I just had to qualify at the shooting range to get my guard firearms (exposed) permit.
Several others also were qualifying at the same time. Some of these people shot HORRIBLY, even though it was not their first time. One guy even punched holes in his target, using the empty brass from the rounds he did fire, so he could qualify. (We knew this because it was a 50 round course to qualify, and his target had 64 holes in it, and most of the holes were perfectly round, with no bullet marking at the hole, where as the rounds that did hit were gray at the hole with the paper around the hole having a shreaded look to it. He, of course denied it, saying he could not understand how this happened.)
So please, PLEASE, go out and practice your shooting often. Yes, it costs a decent amount of money to do this, but the reason you are going to be carrying a firearm is to TAKE SOMEONES LIFE.
You don't get trained to shoot to wound. So you need to shoot straight and true to save your life or some other innocent persons life. If you have to shoot it will be among the most stressful times in your life, so if your no good at the range, you WILL BE WORSE when the real situation in using your weapon arrives.
If you are not able to qualify reasonably easy, you probably should not be carrying the GUN.
Maybe you should just carry tear gas, or a baton.
I also believe that you need to train with the weapon you are carrying, and to train with the actual bullet you are going to be carrying in the gun while on duty. (In other words, no training with .38 wadcutters when you are going to be carrying a .357 round on duty.)
I'm sorry if this bursts any of your bubbles on the desire to carry a gun, but your ability to shoot, if you are going to carry a gun, is of the upmost importance so as to hit what your shooting at, and so you don't hit an unintended, innocent target- meaning PERSON.
Any one of you that does not understand what I am talking about here should NOT carry a gun, and if you do, and you need to use it in a gun fight, will probably be killed. THINK ABOUT IT.
Several others also were qualifying at the same time. Some of these people shot HORRIBLY, even though it was not their first time. One guy even punched holes in his target, using the empty brass from the rounds he did fire, so he could qualify. (We knew this because it was a 50 round course to qualify, and his target had 64 holes in it, and most of the holes were perfectly round, with no bullet marking at the hole, where as the rounds that did hit were gray at the hole with the paper around the hole having a shreaded look to it. He, of course denied it, saying he could not understand how this happened.)
So please, PLEASE, go out and practice your shooting often. Yes, it costs a decent amount of money to do this, but the reason you are going to be carrying a firearm is to TAKE SOMEONES LIFE.
You don't get trained to shoot to wound. So you need to shoot straight and true to save your life or some other innocent persons life. If you have to shoot it will be among the most stressful times in your life, so if your no good at the range, you WILL BE WORSE when the real situation in using your weapon arrives.
If you are not able to qualify reasonably easy, you probably should not be carrying the GUN.
Maybe you should just carry tear gas, or a baton.
I also believe that you need to train with the weapon you are carrying, and to train with the actual bullet you are going to be carrying in the gun while on duty. (In other words, no training with .38 wadcutters when you are going to be carrying a .357 round on duty.)
I'm sorry if this bursts any of your bubbles on the desire to carry a gun, but your ability to shoot, if you are going to carry a gun, is of the upmost importance so as to hit what your shooting at, and so you don't hit an unintended, innocent target- meaning PERSON.
Any one of you that does not understand what I am talking about here should NOT carry a gun, and if you do, and you need to use it in a gun fight, will probably be killed. THINK ABOUT IT.
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