Originally Posted by
Gadfly
I mentioned a while back in another post, that I was acting as a range safety officer at FLETC. A female Secret Service agent trainee repeatedly lost control of her pistol during “downed and disabled officer drill” Shooting from a fetal position, one handed, as the gun recoiled she kept pointing it at the back of the person next to her. I told her if she did not get it together, she was off the line. A senior instructor took me aside… after several minutes of discussion and some stupid suggestions on me using my leg to keep her gun down range, I was sent down the line, not her. Apparently, she was the type to sue, so she was allowed to be unsafe.
I have seen the same thing over and over and over.
About two weeks ago, the old boy network of instructors informed me that a lawsuit was being threatened because I denied a long gun to a female agent. She complained that she shot a passing qual score (207 out of 250), but I would not sign off that she could carry the rifle. I told the guy giving me the heads up that after the qual, I told her to remove the magazine and to make sure the bolt was locked to the rear, weapon on safe. She could not figure out how to lock the bolt to the rear… after an 8 hour day of basic rifle 101, on how to run the gun, assembly/disassembly, such. After about 5 minutes of watching her unable to simply lock the bolt to the rear (and watching her nearly choke herself out trying to use the sling, and putting in the mag backwards at one point), I refused to certify that she was safe to carry on the street. Fortunately, the old boys tell me management has my back on this one.