Originally Posted by jeff1911

I think we need to respect our vets better than this and especially our instructors that come from a military background.
Fellow vets,
>
> While searching for information on concealed handgun courses here
> in Reno, Nevada I came across this insult from some local
> know-it-all firearms instructors:
>
> *"Military experience does not have much to do with real life."
> *-- Dave Keller and Mike Robbins, Sierra Firearms Academy.
>
> WTF?? I don't know about you, but this pisses me off. I don't
> appreciate this one bit. So, I didn't fight on Iwo Jima or in
> Fallujah, but I damn sure shot a lot of weapons when I was in the
> Corps. I don't need a couple of hooker-busting, drunk-rousting,
> donut-munching street cops from Reno telling me that my military
> service counts for nothing and doesn't have "much to do with
real
> life." Who are these people to tell me about real life? Sounds
> like a typical "us versus them" haughty cop attitude. If you
> ain't a cop, you ain't shite, in other words. I have nothing
> against cops, but these jokers - *ex cops*- by the way - need a
> smackdown. In lieu of that, an apology. Let them know how you
> feel. I will. And I'll be sure that everyone at my VFW does ,too.