Top Ten Signs You’ve Chosen a Bad CCW Instructor

 

‘From the home office in Paulden, Arizona, the Top Ten Signs You’ve Chosen a Bad CCW Instructor…

  • He starts off his safety speech by saying “Accidental discharges are something you need to get used to.”
  • He shows off his challenge coin from Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
  • He spends more time complimenting your choice of camo gear than he does correcting your shooting stance.
  • He demonstrates techniques he learned from playing Call of Duty.
  • His class coursework on aiming your gun properly refers to “site picture”.
  • He’s wearing a drop leg holster. On his arm.
  • He’s proud of the fact he’s teaching like they did in the ’50s. The 1850s.
  • His talk on the legalities of carrying a firearm is “Shoot first, ask questions later” and nothing more.
  • He says he can’t pick up yours or anyone else’s guns because his felony conviction is still on appeal.

And the #1 sign you’ve chosen a bad CCW instructor…

  • He starts off the range session with “Here, hold my beer while I try this.”
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  1. iWe Coolidge
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    skipsul:

    iWe:Any recommendations for an internet class?

    Not allowed in most states. Must be in person, plus you have to range time.

    I don’t need a class for a requirement. I am interested for the sake of knowledge.

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  2. skipsul Inactive
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    Look up Masad Ayoob on Amazon. He has anterrific book on concealed carry, everything you would also learn in a class. Will send link later, am on my tablet now.

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  3. Kevin Creighton Contributor
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    iWe: Any recommendations for an internet class?

    Not an internet class, but Michael Bane’s Concealed Carry DVD is an excellent overview of what options are out there for concealed carry.

    The question is, what do you want to learn? Shoot more better? What skills in particular do you want to learn? 90% of better accuracy comes down to how smoothly you pull the trigger, and that’s something you can learn with dry fire.

    Tips for the legal ramifications of concealed carry? Buy either Andrew Branca’s “The Law of Self Defense” or Mas’s “In The Gravest Extreme”. Also, the DVD’s that come with a membership in the Armed Citizen’s Legal Defense Network are terrific and cover a wide range of topics.

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  4. skipsul Inactive
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    skipsul:Look up Masad Ayoob on Amazon. He has anterrific book on concealed carry, everything you would also learn in a class. Will send link later, am on my tablet now.

    These are both excellent works on concealed carry and the use of deadly force in self defense.  Ayoob covers everything from the mindset, to choice of weapon, holsters, ammunition (how it works, what works better, and its unpredictability), draw techniques, wardrobe, and the legal implications of your actions (he was a police officer, as well as an expert witness in many a trial).  On this last point he covers a number of actual instances where CCW holders made foolish decisions that either worsened situations, or put them on the hook.  The applications here go beyond firearms.

    Well worth the reading.

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  5. Steven Potter Thatcher
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    I’m in the “it’s your moral responsibility” camp when it comes to training.  It may not be a requirement to seek training, but people would be foolish not to.  Especially, when it comes to understanding the laws that govern the use of deadly force in self-defense (each state is different).  I didn’t come from family that used firearms and I never served.  I needed to find reputable training.

    In Washington State, if you were just to read the law as it’s written it would seem very permissible in terms of when you are within your rights to use self-defense.  When you get into case law and how the courts have ruled it becomes a much narrower interpretation of when self-defense can be used.

    The average person that decides to get a license, and buy a gun and holster wouldn’t know that on their own.

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