# I pit people who can't follow the rules **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101 "2005-12-11T03:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/1 "2005-12-11T03:58:25Z")
I was at the shooting range yesterday, punching some holes in paper, when I encountered a man that must be the biggest dumbass in the county. This guy was totally incapable of following any of the rules. I seriously think the only rule he failed to break was “No smoking on the firing line”. A short list of his transgressions: 1. Stepping past over the red safety line and playing with his rifle while other people were downrange checking their targets. Please, motherfucker. Its nice to be able to walk downrange without worrying that Gomer Pyle is going to put one in my back. What is even better is the fact that you _did this twice_! How many reprimands from the rangemaster does it take to get your head out of your ass? 1. Attempting to walk downrange while people were still shooting. Dude, What The Fuck? Are you trying to get shot? While I submit that you are too stupid to be allowed to breed, I’m not saying you deserve to die. But I think you will eventually accomplish that on your own. The guys shooting handguns would see your fat ass waddling across their field of fire in time to put their weapons down and tell you to get the fuck off the range, but I am zeroing in my new scope, and wouldn’t see you until your bald head was right under my crosshairs. Because of you, I was afraid to close my other eye the rest of the afternoon out of fear of you doing something boneheaded enough to get yourself smoked. And as much as I loathe you, I’d rather not do time for involuntary manslaughter on your account. 1. Rapid fire. Goddamn it! There are signs posted every 2 feet saying “NO RAPID FIRE - Keep shots 1 second apart”. Unlike you, I am actually here to practice marksmanship, not to make a bunch of noise and destroy everyone’s concentration. Especially when you are encouraging your stupid daughter to do the same thing - “C’mon, as fast as you can! Empty it!”. The fact that you boasted later about the 1 hole in the middle of your target is a testament to your dumbassery. Although I was amused by the look on your face when you saw my pistol target, what with its 2 large holes. You see, tubby, when you take your time and aim carefully, you can actually get many of your shots to _actually go close to the bulls-eye_. Imagine that, 67 shots inside a 3 inch area. What happened to all that paper?? Its a mystery! 1. Shoot at the targets! What the fuck are you doing encouraging your stupid kids to shoot at stuff outside the range? I loved the part where you told your stupid son to try and hit the orange barrel in the shed up on that hillside. I’m sure it was nothing dangerous, not to mention the fact that_you are shooting outside of the range!_. In short, fuck you. I’m sure the rangemaster was as tired of screaming at you over the PA system as I was of your very presence. I cannot fathom why they did not kick you out of the range after your second act of asshattery. I think I can honestly say that you must indeed eat stupid food for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/2 "2005-12-11T04:05:19Z")
Don’t worry. Stupidity of this magnitude is almost always terminally self-correcting. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/3 "2005-12-11T04:30:36Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I think I can honestly say that you must indeed eat stupid food for breakfast. Sounds like he had a second bowl of his Stupid Flakes[sup]TM[/sup] this morning. Can’t imagine why the rangemaster didn’t boot his ass out like so much garbage. And, anyone know if someone walking out into a firing range while others are still firing, despite all the signs and rules, would constitute manslaughter? That doesn’t seem right if it were. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/4 "2005-12-11T05:00:33Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I was at the shooting range yesterday, punching some holes in paper, when I encountered a man that must be the biggest dumbass in the county. I didn’t realize we had a shooting range. I figured if you wanted to fire off a few live rounds, you’d just go to Salinas and go about your normal day. No pesky safety lines. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/5 "2005-12-11T05:12:42Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Can’t imagine why the rangemaster didn’t boot his ass out like so much garbage. No shit. I’ve fired a weapon exactly 18 times in my life. It would have been 20, but after shot 18 I mishandled the (unloaded) rifle and the rangemaster kicked me out without warning. Yeah I was pissed at the time (I was like 10 at Scout camp) but as I gained a little maturity I realized that he did the right thing to protect the lives and safety of everyone on the range, including me. This bozo should’ve been 86ed instantly. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/6 "2005-12-11T05:23:17Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I didn’t realize we had a shooting range. I figured if you wanted to fire off a few live rounds, you’d just go to Salinas and go about your normal day. No pesky safety lines. Its in the Laguna Seca recreation area. Yay! Another Monterey Doper! I thought I was all alone in this burg. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/7 "2005-12-11T05:38:22Z")
For many years, CynicalBabe, I was a Monterey Doper. Then I became a Monterey Doper studying in Davis. Now, I’m a Monterey Doper living in Korea. In case nobody’s noticed: I love Monterey! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/8 "2005-12-11T05:40:06Z")
Sorry about the typo, Cynical **G** abe. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/9 "2005-12-11T05:44:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > For many years, CynicalBabe, I was a Monterey Doper. Then I became a Monterey Doper studying in Davis. Now, I’m a Monterey Doper living in Korea. > > In case nobody’s noticed: I love Monterey! I did it backwards, I studied at Davis then came here to study. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/10 "2005-12-11T05:45:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Sorry about the typo, Cynical **G** abe. You was just flirtin’. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/11 "2005-12-11T05:48:31Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > I did it backwards, I studied at Davis then came here to study. I was stationed in Vacaville (Travis), hang out in Davis, lived in Sac for awhile, blah, blah, blah (east coast) came back to Monterey. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/12 "2005-12-11T09:12:09Z")
Yay second amendment, proving Darwin right every gotdamn day. Plus, this guy was fat, which I guess equals stupid, so he’s got that workin against him too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/13 "2005-12-11T10:48:57Z")
Seems to me the range management needs a pitting itself for letting dumbass continue to endanger everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/14 "2005-12-11T11:51:25Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Don’t worry. Stupidity of this magnitude is almost always terminally self-correcting. While I have no problem with this Darwin Award contestant committing suicide, I don’t want him to take others with him. Nor do I want some plinker to have to live with the thought that s/he accidentally killed someone, no matter how much that someone deserved to die. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/15 "2005-12-11T11:58:41Z")
**CynicalGabe** , did you complain to the rangemaster? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/16 "2005-12-11T18:22:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Yay second amendment, proving Darwin right every gotdamn day. > > Plus, this guy was fat, which I guess equals stupid, so he’s got that workin against him too. > > :rolleyes: I’m not saying he was stupid because he was fat, or vice versa. > [@Quartz](#): > > CynicalGabe, did you complain to the rangemaster? The rangemaster had his eye on him, and kept reprimanding over the loudspeaker. If I ever see this happen again, I’m going to suggest that he be kicked out. I saw him chatting cordially with one of the other range safety people, so I think he was someone’s buddy and thats why they didn’t eject him. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/17 "2005-12-11T18:53:37Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Don’t worry. Stupidity of this magnitude is almost always terminally self-correcting. Which will likely involve the statements, “He’d had a couple of drinks” and “He was cleaning his gun when…” ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/18 "2005-12-11T19:42:42Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > Seems to me the range management needs a pitting itself for letting dumbass continue to endanger everyone. That’s the first thing that crossed my mind. How comes this guy wasn’t kicked out? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/19 "2005-12-11T19:46:55Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > That’s the first thing that crossed my mind. How comes this guy wasn’t kicked out? According to CG’s post (#16), the idiot may be buddies with the safety guys. I’d find the owners and let them know what’s happening. I’m sure they’d rather fire a “safety” officer rather face a huge lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101/20 "2005-12-11T23:06:05Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Which will likely involve the statements, “He’d had a couple of drinks” and “He was cleaning his gun when…” Or “they said it seemed like a good idea at the time” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-cant-follow-the-rules/335101.md?page=2)