Guns are safe! People are the problem.
I shot a two gun team match yesterday. First time I've done that, it was fun.
Emphasis in the stage rules was that no shooter was to be downrange of a loaded gun at any time.
Nobody got DQ'd, nobody got shot - most dangerous thing was the heat - couple of people needed to be told to hydrate. It was easily 95 to 100 out there, and with setup starting at 7AM, I still didn't leave the range until 2:30 or so. Two notes on that - Bio-Lyte is a really nice product, less crap than the "energizer" drinks and one of the great pleasures in life is a cold beer in the shower.
We had two guns running simultaneously on some of the stages, others had shooter 1 running course, dumping gun in barrel or box, then tagging in second shooter who would run same course, (sort of).
First stage was in two bays. Pistol shoots everything in bay 1, dumps gun in bucket, grabs rifle ammo from a can, runs it to shooter 2 who's in the next bay waiting with an unloaded rifle, shooter 2 cleans up bay 2 with rifle. I shot the pistol stage, dropped my mag and was waiting for the RO tell me to show clear when DUH - toss the pistol in the bucket and get moving. That cost us a couple of seconds - and really emphasized - you WILL default to your training practices.
Another stage was pistol only, each shooter in a box. Three steels on either side of the bay, then a star on each side of the bay, then a spinner in the middle. My buddy went for the close steels, I shot the stars, then we both worked on the spinner. Initially we both nailed the bottom to get it moving, then he shot the bottom and I shot the top. Really different working with another shooter. This is the second time we've run a team match, last year I was up north.
Interesting shooting on the 100 yard range. Shooter one setup on a VTac barrier with the ports numbered. Shooter two stood at a table with "cards" face down. S2 flipped a card and called the number on it; S1 had to shoot through that numbered port at a steel down at 100 yards. S1 shoots until they hit that steel, then S2 flips the next card. After all four ports have been shot through, S1 moves to second barricade and has to hit (3) small poppers at 100 yard line. Then they dump rifle in bucket and tag in S2. S1 is now at the table, S2 is now active on the VTAC.
I was shooting my scoped (1-6), AR. Port 4 was about 2 inches x 8 inches, and a foot off the ground. When I set up on it, all I saw was the back of the VTac (and really blurry). I worked on it a bit and figured out that I was going to drop to a seated position, use my left hand on the ground to brace, flip my gun sideways and shoot it one handed. I actually hit the target first shot like that. I did things with my rifle yesterday that I hadn't done before - I'm more of a pistol shooter - it was fun.