kda
Member
In spite of the moaning and wailing of CCW instructors and the owner of Tucson's indoor ranges
http://www.examiner.com/x-38782-Tuc...stitutional-Carry-law-from-surprising-sources
I believe that, eventually, the desire for good qualified firearms instructors and range opportunities will actually increase over time.
I believe that some folks that never thought too much about buying a self defense weapon will now reconsider given how easy it will be to acquire and carry one. So they go to the gun shop, talk to the clerk and walk out with their new self defense weapon ... about which they know ZIP.
Then, eventually, will come a stark realization. Here they are with this pistol, either laying around home or in their pocket, and they begin to wonder if they could actually hit anything with it. And they will begin to wonder what the odds are that, in trying to use it to defend themselves, they will hurt themselves or a loved one.
And with lack of use, the weapon will soon enough begin to feel foreign to them and they may find themselves struggling with doubts about how to take it apart and clean it, if necessary, or even safely load it.
Eventually, the gun will either end up in a drawer or some percentage of new owners will decide to get some basic safety training in handling and firing so that they don't feel so strange with their own weapon.
That, for most folks, means finding an instructor and then finding a range at which to occasionally practice. Some may even decide to get a CCW for out of state carry, or to "show competence" to police if they are ever stopped when carrying their weapon.
These will be all NEW customers for the instructors and range owners, people who would never have owned a handgun in the first place if AZ's Constitutional Carry legislation had not been passed.
http://www.examiner.com/x-38782-Tuc...stitutional-Carry-law-from-surprising-sources
I believe that, eventually, the desire for good qualified firearms instructors and range opportunities will actually increase over time.
I believe that some folks that never thought too much about buying a self defense weapon will now reconsider given how easy it will be to acquire and carry one. So they go to the gun shop, talk to the clerk and walk out with their new self defense weapon ... about which they know ZIP.
Then, eventually, will come a stark realization. Here they are with this pistol, either laying around home or in their pocket, and they begin to wonder if they could actually hit anything with it. And they will begin to wonder what the odds are that, in trying to use it to defend themselves, they will hurt themselves or a loved one.
And with lack of use, the weapon will soon enough begin to feel foreign to them and they may find themselves struggling with doubts about how to take it apart and clean it, if necessary, or even safely load it.
Eventually, the gun will either end up in a drawer or some percentage of new owners will decide to get some basic safety training in handling and firing so that they don't feel so strange with their own weapon.
That, for most folks, means finding an instructor and then finding a range at which to occasionally practice. Some may even decide to get a CCW for out of state carry, or to "show competence" to police if they are ever stopped when carrying their weapon.
These will be all NEW customers for the instructors and range owners, people who would never have owned a handgun in the first place if AZ's Constitutional Carry legislation had not been passed.