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unaka rod and gun club - Johnson City
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by Marswolf » Sat Feb 21, 2004 8:40 am
Hey Terry, I know there has been some speculation that some of those rounds might not have come from the club but from folks who don't like the club. Guess there is no way to know.
I'll send my card back to Mike for a pro-rated refund. I'm not mad, but disappointed. As it is now, the club just doesn't work for me. I do think this refund policy should be made public.
I know the Unaka officers and board are in a difficult situation. It's not their (your) fault. Hope it works out, but I really think you need to look for a new location.
I'll send my card back to Mike for a pro-rated refund. I'm not mad, but disappointed. As it is now, the club just doesn't work for me. I do think this refund policy should be made public.
I know the Unaka officers and board are in a difficult situation. It's not their (your) fault. Hope it works out, but I really think you need to look for a new location.
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by marauder » Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:36 pm
i met up with terry and we had a good conversation. it was nice to meet him and we talked about everything from range officers to using the club for TFA meetings. i'm going to go before the board of directors march 2nd and make my proposal to use the club house for a meeting place. 
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by crowe » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:03 pm
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by Marswolf » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:48 am
Well, I'm sorry I can't go along with the story of how wonderful Unaka is these days. Don't get me wrong. I think the people at Unaka are good folks. I just think they made some bad decisions on informing the membership and on how to fix the problem. I know this drove me away and I'll bet I'm not alone. Guess they don't miss me. 
You can have multiple cameras that view each other as well as the range, and they are armored and monitored off site or in a secure area.
As I said, other clubs have used this technique. I'm not inventing a new wheel or something.
Cameras do work. Here is the story from one of our Chattanooga members:
We had an incident here at the local rifle club.
Someone was letting their child shoot a full auto Thompson, and as the kid held down the trigger the muzzle arched higher and higher sending some rounds well over the berm.
Well Mr. minding his own business happened to be cleaning his gutters a few miles away when out of no where a .45acp round comes down and hits him in the leg.
He sued the range and got a very low six figure settlement (in the $1XX,XXX) range, which seems quite modest for a lawsuit these days. The range was paid him his money and managed to stay open (1,000 members pay $150 a year).
As you might imagine, some range policy changes were made. Thankfully they were all common sense changes, so you're still allowed rapid fire and full auto, you're just not allowed to do anything too stupid. Cameras are alway running now, and a reinforced ceiling extends about 20 yards out. So you'd have to work a great geometric feat to launch rounds well over the berm now.
You can have multiple cameras that view each other as well as the range, and they are armored and monitored off site or in a secure area.
As I said, other clubs have used this technique. I'm not inventing a new wheel or something.
Cameras do work. Here is the story from one of our Chattanooga members:
We had an incident here at the local rifle club.
Someone was letting their child shoot a full auto Thompson, and as the kid held down the trigger the muzzle arched higher and higher sending some rounds well over the berm.
Well Mr. minding his own business happened to be cleaning his gutters a few miles away when out of no where a .45acp round comes down and hits him in the leg.
He sued the range and got a very low six figure settlement (in the $1XX,XXX) range, which seems quite modest for a lawsuit these days. The range was paid him his money and managed to stay open (1,000 members pay $150 a year).
As you might imagine, some range policy changes were made. Thankfully they were all common sense changes, so you're still allowed rapid fire and full auto, you're just not allowed to do anything too stupid. Cameras are alway running now, and a reinforced ceiling extends about 20 yards out. So you'd have to work a great geometric feat to launch rounds well over the berm now.
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