Today my wife and I went through a CCW course, second time for me and first for her and I must say I was shocked with our class. The gentleman was prior military and claims to have used his firearm in a defensive manner in a civilian environment. He boasted on those two claims multiple times throughout his class and really drove home his experience. However, he did not share his experiences with the class so we could learn from them, and showed a terrible lack of situational awareness with how he presented his material. Some of these points I agree with, Although, I would NEVER bring these points up with complete strangers in an environment that isn’t necessarily pro gun. Below are points he made throughout the course.If you have to use your firearm, intentionally soil yourself and there will be no doubt you were afraid for your life to the police or a jury.“Make sure there is only one side of the story. As in make them bleed until they die on your stairs.”“Guns without a round in the chamber are basically a stick and you will die if you don’t carry that way.”“Blah blah blah you’re adults and should know how to manipulate your firearm.”I’ve trained many people on firearms and their employment with greatly varied levels of experience. There were a couple people in the class who had bought a pistol, never shot it, and came to this class expecting to learn the law, when to use their firearm, and how to safely manipulate their firearm as was advertised in the ad and the beginning of the class. Zero firearms familiarity, nor weapon manipulation were discussed. We were thrown to the range with absolute minimum instruction except load five rounds and fire on my command. I truly feel bad for the beginners in my class and the experience they had and hope they weren’t turned off of responsible carrying of a firearm and its proper employment. If you’re an instructor please please always update your content and get honest feedback so you can be effective at growing our community. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/37aJvaT
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