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Gun Control & RKBA

AtheistCrusader

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26. Best concealed carry training I ever received, was from a Defense Attorney.

Reply to jimmil (Original post)

Wed Aug 9, 2017, 10:28 AM

Aug 2017

He specialized in Self Defense cases, and spent the entire class talking about why you de-escalate, avoid, anything you can, to not have to use that firearm, and what you can expect to endure after the fact, even if you are pure as the driven snow guiltless and had no other choice.

The financial, time, and psychological burden of taking another life, even in a fully justifiable case.

He also spent a lot of time talking about cases where it was fully honest and justifiable, but some little detail turned it into a grueling legal misadventure.

'How to shoot' is a sine qua non to getting a CPL. It is pre-assumed you know what to do with a gun. You don't show up to NASCAR camp at 16 with no drivers license and zero experience behind the wheel.

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I started this in another group and people were having cats. I got my LTC (License to Carry). [View all] jimmil Jul 2017 OP

i have had one for years.. I have even participated in Glock.. samnsara Jul 2017 #1

It's kind of like a driver's license discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #2

I have handled guns in the past. jimmil Jul 2017 #3

Have you considered joining The Liberal Gun Club? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #5

Some have asked me only 5 months in Vietnam... jimmil Jul 2017 #12

My CCW course was a little better than that. But basicly the same the blow hard doc03 Jul 2017 #4

point being............. Astroman Jul 2017 #6

They actually did not stress the buying of more guns. jimmil Jul 2017 #18

Thanks for confirming gun control advocates' worst notions of LTC "education." (nt) Paladin Jul 2017 #7

LTC education (at least in Texas) doesn't seem to be a problem: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #10

Now it is on you to train and practice. SQUEE Jul 2017 #8

Hasn't it always been? Hangingon Aug 2017 #25

I took a CCP class last year krispos42 Jul 2017 #9

That training sucks DashOneBravo Jul 2017 #11

You are more likely to be shot jimmil Jul 2017 #13

Good to know discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #14

You got stuck with a lousy instructor. beemer27 Jul 2017 #15

your class did not meet Texas DPS standards. gejohnston Jul 2017 #16

No class here, I think I used my Hunters Safety class. ileus Jul 2017 #17

You got ripped off Alea Jul 2017 #19

+1,000 NT pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #22

The class jimmil Jul 2017 #20

Interesting: "gun strapped to their waist". Where have I heard this before? What's the name... Marengo Aug 2017 #33

I've been in some bigger city gun shops where workers carried, yagotme Aug 2017 #34

"There is nothing that makes the carrier any more safe........" pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #21

U.S. citizens shouldn't be required to have a permit at all. Kang Colby Aug 2017 #23

good to see you around discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2017 #24

Best concealed carry training I ever received, was from a Defense Attorney. AtheistCrusader Aug 2017 #26

As my old grandmother said about shooting an intruder..... jimmil Aug 2017 #27

Your class did not meet the requirements of a Texas CHL course. S_B_Jackson Aug 2017 #28

Concealed carry classes vary. Often you get what you pay for. ... spin Aug 2017 #29

True. But in Texas the insructors are trained and licensed by the Texas DPS. oneshooter Aug 2017 #30

"I believe that the entire post is BS." Agreed, seems to be 'pious fraud' friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #31

You may well be right. ... spin Aug 2017 #32