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Abraham wrote:TexasTornado,

Whenever, I see an idea this or that 'should' be free, I think of Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.

If however, the time, effort, expense and facilities for those teaching gun safety courses volunteer their time, equipment, etc., well maybe such an idea would work, but I have doubts as to the numbers of qualified folks who would do such a thing...of course, I'm could be wrong.

Or, perhaps I don't fully understand your idea.

Perhaps, I'm biased when I see the wording of: "Should be Free", because ain't nuttin free.

Well the online training is actually very inexpensive to create and maintain especially as the government already has websites and hosting capacity.

As far as the training at police departments this is just another form of community out reach. Many departments already offer some form of firearm safety for kids.

There is always a cost associated with any program be it of the safety or gun grabbing variety. I'm merely suggesting that we adjust funds to programs that provide solutions that do not involve reducing firearms in America.

Also I am in no way suggesting these courses should be made mandatory before PURCHASING a firearm. That is a right of the people regardless of their prior experience. To hold a hunting license however there is a requirement for a safety course (at least under a certain age) so I don't think there is any issue making it required for an LTC. In fact Arizona has such a requirement in their statute requiring among other options a basic NRA course or prior military service.

I would have no problem requiring a weapons safety course as part of the application process as long as the course were offered for free at every police station across the state and online. If it free and easily accessible I do not see it as an infringement on any rights. Further more, I believe this should be available on a federal level for anyone that wants it. Unfortunatly, liberals want to focus on gun control instead of common sense programs that could actually save lives without infringing on law abiding citizens.

aero10 wrote:When I took my class 4 years ago I was amazed at the number of people that needed to borrow a gun. My wife took the class with me and didn't have a pistol, so we shared my pistol and shot in different rounds. To this day, she has yet to carry even once. You really should already have a pistol before getting your LTC; how else are you going to practice before carrying?

It also really amazed that the guy standing next to me passed. When we were shooting the longer ranges, I would see two flashes when he shot. One was the muzzle flash and the other was the bullet striking the concrete on the ground at the end of the course. He passed because they scored by assuming a perfect score and then deducting points from there; well, if you completely miss the target you can't deduct points because you don't know it missed at the end.

When I got my LTC I had to rent a weapon. I rented a glock 19 which was the weapon I learned with and the weapon my mom was requalifying with right beside me. My dad was beside her with his glock .357 sig. Our instructor required us to each have our own individual weapons and at the time the only other handgun we owned was a .22. It was about 3 months after that when I purchased my P238.