>what I like to shoot at most often was >a life-sized paper image of Osama Bin >Laden
I've seen ranges that ban silhouette targets, or prohibit headshots on them.
I've also heard that targets with realistic depictions of "political figures" even national enemies or dead tyrants are prohibited in some places, whether by law or range rule.
Such targets are in common use here. I keep on tellin' you guys, Oklahoma is a pretty decent place. When we train to shoot to defend ourselves, and I mean by shooting to qualify for a CCW license, we shoot at targets that are shaped like the warm bodies we are expected to defend ourselves against.
My club is fine with silhouettes but asks members not to use images of actual people. It seems to me like a reasonable way to keep things under control. Eventually someone's going to come in with a poster of Dubya, a naked woman, the Pope, or whatever and others are going to get mad. Images may add to the fun, but they don't really add to technique.
"I've seen ranges that ban silhouette targets, or prohibit headshots on them.
I've also heard that targets with realistic depictions of "political figures" even national enemies or dead tyrants are prohibited in some places, whether by law or range rule."
Yup. My range does this. Silhouette targets can only be used if they aren't a realistic depiction of a human. Even then the heads must be folded down.
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>what I like to shoot at most often was >a life-sized paper image of Osama Bin >Laden
I've seen ranges that ban silhouette targets, or prohibit headshots on them.
I've also heard that targets with realistic depictions of "political figures" even national enemies or dead tyrants are prohibited in some places, whether by law or range rule.
Such targets are in common use here. I keep on tellin' you guys, Oklahoma is a pretty decent place. When we train to shoot to defend ourselves, and I mean by shooting to qualify for a CCW license, we shoot at targets that are shaped like the warm bodies we are expected to defend ourselves against.
I think target prohibitions are silly, myself.
Especially things like "no headshots" rules.
Glad Oklahoma gets it right.
My club is fine with silhouettes but asks members not to use images of actual people. It seems to me like a reasonable way to keep things under control. Eventually someone's going to come in with a poster of Dubya, a naked woman, the Pope, or whatever and others are going to get mad. Images may add to the fun, but they don't really add to technique.
"I've seen ranges that ban silhouette targets, or prohibit headshots on them.
I've also heard that targets with realistic depictions of "political figures" even national enemies or dead tyrants are prohibited in some places, whether by law or range rule."
Yup. My range does this. Silhouette targets can only be used if they aren't a realistic depiction of a human. Even then the heads must be folded down.
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