Yup... I'd rather be a live arsehole than a dead good ole boy. I was at a range once where the range master knocked the crud out of some fool that refused to play safe, after repeated warnings.
Sounds like you have done some LEO time. Yes?
Yep retired military, and former deputy......I shoot about two days a week now for fun and once a week for work. IDPA and Leg Matches etc etc ....