“you don’t see a paper target, you see a live human being”
Yes, you could ask the perp who is a direct threat to your life and possibly others, in that split second you have to decide, how his family is..maybe you could look through each others family photo albums?
I mean before you put a bullet in his non-paper head.
To get a permit to carry a weapon - no. To be ready to use that weapon - yes!
There are three things a person should do. Shooting under all weather conditions. Shooting and reloading under pressure (time constraints are good). Drawing from a usual carry position and accurately firing under pressure.
Practice, practice, and finally, practice!
That is what my instructor said to us and explained it is not like shooting at a target...
As for myself I was raised around guns and taught to shoot at a very early age..I do recommend that anyone get familiar with their gun..learn to clean and above all learn to shoot..
If it came down to the person in front of me and my family I will always choose my family..So yes I could shoot if I felt threatened..
A quick-draw McGraw is all we need.
Do war veterans get a pass? (rhetorical).
We should also have extensive training on getting beaten, robbed, and raped. Then you can be educated about which you like better - carrying a firearm, or being a victim.
Because - let’s face facts - being a victim can take a huge mental toll if you are not emotionally prepared for it.
Back in the day when the NYPD used revolvers—they analyzed all their gunfights.
2.7 rounds fired on average for each fight.
MOST shots ranged THREE FEET OR LESS, none more than 21 feet.
Accuracy is really not much of a factor—training either.
BTW—they’re called ‘belly guns’ ‘cause they are pressed against the enemy’s BELLY.
“Experts say rigorous training needed to prepare gun owners”
Public schools provide our children with free driver’s training and sex education. I think it’s time to teach every child how to safely use a firearm. It’s a safety and health issue.
Start teaching marksmanship, safe handling, and ethics of self defense...
In grade school.
It’d obviate the need for silliness like this.
Is "rigorous training" needed to become a journalist? To publish a newspaper or read propaganda from a teleprompter? Is "rigorous training" required before a defendant is entitled to a fair and speedy trial by a jury of his peers? Does he need to be "trained" before his person, papers, and effects are secure from illegal searches and seizures? Does he have to have a law degree to earn the right to confront witnesses?
What other constitutional rights need to be granted by the state following a period of "training?" Answer: NONE!
Our right to keep and bear arms does not arise from the state! Therefore, it cannot qualify that right, or in any way infringe on it.
***But Nehls wants people seeking permits to take the most rigorous training available,***
Military handgun training consisted of two hours of shooting 50 rounds. at the gun range on base. We were then qualified for one year.
Unfortunately, any legal requirement to do so carries an enormous potential of abuse by the state. Actually, it is more than potential, it is a long and depressing track record - look, for example, at the barriers the District of Columbia has seen fit to place in the way of firearms ownership once its allowance was mandated by the Supreme Court.
From the article, however, I get the impression that it is voluntary training the Sheriff is talking about. I'm 100% behind that.
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