10.3 Safety violations – The following will be grounds for an automatic disqualification: — USPSA Online Rules

10.3.1 p. 30 Share Unsafe gun handling—specifically, handling a firearm unsupervised, or outside the boundaries of a staging or Safety Area. This includes deliberately removing a flag from a flagged firearm without direct RO supervision and command. 10.3.2 p. 30 Share Pointing a firearm up range (breaking the 180-degree line). 10.3.3 p. 30 Share Dropping a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, at any time during a course of fire. Note that a competitor who, for any reason during a course of fire, safely and intentionally places the firearm on the ground or other stable object will not be disqua

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