I also wonder what the concern is (especially since they rent machine guns!) Is their a greater chance of a jam, KB or other type of malfunction when one is shooting "rapid fire"? For a semi-auto pistol, just how fast is "rapid fire"?