National Small-bore Rifle Association

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Reports
1

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Published responses
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Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
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Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from National Small-bore Rifle Association linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

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    Michael Jonathan Woods · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Michael Jonathan Woods died at Southampton Hospital on 9 October 2019 after using a rifle to shoot himself while taking part in a supervised shooting experience at a rifle range in Charmouth. The substantive concerns were the need for training to help range staff identify abnormal behaviour and for periodic emergency response exercises; these had been adopted but not yet delivered because of COVID restrictions.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Small-bore Rifle Association; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to conduct periodic emergency response exercises for serious incidents

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) ████████, who gave evidence at the Inquest, recommended that staff at the range undergo training in identifying signs of abnormal behaviour on the part of anyone wishing to take part in a shooting experience, to ensure that person is in the appropriate frame of mind to shoot. The shooting range have adopted the recommendation and appointed a training provider, though the training itself has yet to be delivered due to covid restrictions. I heard evidence from ████████ ████████, owner of the shooting range, that he is not aware of similar training being made available to staff at other shooting ranges. ████████ went on to give evidence that he believes such training would be of value nationally, and could form part of a range officer's training. (2) ████████ also recommended that staff periodically carry out "emergency response" exercises to improve the staff response for this type of serious incident. Again, ████████ confirmed the recommendation has been adopted and training identified, but not yet delivered due to covid restrictions. ████████ gave evidence that such training would be of value nationally. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to National Small-bore Rifle Association; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of training for shooting-range staff in identifying signs of abnormal behaviour

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) ████████, who gave evidence at the Inquest, recommended that staff at the range undergo training in identifying signs of abnormal behaviour on the part of anyone wishing to take part in a shooting experience, to ensure that person is in the appropriate frame of mind to shoot. The shooting range have adopted the recommendation and appointed a training provider, though the training itself has yet to be delivered due to covid restrictions. I heard evidence from ████████ ████████, owner of the shooting range, that he is not aware of similar training being made available to staff at other shooting ranges. ████████ went on to give evidence that he believes such training would be of value nationally, and could form part of a range officer's training. (2) ████████ also recommended that staff periodically carry out "emergency response" exercises to improve the staff response for this type of serious incident. Again, ████████ confirmed the recommendation has been adopted and training identified, but not yet delivered due to covid restrictions. ████████ gave evidence that such training would be of value nationally. ”
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