I find the WMA a nice place to go and target shoot with my .22s but as others have mentioned just use common sense, When I walk down range to change targets I take my bolt with me. I have seen folks shooting slightly different than I do but they seemed to be doing it safely. I prefer bolt actions and they like the autoloaders and playing army, just their thing not mine as long as their safe. That said the people I have seen that are dangerous are the ones who I would have thought would be safe yet are the dangerous ones. An elderly ( about 65 I would guess) black powder shooter at Clinton comes to mind. people down range and he's fiddling with his gun, This was not a one time thing. sweeping his rifle, messing with the action, pushing the rod down the barrel, was he loading it? cleaning it? who knows but he did seem angry at something. you will also encounter people throwing away their trash and calling it targets,( sorry guy but that's what we call garbage) and leaving it out there. I started cleaning up their trash when I am the only one there and it is safe to do so as that will surely get the range closed.
One other problem at the WMA ranges is not a safety issue but a construction issue especially at the ones I'm familiar with, Clinton and Walpack have a "common " bench so when I'm trying to do accurate bench rest shooting the guy who brought his kids with him are doing jumping jacks on the seat and playing with their phones bouncing all over. ( If that's you just let your kids stay home please) also the benches must have been designed by a race of people that are 9 feet tall, you cant comfortably sit and bench rest shoot as your feet don't touch the ground and your chest is 12" back from the bench, there is no place to rest your elbow or butt of the stock, I have constructed a "table top" that I clamp down so it brings the bench top rearward as well as a protrusion to rest your elbow and rear stock. this helps out greatly. Also at Clinton they have posted a sign that tells you where and how your targets should be placed, again not sure who engineered this but it just seems illogical to me, metal spinners at 25 yds only? where there is a greater chance of a ricochet coming back at the shooter, metal spinners should be at 50 to 100 yards out to minimize a round coming all the way back at you or other shooters ( this by the way is the scariest thing there) Not sure who designs these ranges but I would sure like to know to show them how they should be built. The one I like the most is Stafford forge, separate benches and plenty of room along the line and in a nice area of the state.
My job has me travelling all over NJ and I keep a few .22s all the time and every time Im near a WMA range I stop in for and hour or so and just shoot away. Clinton, Walpack, Stafford forge, one there is one between Hammonton and Egg Harbor not sure of the name, and the one closest to my home was closed because of noise complaints (black river) it is now a usless WMA so we should all take care of them because as I know they will go away.