DFWTT wrote:Some of the students had never pulled a trigger
this is an issue, but hopefully not an issue that is rampant.
Anyone wanting to carry a gun (legally) should take it with the utmost responsibility.
One of the things I have done, to help curb this issue, is with friends, coworkers and friends of friends, I have taken to the range to give them a good safety briefing (the 4 rules, stressed and stressed), and letting them shoot (after instruction on how to hold (or not hold)) my weapons, and for each round downrange, I am right behind and to the left of them, so i can watch their hands, feet, eyes, target, etc.
I do have the benefit of being a member at PSC, and can bring (for free) 2 guests anytime I want (during allowed shooting hours of course), so all they have to buy is the ammo, as I have extra eyes and ears and targets.
Do yourself a favor and help this issue, as I have done, and offer to take people to the range to be sure they know what to do, if sometime, somewhere, they get their hands on a weapon.
