RW> Make time!  Better to spend more time practicing than
 RW> spending time in the grave. 
BL> I'd like to echo this...  If you're going to be carrying in
BL> public - I for one would sure like to know that you can
BL> shoot straight - and I'm sure others might be comforted as
BL> About the ONLY problem I've heard with SOME Pro-Carry
BL> individuals is their outright opposition to ANY type of
BL> required training. 
That's were you run into several problems.  Once you
allow the state to require training you are allowing
them to limit your access to arms.  What if the state
decides to require you to be able to put a full load
(cylinder or mag) into a 1/4 silhouette at 50 meters in
less then 5 seconds?  How many people do you know could
do that?
Look at the licensing and/registration systems in a lot
of the cities.  It is theoretically possible to do but
it is so hard that only the well off or well connected
can do it.
BL> I firmly believe that EVERY gun owner that's going to carry,
BL> sould have the chance to be trained in combat scenarios, at
BL> places like "Hogans' Alley".  I haven't had the pleasure of
And if you were ever involved in a shooting some lawyer
might point out that you were such a blood thirsty
person that you practiced hunting people on a range
where pictures of people popped out like rabbits for a
hunter.
BL> It's a shame that some anti-carry proponents will try ANY
BL> tricks (including using the lack of training) as a format
BL> for banning. And I'm sure if given the opportunity to mold
I always point out Vermont.  They have no CCW permit,
if you are of age and have a weapon you can carry it.
No training, no background check, nothing.  Yet they
don't have blood flowing in the streets.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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