Arizona ACTS is Dead to Me
The Arizona chapter of the American Confederation of Tactical Shooters has just "selected" its third match director and I no longer wish to be associated with the organization.
The June match is secretly titled "We Hate Muzzle Brakes" and apparently it's a serious faux pas to actually warn muzzle brake users that they'll be grouped together on a firing line and to bring double hearing protection (phones and plugs). It seems the new leadership wants those evil muzzle brake users to go deaf -- yeah, that'll teach them! It's very unpleasant to be a range officer behind a muzzle brake user, so the new AZ ACTS gang thinks it'll be fun to give those bastards a taste of their own medicine and group them all in a deafening firing line with no prior warning of the hearing safety issue. What a bunch of sadistic ratfucks!
I have no beef with stages designed to make muzzle brake users eat the dirt their noisy devices kick up or give them the opportunity to shoot in a confined space to feel the concussion... I change my tactics when I'm shooting a braked rifle and one of the beauties of the ACTS format was to give the shooter the freedom to solve the shooting problem. Only this time, the shooting problem is to eat hot muzzle blast and they were going to keep that a secret until I brought up the safety issue.
It's a shame that AZ ACTS has gone from the most fun match in the state to a vengeful ordeal with such little regard for their fellow shooters. I'm sure I can find something constructive to do with that Saturday.
Labels: gunfun NOT, rant
posted by Cowboy Blob @ 4:23 AM
6 Comments:
At 8:56 PM,
Billy Budd said…
Bummer,
I am sorry to hear this....Prevalent in today's society, selfish and vindictive aholes.
At 9:07 PM,
Tony Hogrefe said…
With all due respect to Bob, this issue could have been handled better. Rather than broadcast and publicly air dirty laundry, the matter could have been handled and corrected in house. Bob did not bring his concerns to the attention of the AZ ACTS leadership before denigrating the organization on the internet.
It should be noted that the national ACTS organization has gotten involved and working with the Arizona chapter this matter has been resolved.
No shooter's hearing will be put in danger, and the integrity of the stage has been preserved.
At 9:19 PM,
Cowboy Blob said…
I most certainly did notify them of my concerns after I got shat upon in the Leadership Forum for warning brake shooters on AZShooting.com. I got nothing but derision and "oh, it won't be so loud."
At 8:22 AM,
Kristopher said…
Hey Tony: Your butt-hurt over this amuses us!
Do you think your shooting club is some kind of secret fraternity? That no one should ever talk in public about bad things in your organization without your permission?
The best way to handle little authoritarian retards who screw up clubs by seeking power positions that they cannot personally handle is to expose their screw-ups publicly.
At 12:17 PM,
Tony Hogrefe said…
No need to attack me. I agreed with Bob's position.
I just didn't agree with his methods.
The best way to handle an 'authoritarian retard' as you put it, is to work within the system to prevent the screw up from happening in the first place. If you exhaust those measures, then sure, go public, I'd do the same thing.
The point is that Bob's 'going public' didn't solve the issue. It only exacerbated it, and caused bad blood. I don't hold a grudge against Bob, and I don't hold him at fault for the way he felt, like I said, I agreed with him in principle.
Long story short, the matter has been resolved, no one's hearing is at risk. Had it been done differently, the end result would have been the same, and we would all still be friends.
...and my butt is just fine, thank you.
At 2:01 PM,
Cowboy Blob said…
You're wrong on one thing, Tony. I didn't sever ties with AZ ACTS when I hit the Publish button, I severed them when I realized what kind of people would devise such a harmful stage and keep it a secret. They're not the kind of people with whom I wish to associate. AZ ACTS is stuck with them for the time being. Good thing they're not the only game in town.
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