Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
Civilians aren't trained enough ... soldiers aren't trained enough ... Civilian training is different from soldier training ...

Bullshit. All of it is bullshit.

ANYONE can safely carry a firearm by following 4 rules that I imagine the average 5 year old child of any one of our members here can probably quote from memory.

Carrying a gun is not rocket science, you don't need to be a highly trained operator to do it and do it safely. If you have an IQ over 75 you can safely put a gun in a holster and leave it the hell alone unless and until you need it.

Stop over complicating this.

  1. Treat all guns as though they are loaded.
  2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to kill or destroy.
  3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you're ready to fire.
  4. Know your target and what's behind it.


Seriously, THAT IS ALL that is needed to safely carry a gun. Period.

Carrying a gun is a right, not a privilege and you don't demand expert level training to exercise a right.
Let's look at this in the context of medical training. It's less emotional for the bubbas.

Army Medics are, generally, studs at keeping a dude alive. Corpsmen too. They also are trained in the context of using those skills in an environment where they cannot be sued for keeping a person alive. They do things after 6 months of training that a paramedic would never dare. Ever. He'd be sued into oblivion for some of the things they do without thinking. Similarly, those whose only training is not only safe weapons handling, but their employment in a military context, would be experiencing a disservice if their training for a CCW process did not address differences in mindset and action.

I don't know why this is so hard to understand and accept.