suntzu
Regular Member
This is what I mean by the Concealed Carry Instructor Industry (C2I2) and the financial gain that is made by some in supporting the turning of a right into a priveledge. The NRA and their instructor certification program are the biggest C2I2 beneficiaries. They often work to include NRA certified instructor training as one of the requirements for the priveledge of CC. It is indeed an incestuous relationship.
Which is one reason among many why I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the NRA.
What I learned in my state sponsored privilege course I had already learned from my parents, and from lots and lots of reading.
We should be a free state--but until the people of Tennessee wake up and start working their legislators often, it will not happen. Sadly, the majority in TN seem content with their pretty privilege and hold it as some form of sacred cow that should never be messed with.
It is a shame, it really is-because TN could be as gun friendly as AZ and AK if the people would only wake up and work for it.