Was this before or after the instructor climbed up the pole with his special boots and throwing stars?
Sorry, but I don't believe it. State and federal law prevents most stupid things and if it did happen, major lawsuit. So I highly doubt these kind of nonsense
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President of the club / range where this happened said:A negligent discharge did occur the morning of February 18th during Day 2 of a pistol course instructed by Tactical Response on Range 11 (200yrd Bay), outside of what we would considered the shooting area.
This incident was not reported to any of our range staff at the time. Our operations manager (Mike Calvo) was made aware of the incident via an email from a concerned member of the club with family that took the TR course. I was immediately informed and instructed Mr. Calvo to proceed with an investigation.
I have personally talked to several participants at the course and one eye witness that observed the incident from beginning to end at close proximity.
We will not bother going into the fine details of the incident but the Board of Directors of Folsom Shooting Club has determined that Tactical Response will no longer be allowed to conduct any type of training at Sacramento Valley Shooting Center. This is effective immediately. An official email notifying Tactical Response is being sent as I post this reply.
FSC appreciates all that reached out with first hand knowledge of the incident.
Sincerely,
Vu Pham
FSC - President
So quick to eat our own instead of learn and build up.
Never had a problem or felt in danger training with them. That one instructor was either new or an outside assistant instructor. I trained with them in Hershey, PA April 2014. Honestly probably the most mature and responsible group of instructors. They treated everyone like adults and students reciprocated by being adults. Expect some serious learning that gets glossed over or missed in most other basic pistol classes.
I did 26 years and 4 combat deployments, maybe I'm just not "tactical "enough to understand all this cool stuff.
Took fighting pistol in Camden Tn. in February and fighting rifle over the summer in Palmyra PA. It was excellent training and couldn't be happier to go back in the future, most of what you hear on the internet is overblown. Did we fire with people beyond 180 degree line yes, did we drop our pistols yes, did we break any cardinal safety rules no.
I'm confused on the "drop your pistol" thing. Step on your pistol thing? As an instructor I taught retention of your weapon. As a combatant I never dropped my weapon. That's a good way to end up dead. I did 26 years and 4 combat deployments, maybe I'm just not "tactical "enough to understand all this cool stuff.
What was the stated purpose for dropping your pistol on the ground?