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Very interesting points.
Demonstrates the irony that the montra that "training" police have makes it ok for them to carry. At least thats the justification the sheeople use to justify why cops have guns.
But just for the point to be made, when you think about it, when it comes to life or death, should 'training' mean anything? Police use their guns for MUCH different purpose than we law-abiding citizens do. We only draw our guns when our life is in danger. Cops draw their guns whenever they want to intimidate, pursue, or otherwise make a show of force.
Let me use the following analogy. If the lonepilot of your plane dies mid-flight, should you just sit back and crash because you don't have "flight trianing"? Because you aren't qualified to fly a plane? Because you don't have a license? Of course not. As a last resort, if its between doing nothing, and having a 10 year old jump behind the yoke, GO for it.
Thats the same as firearms. SURE, more training is good, but when its life or death, ZERO training shouldn't preclude someone from defending their life with one of the most simple of machines. A firearm. Point and shoot. Its as simple as a computer mouse.
Hunting is FAR FAR FAR more dangerous than open-carrying for self-defense. When hunting you WILL discharge your weapon many times for sport. When carrying for self-defense, you would NEVER EVER EVER disharge your weapon except when you fear for your life/safety. What could be safer??? EVEN with zero training?
Whenever I hear someone say "I'm a hunter but" I ask them to consider how much EXPONENTIALLY more dangerous hunting is than open-carrying for self defense!!!!
I understand this is tangential to the topic at hand, but I feel compelled to make the statement so that when the fly-by web browser might come to this thread they don't get the rediculous notion in their head that the carry of a firearm in ANY way should have compulsory training as a prerequisite.
I can teach someone EVERYTHING they need to know in 10 minutes. After that, its all about practice and repetition. If you know how to load and unload your particular firearm safely, you know everyting you should know to open carry (combined with the knowledge that drawing your weapon to fire is ONLY allowed if you are in fear for your life/safety.) That is a CRIME to do so any other time. Thats not a hard concept to teach either.