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Offline StevenTing

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Human-Shaped Targets
« on: September 22, 2012, 07:28:57 PM »
So while at the gunshow today, I had lots of questions about the Human-Shaped Target ban by the Utah DWR.  This only affects ranges run by the DWR and as far as I can tell, they only run two ranges.  One of them is the Lee-Kay range in SLC.

As far as other ranges, you can use all of the human-shaped targets that you want.  I think it's critical to use these when training for self-defense.  Shooting a bulls-eye is one thing, but when it comes to self-defense, there should be no compromise on this issue.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54927873-90/human-dwr-shooting-targets.html.csp

According to the article, this will be reviewed by the administrative rules committee.  It's is not illegal to use human-shaped targets at the range.  It's just someone's unofficial policy to make life difficult for everyone else.  I'd like to see someone challenge this unofficial policy and make a bigger fuss about it.
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Offline SomTac

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Re: Human-Shaped Targets
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2012, 09:49:08 PM »
I agree, thank you for sharing this article. I will look into whom people can contact to voice their opinion.

"[Robin] Cahoon said not allowing human-shaped targets was part of the agency's effort to make hunting safer. In 1957, she said, there were 126 hunting-related accidents, 22 of them fatal."

I am pretty sure that the hunting accidents were not because people where intentionally shooting at other hunters because they trained on human-shaped targets and could not remember if they were hunting deer or people. I am guessing a majority of accidents are accidental discharges and failure to know your target and what is beyond.
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