10-27-2015, 02:50 AM
Our county has a private range for their Sheriffs department's training. The city police were also allowed to use the county range for their training until the Sheriffs department had two separate firearm injuries. The last accident occurred when a Sheriff's dept. instructor accidentally shot one of his students resulting in a large law suit and settlement. Since then the counties insurance wouldn't allow the city police department to train at their range so they now train at our range. Today every member must go on line and pass a regulation and safety test to be admitted. This way no member can claim ignorance if they violate any safety procedures. Our range manager is a close friend of mine and is very strict with range violations. He is rightfully concerned with lawsuits which could terminate the insurance and result in the closure of our shooting range not to mention a tragic accident.