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Straw Man

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9. No targets on the ground!

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:57 PM

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Last edited Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:34 AM - Edit history (1)

This is a fundamental rule at outdoor ranges. Bullets can skip off hard objects in the ground and fly off in unpredictable directions. Anybody who doesn't know this shouldn't be handling firearms.

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