Gee... shot a gun for years without "official training" ... how did I ever live and not kill someone. My grandfather taught me how to shoot, to be safe, etc. The PROBLEM with training is..... ya'alls generation didin't learn and / or aren't teaching your kids to handle guns and be safe with them. So now.... oh gee, we got to find some certified guy to teach us. Grandfathers, fathers, and mothers..... need to get back to teaching their kids, and quit all relying on some "class" somewhere, as if that is somehow magical. And I'm talking basic how to handle a gun, how to shoot a gun, and how to be safe with a gun.
In the meantime, get the dads and the mothers trained, if they don't know. But.... I would have a real issue with the guy at the LGS .... because he's trying to get the state to make it mandatory so that he can make money off of it. If he has good training, he should be promoting it and telling everyone he sells a gun to about it ... and if he has decent prices.... they'll more than likely attend and go to it. But, if it's mandatory, he can charge twice as much and then say "well , you have to have it".
OK ... so lets make all of you guys go to the Police Academy.... and how many Police officers have ND"s ? Well, then that must not be good enough either. Let's put everyone thru the miltary and then we know everyone's trained.
Where do you start and where do you stop ? What makes anyone think "their training " is the do all be all of all the training out there ? And training for ?????? .... basic firearm safety ? self-defense ? laws of the state ? .... gee, you could earn a degree before you get done. Maybe we should give PELL grants and offer financing for it .
I don't have a thing against training of any kind, and think any training anyone gets ... as long as it's not from a moron .... is good. But .. do you really want that put into the laws, because some gun shop owner wants to MAKE you take it from him.
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I'll give you an example. Something if you look it up you'll find it true,.... but your VET won't likley tell you. Get a 2 shot rabies sequence for your puppy, and 7 yrs later, he'll still test good for his antibodies for rabies. Drug companies quit testing after 3 & 4 yrs, because it's expensive to keep up their study , they don't want to do that.... they want you to buy their product anyway.. more often. Then we get to the VETS themselves.... who keep teling the Cities, etc..... a dog needs rabies shot EVERY YEAR .... you know why ? ..... because they want you to come in and get a shot, pay them for an exam, and any other tests and shots they can throw in every year. But, is ONLY ONE vaccine out there for rabies that is only good for 1 yr..... they are ALL 3-4 yrs . But the Vets don't want to lose the money.
Are all those yearly shots good for a dog ? NOPE.... would you give your kid 6-7 vaccines every year ? You are your dog, since some are 2-4 combined vaccines in one shot. The result, lower life spans, and all the ailments, etc. increasing in dogs that are a result of over-vaccination. Studies being done since about 1990 have been showing.... ya'all are literally killing off your dogs and shortening their lives with over- vaccinations they don't need, as the vaccines are effective way beyond what they'll tell you they are.
So.... if 1 training course is good..... 10 must be even better. Wow... let's just make it 1000 hours of training. I wouldn't give the anti-gun folks one "inch" ... of something they can use to restrict and prohibit gun ownership. Do gang bangers go thru training ? We need to put that in the laws too. Yep, that's the ticket.
