[geeks] FW: [rescue] UPS Recommendation

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> > And as Sun Tzu said, "Know thy enemy,"--the latest gun control
> > advocacy tactic is "firearm training".
>
> Please, don't get me started on that.  A lot of gun owners have fallen
> prey to this one.
>
> The Ohio house of representative passed, and sent to the senate, a bill
> on concealed carry that was fairly rubbish - but at least allowed
> citizens the right to carry concealed firearms.  then the senate
> destroyed the bill even more.  One of the points of the bill was an
> extensive amount of training - the actual amount escapes me but I seem
> to recall a figure of 12 hours being bantied about at one point.
>
> NRA president Wayne Lapierre also seems to have fallen under the spell
> of requiring gun holders to be "properly trained".  Last year the NRA
> had a hand, in conjunction with a couple law enforcement organizations,
> in helping to completely butcher a similar concealed carry bill that
> died in the senate.
>
> No matter, if the Ohio Supreme Court reacts as most people expect them
> to, any law making concealed carry illegal may be struck down and
> there'll be nothing standing in the way of honest folks carrying
> concealed weapons to protect themselves.

My problem is not that people aren't trained in *how* to use firearms, but
many of them aren't trained *when* to use firearms, or more accurately,
*when not* to use firearms.

Peace...  Sridhar