When I was much younger, the first time I went hunting, I had gun safety and hunter training, so I could safely hunt, with My Uncle's youth model 20 gage shotguns. I endeavoured to learn as much as possible about safe gun handling and hunting etc..... When I first got concealed carry, I took many classes about firearms and concealed carry. Armed Private Security. Then classes as a LEO...... Certified Firearms Instructor...
What kind of training do you think should be necessary in order to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm?
I suspect DoctorWho will object to the permit element of your question. Funny though, I have asked that question several times of GCAs on this forum when the topic comes up and when they have parroted that manditory training should be required to own/carry a gun and have never gotten an answer. Still waiting.
If you frequent ranges and gun stores, there are constant classes in gun safety and training. I ran training classes for both LE and citizens, and was impressed by students wanting training, some very advanced students.
Anyone who buys a gun should take numerous training classes from certified instructors. Otherwise you will be learning the hard way by trial and error and probably be reinforcing numerous bad habits which will only make your shooting worse not better. Good O/P topic.
None. I do believe that training (8 hours is required in most states) should be required to obtain a permit to carry a firearm concealed.
You can't make a right dependent upon "training" or getting a permit to exercise it. Besides, many people get very high levels of training passed down to them by their elders. I had no training but that supplied by my grandfather before I went into law enforcement, and I could outshoot the instructors at the academy.
You do realize that both careers are not mutually exclusive ? Just as a long time freind was a Registered Nurse in a large City Hospital Emergency Room, and an N.Y.P.D. Detective.
Neither firearms training, nor a permit to purchase a firearm, should be legal requirements for one who is simply seeking to exercise their constitutional rights. Not unless permits and training are made mandatory for the legal exercise of all constitutional rights, not simply some of them.
Such is not relevant to the matter of whether or not meeting government-mandated requirements should be a requirement for one to legally exercise their constitutional rights in the united states.
Finished my semi annual re-training with my service pistol last week and scored a 100% on the shooting test for the first time in my life. Lately for the past couple of years I have been hovering around 96% each time. Finally achieved perfection however.
I'll ask you the same question. What kind of training do you think should be necessary in order to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm?
Most of the GCAs here have been asked that question multiple times; other than vague, meaningless generalities, not one has answered that question. There have been several attempts at fishing for that answer. To engage in the question is to fall into the trap of agreeing that training be a requirement for gun ownership and given gun ownership is a right, it would be akin to suggesting some type of training be required to excersize free speech.
A similar kind of training to that required to purchase a permit to speak, hire a lawyer or pursue happiness.
Hey Galileo you see what people are saying about y'all? You gonna take this laying down or are you gonna be a man and answer your own question? Where you at?
The anti-gun left hates the fact you have the right to keep and bear arms and wants to make it as hard as possible for your to exercise it so that you someday give up trying to do so.