Watch yer topknot

[powderburner]

it all boils down to education,
people build sticks so someday they can maybe attend a nra match,
Tell them they need to learn to control the sticks .
people watch an old guy with a spaghetti sharps or a roller load with the hammer back and guess it is ok .
Tell em the whole story, again be safe dont load til you are ready, and you are safe.
people get distracted
Tell them to practice more handling the firearm until being safe is second nature,
this is where a shooters meeting is a good thing..

now the shooter also must have the responsibility to run his equipment and rifle correctly and safely , and they need to be proficient with its use.
PRACTICE BEFORE YOU GO TO THE MATCH,
all this sounds good but is extremely hard to enforce, .Shooters meetings before the range time would be nice, but time consuming, ie the range doesnt open til 0900 so if you want to shoot be there at 0800 and go over the safty issues. with all the people attending it might be the way of it in the future.