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Keith B wrote:

Embalmo wrote:Guys,

Of course there are going to be gaps in the training, and that is true with any sort of training. I've managed to fill in a lot of gaps with this forum, the DPS site, and through asking more experienced friends. There is no excuse in not knowing what the laws are; it a gun in your pocket! I personally would LOVE any opportunity for bone-CHLs to get weeded out!

Embalmo

But wait, doesn't 'weeding out' constitute restriction and go against the 2nd amendment?? We unfortunately can't have it both ways.

My personal definition of a bone-head CHL is someone who handles a gun so foolishly that he is a danger to himself, others, and the entire CHL movement.

Weeding out such bone-heads is just as unconstitutional as the CHL movement itself. Up 'till now I hadn't considered scrapping all gun control, including the criminal background checks that go with it. Hmm. I wonder what would happen if criminals could buy guns at Academy, and the 2nd amendment served as the only true, legal CHL. This nation's crime level would be either the same, better, or worse; my guess is that it would be the same.

Embalmo

Guys,

Of course there are going to be gaps in the training, and that is true with any sort of training. I've managed to fill in a lot of gaps with this forum, the DPS site, and through asking more experienced friends. There is no excuse in not knowing what the laws are; it a gun in your pocket! I personally would LOVE any opportunity for bone-CHLs to get weeded out!

Embalmo

Guys,

I guess the reason I get angry when I see a 30.06 is that I immediately think about the safety of my family and I think, "My wife can't protect herself and we cannot protect our 8 year old son from murderers, rapist, kidnappers, etc.?" And that makes me boil in anger!

Embalmo

Guys,

So if a 30.06 sign at a gun show is a good idea where NDs can occur, perhaps we should ask shop keepers to post them everywhere to maximize the safety of everyone. I think what has happened at gun shows is that the laws haven't been enforced to the point where bone-head CHLs have come to believe they're at a gun party with all their friends. I bought a gun at the Saxet gun show and while looking for a Ruger P90, a CHL next to me pulled his out and handed it to me. I didn't have a CHL at the time, so I thought it was legal.

I think big signs, dealers who demand compliance, and LEOs who enforce the rules would fix the problem. I personally haven't seen an application yet where a 30.06 has made anyone safer.

Embalmo

There are gun owners who want to ban open carry or think we should have to notify the cops.


That is true-a gun owner, a shooter, and a CHL are 3 very different animals; me and the missus happen to both be all three. I know people who believe that the only time they are vulnerable and should carry is on long road trips, or in their house; otherwise they are completely immune to any threat??

Embalmo

Guys,

I'm a little concerned by the sentiment of a couple of members that a 30.06 is a good idea anywhere. I for one have never felt comfortable being in a place where CHLs cannot legally carry. Like schools, and sporting events, anyone can come in and carry illegally carry, but a CHL who actually has something to lose must be defenseless. Am I strange, or are there CHLs who actually feel more comfortable in some 30.06 environments?

Embalmo