Posted on 08/02/2015 10:38:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
” people who have no firearms training “
If you have a gun, you should have training ...
That word, probably, is a huge variable in this equation. I'm skeptical.
How many unarmed people were killed?
I’ve been turning ammunition into skill for over 55 years now.
Well, yes on training. But a simulator is also a video game, with a learning curve that may mimic real life to a greater or lesser degree.
My kids were great at driving games, much better than me, but scared the crap out of me for a few days when I first taught them to drive in a real car.
Trojan horse operation.
How much firearms training does the average Baltimorean bad guy get? It can't be too much. The simulator must presume that the average bad guy is better trained with firearms than the average taxpayer, and also that the bad guy will respond in a way that's likely to assure that the officer to be the one to survive the encounter. Isn't some training required for a CCW permit just about everywhere?
My 12 gauge with magnum spreader loads doesn’t require much training beyond pointing it north, south, east, or west. Anything in those 90 degrees is getting peppered from floor to ceiling at 15 feet. Two of those loads are stacked with a buckshot load behind them if needed. Only one very narrow stairway brings you to our second floor. A county cop lives next door.
My life has been saved twice by concealed carry. Is there any reliable data as to how typical or non-typical is my experience? I have not seen any.
The reality is that we know nothing about “the dog who didn’t bark”. Nobody has ever tried to collect the data, to my knowledge. All data is anecdotal.
Remember, the simulator was located in Maryland!
Maryland doesn’t want ANY citizen, regardless of training, to have a firearm. So I wouldn’t put it past them to set the simulator to “insanely difficult”.
Where did they find people with ZERO experience with firearms?
That said, GOOD firearms training is a must for gun owners. I don't think government should mandate it, but I think it's our responsibility on our own to get it. The NRA's personal protection course is a good start. The CPL legal training in Michigan is good to know as well.
While I think the rise of conceal carry is a good thing, I'm also seeing more cases of good shots - but also bad shots than in the past. I partially blame bad instructors for that as well.
I agree, practice, practice, practice........
In Maryland that wouldn’t be hard. They discourage firearms ownership.
A carrying a gun in your daily life for emergency can be thought of as carrying a parachute in a plane for an emergency
Yes using with a parachute in an emergency and no training is bad......but still not as bad as no parachute in the same emergency
the idea that guns are some magical, elaborate technology that require hours of training to operate safely is a liberal myth. I'm sure it's probably true for them, with their limited experience of anything outside the liberal realm, but for normal people, operating a gun is no more challenging than operating a toaster.
Now, it does require common sense, and some measure of good judgment, but you aren't gonna get enough of that in a couple hours of mandated traingin classes.
I was forced to draw my weapon to protect myself.
My problem ended when I displayed my weapon and made it apparent that I would use it to defend myself
the idea that guns are some magical, elaborate technology that require hours of training to operate safely is a liberal myth. I'm sure it's probably true for them, with their limited experience of anything outside the liberal realm, but for normal people, operating a gun is no more challenging than operating a toaster.
Now, it does require common sense, and some measure of good judgment, but you aren't gonna get enough of that in a couple hours of mandated traingin classes.
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