Local blogger on Concealed Carry

[SuperiorDG]

I qualify quarterly and am required to be at the range monthly for drills. Range days are an all day thing. I've worked for several agencies in my career and all had this requirement.

Good to hear. I've heard differently from several LEO. I think, however, most of the population (LEO and CCW) on this site train more then the blogger thinks.

[flan7211]

Ok for all who think that guns or uses for them are only for LE's and Mil. Fuck off. Welcome to the land of the free.

[Tinelement]

Wow. This blogger dude frank is a pos.

He probably moved here for the skiing and rocks his Wrangler jeans and Duster at the top of the Lake Shoots at Breck and then has to have ski patrol come rescue his ass.

Seen it a hundred times.

[SAnd]

Remember that the mere presence of guns is a deterrent. Most bad guys do not go to someplace that allows concealed carry. I doubt Holm's would have gone to the theater with a gun if it was commonly known to have half a dozen armed people there at every show. Even if none of the were highly trained.

We're all better off if people don't even attempt a crime because they are afraid of armed citizens.

John Lott addressed the deterrence influence of concealed carry in his first book.

On the other hand bad guys have all kinds of other ways killing people where they don't have to worry about if anybody is armed. I think if Holm's hadn't been able to get guns he would have used some other means of mass killing. He may have been able to kill more people if he used some other means. Remember the bombing in Oklahoma. It's nearly impossible to stop someone with that goal.

[v1p3r66]

Some of what he writes is concerning to me too... IMO I think the qualifications to get a CCW can be concerning, WHAT IF someone with lack of training shot someone else...
BUT as far as I know, this hasn't happened. Mass murders have, and plenty of CCW holders have stopped violence against themselves and others.

My mind can play all the WHAT IF games it wants, but truth be told (and facts added up)... we're better off with CCW than not.

My contribution would be to make more CCW holders conscience of what they can and cannot do. We're not all hero's with super shot powers... but we can be trained and do our best to survive.