MKEgal
Regular Member
If you're an officer, or were one, or are married to one, that sort of thing, I'd like to ask a question:
How many hours of newbie-cop classroom (& supervised range) training are spent specifically on guns - safety, handling, learning to shoot & when not to? Not annual qualification, though that's interesting too, but how many hours between Jane-off-the-street and being "an officer qualified to carry a gun" in the eyes of the antis?
I've run into an anti who thinks that only "trained" people (he cites police & security guards) should be allowed to carry guns in public.
I'd like to be able to tell him how much/little actual gun-related training police have. (Compared, of course, to what I've had so far.) Yes, I realize it varies from location to location.
Being able to post documents (syllabus?) would be a big help, but not necessary.
I've put this over on ICarry, too.
How many hours of newbie-cop classroom (& supervised range) training are spent specifically on guns - safety, handling, learning to shoot & when not to? Not annual qualification, though that's interesting too, but how many hours between Jane-off-the-street and being "an officer qualified to carry a gun" in the eyes of the antis?
I've run into an anti who thinks that only "trained" people (he cites police & security guards) should be allowed to carry guns in public.
I'd like to be able to tell him how much/little actual gun-related training police have. (Compared, of course, to what I've had so far.) Yes, I realize it varies from location to location.
Being able to post documents (syllabus?) would be a big help, but not necessary.
I've put this over on ICarry, too.
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