Some things I've been thinking about while carrying.

[jed]

While some of us were practically born with a gun in our hands, not everyone was. You have a responsibility to yourself and everyone around you to get some handgun handling and shooting training before actually carrying.

This forum is a very good resource for all things carry related except actual hands on handgun training. Please, Please get some.

[vjallen75]

When I doing this form I barely knew what a 30.06 and 30.07 was. I barely knew anything about the law. However i could tell you all about the prepaid legal service the instructor was pitching . I learned MOST of what I know from here, and I sincerely thank you all!

I completely agree with the above statement. My wife thought it was odd that I went home and read a booklet I was given about Gun laws.

I felt like it was my personal responsibility to learn and respect what I was about to do (carry)

The first time I ever shot a gun was the day I took the class.

Please take the time to get training, tons of people on this forum would go to the range with you to help hone your technique.

There are plenty of people more qualified than I, depending on your location I would be more than happy to go with you.

Not only are there a million different scenarios but there are a millions different interpretations of the law, the only way we know how something will go is if there has been a case and precedence has been made. I was simply asking for y'alls opinion because the fact is most of you really wouldn't know how it would turn out in these scenarios either.

Joey, no one is bashing you for your question so please don't get discouraged. We all have questions, I have at times, asked questions I'm sure people wondered did I pay attention. Ask away, but also look at previous posts because more often than not your question may have already been answered.

[rtschl]

Joey,

Welcome to the forum! I'll echo that this is the best place to get good information... sometimes with tongue in cheek and fun. We can forget that sarcasm and humor does not come across online as it does in person. You'll also find we do get upset with instructors who are not doing a good job of teaching the course or preparing their students and especially those that give incorrect information.

Regarding when to shoot: below is a recent example of someone who was in fear of his life. Bad guys had airsoft guns and he was pistol whipped. But he didn't know they weren't real weapons. The test in Pennsylvania for this case seems similar to here - if a person is in reasonable fear of his/her life.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/16/of ... oting.html

Charles Cotton - the owner and creator of this site had a great summation of the presumption of force/deadly force was immediately necessary. It was in relation to question regarding duty to retreat: http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic. ... 9#p1002099

From Charles post you'll see that there are other justifiable situations to use deadly force.