Then fill out the poll, man! I am sending the Senator a link when this is done. Every vote counts!
Then fill out the poll, man! I am sending the Senator a link when this is done. Every vote counts!
If someone is using their android (maybe iPhone) they can't see th the poll without going into desk top view, just a FYI brother.
I voted YES but think like others that there needs to be some minimum amount of basic training, possibly even more than it takes to get a CC permit. Probably. I wouldnt like it replacing the current CC and OC tho, as an addition yes.
I'm for it. I would also like to see a law passed requiring all schools in our state (both public and private) to teach an approved week long firearms rights and responsibilities/safety class every year in grades k-12.
OK on CC, BS on training (recommended, suggested, required, whatever) codified into law unless/until there are similar (recommendations, suggestions, requirements, whatever) codified into law for exercising any/all other rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
You can't have it both ways - either the 2nd Amendment is as valid in and of itself as any other, or it's not.
You can't have it both ways - either the 2nd Amendment is as valid in and of itself as any other, or it's not.
I voted yes. I doubt you'd see that many people attend a free training class, unless you offered to buy them lunch.
After teaching the Ok Handgun License class for several years it has been an eye opener.
the position I take many say is financially motivated but there is not that much money in teaching this class and my views are based on experience.
I would say over 85% of people attending the class have no idea on how to handle a gun or be safe with a handgun or know anything about what the law says regarding your rights and obligations when using a gun to protect youself.
long story cut short, i believe a 6-8 course to learn 1) when you can legally shoot a bad guy verses shooting or pointing a gun at someone just because you want to 2) how to handle a handgun safely and many other very basic requirement that MOST students do not have is a small price to pay for a safe society.
For example: per a converation last week with a woman told me she had to put a man in his place. during a road rage incident, she pulled over with her husband in the passanger seat, and then the second party pulled over and began yelling curse words at her. well, she asked her husband for the .40 cal in the door pocket of the passanger seat and pointed the gun at the guy because he was cursing at her (he was in his car yelling at her). I told her that she could not point a gun at someone because they are yelling at you and that she just committed a felony, she said well 'he was cursing at her and she had to shut him up'. i told her that she could not shoot someone because they are yelling at you vs. attacking her, and she basically said she had her rights. uninformed and lucky a tradegy was avoided. that would be a tradetgy if either one of them lost their lives over yelling.
most people taking the course are very negligent in regards to safety with a gun. a little training can go a long way.
yes we have a right to consitutional carry but a little training cannot hurt. if the training is not required by the state it will not happen.
how would you feel if a loved one was killed by a person/gun if 7 hours of training could of prevented that tradegy?
the position I take many say is financially motivated but there is not that much money in teaching this class and my views are based on experience.
I would say over 85% of people attending the class have no idea on how to handle a gun or be safe with a handgun or know anything about what the law says regarding your rights and obligations when using a gun to protect youself.
long story cut short, i believe a 6-8 course to learn 1) when you can legally shoot a bad guy verses shooting or pointing a gun at someone just because you want to 2) how to handle a handgun safely and many other very basic requirement that MOST students do not have is a small price to pay for a safe society.
For example: per a converation last week with a woman told me she had to put a man in his place. during a road rage incident, she pulled over with her husband in the passanger seat, and then the second party pulled over and began yelling curse words at her. well, she asked her husband for the .40 cal in the door pocket of the passanger seat and pointed the gun at the guy because he was cursing at her (he was in his car yelling at her). I told her that she could not point a gun at someone because they are yelling at you and that she just committed a felony, she said well 'he was cursing at her and she had to shut him up'. i told her that she could not shoot someone because they are yelling at you vs. attacking her, and she basically said she had her rights. uninformed and lucky a tradegy was avoided. that would be a tradetgy if either one of them lost their lives over yelling.
most people taking the course are very negligent in regards to safety with a gun. a little training can go a long way.
yes we have a right to consitutional carry but a little training cannot hurt. if the training is not required by the state it will not happen.
how would you feel if a loved one was killed by a person/gun if 7 hours of training could of prevented that tradegy?
Very well said. Agree completely. The fact that this burning red state doesn't have this and some New England Yankee states do makes me want to puke. And I used the poll.
I don't believe that a 7 hour class taught by a firearms instructor is going to teach a person how to behave in a civil manner.
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