virginiatuck
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nova wrote:
It's proper when you want to use an acronym that in the first usage you preface it with the words spelled out like so: A Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) is a Permit To Carry A Concealed Handgun (PTCACH). Then you may use CHP and PTCACH independently.
Online forums and mailing lists are different in that they're like one long, ongoing document where the acronyms should have already been spelled out once a long time ago. Common acronyms in use on Open Carry Dot Org (OCDO), no matter which sub-forum, should probably be defined in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.
Something like this, with the local jargon, would be helpful for some people.
nova wrote:
Oh, a PTCACH. That has a ring to it... pee-tee-catch.SouthernBoy wrote:In VA legis code it is called both a "Permit to Carry a Concealed Handgun" as well as "Concealed Handgun Permit".I know there has been a lot of discussion regarding this topic but here and on other gun websites. Some of my pet peeves are also magazines vs clips, pistols vs revolvers, and the big one; semi-automatic rifles vs assault rifles. If we use the correct acronym for our Virginia concealed carry permits, it would have to be PCCH (Permit to Carry a Concealed Handgun) since that follows the accepted acronym translation of the permit's title. But that makes little sense to most, so it has been shortened and turned around to be CHP. I certainly have no problem with that one.
Now as for weapon, if we accept current definitions of the term then a handgun is indeed a weapon. However in the more classic sense, a weapon was deemed to be an offensive arm if I'm not mistaken, and handguns were classed as defensive arms. So what is it really? I tend to use "weapon" a lot of times when referring to my sidearm, but I imagine that is not entirely correct.
Comments and corrections are most appreciated with this.
It's proper when you want to use an acronym that in the first usage you preface it with the words spelled out like so: A Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) is a Permit To Carry A Concealed Handgun (PTCACH). Then you may use CHP and PTCACH independently.
Online forums and mailing lists are different in that they're like one long, ongoing document where the acronyms should have already been spelled out once a long time ago. Common acronyms in use on Open Carry Dot Org (OCDO), no matter which sub-forum, should probably be defined in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.
Something like this, with the local jargon, would be helpful for some people.