Oh my god! I just saw the price tag if those nightforces...

Thanks for the insight

I would love to do something like this.

Will we be firing from the padded section of Bravo range?

I loaded some 45's using the Data off of the hodgdon website...it's a lot of kick, even from their lowest recommended load... Not for me...so i'll just use it in some 9mm for later...unless someone wants to trade for something else?

I think you are expecting too much from photographers and inexperienced gun handlers.  The safety rules say to never assume a gun is empty, and to handle all guns, even empty ones, as loaded. 

Personal responsibility with guns needs to be just that -- personal.  If I am present and feel at risk, I'll say something about someone unsafely handling a gun around me.  When watching You Tube and other photo-related images, you have to remember that these were created in the past, and nothing you complain about now will matter at all.  I don't get nervous with gun muzzles pointing at me from the PC screen. The round would hit the camera or someone working it, not me!!  Again, unless it's live streaming, it's all in the past.  No reason to make safety-Nazi comments after the fact.  Chances are, there will be plenty of others making that comment for you!

Based on the OP, this was on Instagram and not an in-person observation.  Nothing you can do about that.

Sometimes we get wrapped around the technical aspects of multimedia displays.  To me, this is no different than watching a war movie with the actors running around with fingers on triggers and muzzles sweeping their buddies.  It's good that people are sensitized to watch for unsafe acts with guns, but you have to keep it in context.  Are you or someone else presently at risk?  Then you have a duty to correct them.  If not, just roll with it!

I wonder if there are other examples demonstrating that photographers or models haven't got the first clue about guns ....

By no means am I trying to argue, as I understand your point, but in the long run it does and will affect the gun community. Although I am not personally  at risk by the model having her finger on the trigger, my rights as an American to own a firearm are jeopardized the second someone gets shot. I understand that there is nothing I can do about a picture taken in the past, but as a community, in the future, we need to educate more people that guns are a weapon used to kill things and people, and that when put in someone's hands they must be treated as such. Personally, I could blame whomever gave her the weapons, but at this point there is no point. I just wished that who ever gave those to her had been more articulate about how to handle them. Spilled milk.

Probably not what you expect this to be about;

I recently ran into something that was interesting. I was browsing through instagram and saw a "hot" model with some weapons she was posing with. Two, to be exact. She had both trigger fingers on the triggers and was posing for the camera. I have always been taught, from day one of training with any weapon, that safety is the most important. Your safety rules when handling weapons include having your trigger fingers straight and off the trigger until you're ready to fire. Now, there's no way for me to know that whoever handed her those weapons cleared them out. And I'm not sure that she has ever trained with such weapons. But, it would have only taken one round from one of those weapons to strike an innocent bystander at a gun show, mind you, to have ended the likelihood of any more gun shows and fueling anti-gun nuts' fires.

I'm all about the promotion of the 2nd amendment, but I am more for the promotion of safe weapons handling. Some of you might know what post I'm talking about and maybe think I'm just butthurt because when I told her what she was doing wrong, she told me something along the lines of not giving an f***.

Just something I wanted to put out there for discussion...not even sure this is the right section.

Looked like a white on black, profiling attack. Jk.

I realize that this is a fairly old post, but I imagine it's the best place for this question.

Purchasing firearms from commercial row, will I need to buy them and then ship them to a Hawaii FFL? Or do they do one of those "gun show" gray area sales there? I'm planning on heading to the national matches in July under ptad orders, but I believe that because they aren't permanent orders, i can't get around the normal laws.

Any guidance is appreciated.

I realize my question was apparently not specific enough.

If I go to commercial row and purchase a gun from any of the vendors, I.e. RRA, Les Baer, Kimber, etc., can I just give them the money and get the gun and take it back with me in my luggage, or will I need to purchase it there and then have it shipped to an FFL. Anyone with experience purchasing a firearm at the National Matches, please provide some guidance. I've already used Google and haven't been productive.

What time did you guys pau shooting? Gunner told me to take the weekend off. I really wanted to shoot today, too. Rain is my good luck charm. 

What time does it start? I would like to watch. I'm not good enough to compete.