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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 08:00 PM Apr 2022

Just got this in my email in-box . . .



Of interest to me is the 'less than 30 minutes' to learn how to use a deadly weapon and all the laws that apply to it's use not to mention that it's recognized in more than half the states. Also 'Your Name Here'.

Yeah, so much for responsible gun owners.
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Just got this in my email in-box . . . (Original Post) AndyS Apr 2022 OP
We are doomed HAB911 Apr 2022 #1
Think most of gun training courses prepare you what to say when one pulls a Zimmerman. Hoyt Apr 2022 #2
I guess it's time to buy a gun PJMcK Apr 2022 #3
Come to Ohio you don't need any permits. nt doc03 Apr 2022 #4
Well, it's really ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #5
So why are so many people shot? AndyS Apr 2022 #6
You're asking ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #7
Yes I'm asking you. AndyS Apr 2022 #8
That's a very ForgedCrank Apr 2022 #10
Such horseshit vercetti2021 Apr 2022 #9

ForgedCrank

(1,779 posts)
5. Well, it's really
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 09:54 PM
Apr 2022

not all that complicated. The safety rules for firearms are very simple and the list is rather short.
Seems like a silly certificate, but someone offering free safety information regarding firearms sounds like a good thing to me as long as it's accurate.

ForgedCrank

(1,779 posts)
7. You're asking
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:13 PM
Apr 2022

me?
Well, history tells us there are a multitude of reasons. Most involve crimes, gangs, drugs, all the way down to the occasional accidental discharge or negligent handling.
But I'm not sure how the question applies.
Not all people get training. Some people get training and ignore it. Some people get no training at all.
It just seems to me that someone offering free safety training is a good thing. If it's accurate information, how can that be bad?

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
8. Yes I'm asking you.
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:35 PM
Apr 2022

You seem to be in favor of less than a half hour training to get a license to carry a lethal weapon in half of the US.

There seems to be a willingness to pass off 45,000 deaths a year to nebulous reasons yet an acceptance of an email ccl.

Would you care to describe what a reasonable amount of training might look like and how it might be possible that anyone carrying a lethal weapon have such training?

ForgedCrank

(1,779 posts)
10. That's a very
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:42 PM
Apr 2022

well stretched assumption you made, and I fail to see how that materialized.
My only statement was that offering free training, if accurate, is a good thing.
Where did you get the idea that I was promoting this as if it should be the only knowledge required to own or use a firearm?
It's really odd around here; sometimes I say words and some people hear completely different things.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
9. Such horseshit
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:38 PM
Apr 2022

I paid a good amount for mine and got in person experience. Like oh any idiot can now do it for free. Thats fucking terrifying

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