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I had a fairly informative NRA instructor and the class was good. Although I've carried for years in VA, I wanted to get "up" on FL laws and just wanted to take some of my buddies with me too.
Now some bad news. I had a few guys in this class who were intent on "blowing someone away". It just seemed like every question they had was about how to legally kill another human. The instructor only encouraged this by not being clear that you're not actually supposed to go BG hunting with your CCW. I finally stated, blatantly, that the point was to find another means if possible. This seemed to draw alot of attention to me. One old guy who was barely physically able to hold himself up just kept going on about how to basically shoot someone over property or use a gun to avoid an ass whooping. I was disgusted. The youngest (assuming) kid in the class was all about shooting someone to avoid the ass whooping as well. When we took a break he went to seek my advice in how to "blow someone away" for kicking his ass and get away with it. I told him that hitting himself with the gun after the fact was not as good an idea as simply NOT SHOOTING. The kid actually said he would hit himself in the head with his own gun after he shot someone!!!
Argg!!!!!!
Anyway, they had packing.org listed on the board and I took an opportunity to plug the site by writing USACARRY.COM on the board and making an announcement that this is my go to site now. They seemed to like me and I saw pens hit paper when I told everyone about the site.
Maybe putting 8 out of 10 rounds through the X mark made me seem like I had at least some idea of what I was talking about. (BTW, I left the M&P in the car and used a rental Beretta PX4. I really liked shooting it and like I said, 8 of 10 hit the X.)
Now some bad news. I had a few guys in this class who were intent on "blowing someone away". It just seemed like every question they had was about how to legally kill another human. The instructor only encouraged this by not being clear that you're not actually supposed to go BG hunting with your CCW. I finally stated, blatantly, that the point was to find another means if possible. This seemed to draw alot of attention to me. One old guy who was barely physically able to hold himself up just kept going on about how to basically shoot someone over property or use a gun to avoid an ass whooping. I was disgusted. The youngest (assuming) kid in the class was all about shooting someone to avoid the ass whooping as well. When we took a break he went to seek my advice in how to "blow someone away" for kicking his ass and get away with it. I told him that hitting himself with the gun after the fact was not as good an idea as simply NOT SHOOTING. The kid actually said he would hit himself in the head with his own gun after he shot someone!!!
Argg!!!!!!
Anyway, they had packing.org listed on the board and I took an opportunity to plug the site by writing USACARRY.COM on the board and making an announcement that this is my go to site now. They seemed to like me and I saw pens hit paper when I told everyone about the site.
Maybe putting 8 out of 10 rounds through the X mark made me seem like I had at least some idea of what I was talking about. (BTW, I left the M&P in the car and used a rental Beretta PX4. I really liked shooting it and like I said, 8 of 10 hit the X.)
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