What is wrong with an 8 hour training class on firearms?
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“What is wrong with an 8 hour training class on firearms?”
I had fired many thousands of rounds over a 30+ year period before I took my official, government approved class. It didn’t teach me anything I hadn’t already learned by reading my state laws on a website.
However, I did need to wait about 6 weeks to get in a class, and it took another month to receive my license. If I had been concerned about someone threatening me, I would have been dead before my license came. Your right to self-defense is not something the government should regulate.
BTW - my license arrived the same day Arizona no longer required it...
How much useful info is there to fill up a 8-hour gun safety course? You can give them scenario after scenario and picture after picture, but it all comes down to the basic rules - Treat very gun as if it was loaded and ready to shoot - if handled carelessly, a gun can discharge and hit an unintended victim - finger off the trigger when not intending to fire the weapon. be familiar with the weapon and all features. Give them the basics and show a few gory pictures of cases where folks violated the rules and paid for it. Could be a free on-line deal and be completed in 20 minutes and maybe require a documented trip to a range where the person fired at least 10 shots. And that only if the person has not had any contact/experience with firearms ( a 5-minute session to verify if there is any question) - if they have participated in any gun activities and are familiar with them, it’s just a waste of their time and money,