Dang, but they listed her e-mail address...
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Just read your shooting class article...
Could I make a suggestion? Find a different instructor. Colorful, while it'll sell newspapers, doesn't necessarily mean competent. Not disparaging the individual's years of service in law enforcement, but the FIRST rule of firearms safety is that one should always treat a firearm as if it is loaded. ALWAYS. That keeps people from doing stupid things, like pointing a gun that they "know" is unloaded at something (you'd be surprised at the number of "accidential" firearms discharges that just happen to go through televisions...) or someone you'd rather not ventilate. Such as your photographer (er... that's sorta part of what I do for a living...), or even your instructor (sigh...). His advice on avoidance of bad situations (the "beat feet" method) is sound, but much of the rest appears to be flawed, at least on the surface... Learn the fundamentals first, and learn them well, and then you can start playing at looking like a B-movie star...
Also, while it appears dramatic, holding a firearm sideways and squinting isn't necessarily the best way of ensuring that one walks away from a bad situation.
I generally avoid shooting with police, either at my club or at private ranges. I've just had too many instances where safety was a problem, or where they just kept missing their targets, and hitting mine... or the floor, or the ceiling, or the walls...
And, trust me, you don't want to question their accuracy...
BTW, I'm a supporter of the ACLU (for the most part - they seem to pretty much like nine out of ten amendments of the bill of rights...), and I've worked in the media... I've also been shooting since I was eight years old. I've fired many thousands of rounds, in weapons ranging from single-shot precision target rifles to fully-automatic machineguns, and have yet to shoot my television.
Check out
www.a-human-right.com sometime. It's run by a friend of mine in Nashville.
