Cornbred
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Things I have learned reading recent posts.
1.Point Shooting is a joke...only good for trick shooters...oh and you will go to jail
2.Don't shoot at people breaking into your home until they are completely inside your home, you know why they are breaking into your home, and made sure that everyone breaking into your home is breaking into your home...or, you will go to jail.
3.Violations of safety rules will always put you in jail.
4.If you don't run you will go to jail.
5.If you stand up for your principles going to jail
6.If you defend someone other than you family your going to jail
7.Heck if you defend yourself your going to jail
8.If you don't follow “their” way of thinking you are going to jail
A lot of sarcasm there. Point is as many have pointed out throughout different threads is that we are in a society that has an infatuation with litigation. There are also cops, lawyers, and judges that don't like people with guns and are more than happy to try and charge, prosecute, and adjudicate lawful gun owners. The only way to protect yourself as a gun owner is to know the laws. The scary part is that laws are subject to interpretation by that cop, that lawyer, and that judge. I may interpret it one way the cop another, the lawyer another, and the judge yet another.
With that in mind know the laws in the jurisdiction that you are in. Train, Train, Train!!! In the concealed carry classes we get a short class on laws and regulations, after which few people ever do up follow on training on that aspect of the training. Many do go out and shoot, but I would say far less train. Know the laws and be confident in your training, and be prepared to defend yourself in court no matter how perfectly you acted in the situations.
1.Point Shooting is a joke...only good for trick shooters...oh and you will go to jail
2.Don't shoot at people breaking into your home until they are completely inside your home, you know why they are breaking into your home, and made sure that everyone breaking into your home is breaking into your home...or, you will go to jail.
3.Violations of safety rules will always put you in jail.
4.If you don't run you will go to jail.
5.If you stand up for your principles going to jail
6.If you defend someone other than you family your going to jail
7.Heck if you defend yourself your going to jail
8.If you don't follow “their” way of thinking you are going to jail
A lot of sarcasm there. Point is as many have pointed out throughout different threads is that we are in a society that has an infatuation with litigation. There are also cops, lawyers, and judges that don't like people with guns and are more than happy to try and charge, prosecute, and adjudicate lawful gun owners. The only way to protect yourself as a gun owner is to know the laws. The scary part is that laws are subject to interpretation by that cop, that lawyer, and that judge. I may interpret it one way the cop another, the lawyer another, and the judge yet another.
With that in mind know the laws in the jurisdiction that you are in. Train, Train, Train!!! In the concealed carry classes we get a short class on laws and regulations, after which few people ever do up follow on training on that aspect of the training. Many do go out and shoot, but I would say far less train. Know the laws and be confident in your training, and be prepared to defend yourself in court no matter how perfectly you acted in the situations.