Many people think that having more guns in public is a good thing, that if more people were armed, those with bad intentions would be less likely to act. In theory, it sounds great. The reality of the situation is something altogether different.
Here is an article:
Combat Vets Destroy the NRA’s Heroic Gunslinger Fantasy
written by people who routinely use guns as part of their job. It raises some very important points about what happens to people when they are actually in a shoot out. Its very easy to shoot a paper target, but when that target is shooting back, and you know it, everything changes.
A few quotes:
" Retired Army Sargeant Rafael Noboa y Rivera, who led a combat team in Iraq, says that most soldiers only function effectively after they’ve been exposed to fire a number a times. “I think there’s this fantasy world of gunplay in the movies, but it doesn’t really happen that way,” he says. "
Blair’s trainees run through a number of real-world scenarios—“force on force training” that’s designed to “inoculate” officers against the problems people naturally encounter in high-stress situations. That stress response, says Blair, includes “tunnel vision, audio exclusion and time dilation,” and one would expect people who weren’t trained in these situations to “freeze up or not know what to do, and to have difficulty performing actions correctly.”
Weekend-long tactical training courses for civilians are growing in popularity. But these courses offer only a shadow of what’s required, says David Chipman, a former agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Chipman, who spent several years on the agency’s SWAT team, says, “Training for a potentially deadly encounter meant, at a minimum, qualifying four times a year throughout my 25-year career. And this wasn’t just shooting paper—it meant doing extensive tactical exercises. And when I was on the SWAT team we had to undergo monthly tactical training.”
It has long been my contention that people should not carry in public. It creates more problems than it solves. The 2nd amendment says that as part of a well regulated militia... What is a well regulated militia?
Maybe the best from of gun control is that in order to own guns, you must be part of a militia. You must receive monthly training, part of which is an evaluation to determine if it is okay for you to continue to own guns. I don't find it unreasonable to expect people who wish to own an instrument that specifically designed to kill efficiently to be required to maintain training on the proper use of said instrument. The simple fact of the matter is that there are far to many guns in circulation for background checks to be effective. On the other hand, if you are caught with a gun and are not part of a recognized militia, you immediately forefoot all your guns with no appeal.
So what would a militia be? Any branch of the armed services including the National Guard and Coast Guard. I think that it could also include things like nationally recognized shooting clubs like SASS and CMSA. Other clubs might include clubs sponsored by cities or counties. In the even that we find ourselves in a situation where ISIS or some other terrorist organization attempts to assert control of the people of the US, they would quickly discover exactly what a well regulated (trained) militia is capable of.
Will this idea end gun violence and mass shootings? No. Nothing will. But it should make them very much less likely.
Here is an article:
Combat Vets Destroy the NRA’s Heroic Gunslinger Fantasy
written by people who routinely use guns as part of their job. It raises some very important points about what happens to people when they are actually in a shoot out. Its very easy to shoot a paper target, but when that target is shooting back, and you know it, everything changes.
A few quotes:
" Retired Army Sargeant Rafael Noboa y Rivera, who led a combat team in Iraq, says that most soldiers only function effectively after they’ve been exposed to fire a number a times. “I think there’s this fantasy world of gunplay in the movies, but it doesn’t really happen that way,” he says. "
Blair’s trainees run through a number of real-world scenarios—“force on force training” that’s designed to “inoculate” officers against the problems people naturally encounter in high-stress situations. That stress response, says Blair, includes “tunnel vision, audio exclusion and time dilation,” and one would expect people who weren’t trained in these situations to “freeze up or not know what to do, and to have difficulty performing actions correctly.”
Weekend-long tactical training courses for civilians are growing in popularity. But these courses offer only a shadow of what’s required, says David Chipman, a former agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Chipman, who spent several years on the agency’s SWAT team, says, “Training for a potentially deadly encounter meant, at a minimum, qualifying four times a year throughout my 25-year career. And this wasn’t just shooting paper—it meant doing extensive tactical exercises. And when I was on the SWAT team we had to undergo monthly tactical training.”
It has long been my contention that people should not carry in public. It creates more problems than it solves. The 2nd amendment says that as part of a well regulated militia... What is a well regulated militia?
Maybe the best from of gun control is that in order to own guns, you must be part of a militia. You must receive monthly training, part of which is an evaluation to determine if it is okay for you to continue to own guns. I don't find it unreasonable to expect people who wish to own an instrument that specifically designed to kill efficiently to be required to maintain training on the proper use of said instrument. The simple fact of the matter is that there are far to many guns in circulation for background checks to be effective. On the other hand, if you are caught with a gun and are not part of a recognized militia, you immediately forefoot all your guns with no appeal.
So what would a militia be? Any branch of the armed services including the National Guard and Coast Guard. I think that it could also include things like nationally recognized shooting clubs like SASS and CMSA. Other clubs might include clubs sponsored by cities or counties. In the even that we find ourselves in a situation where ISIS or some other terrorist organization attempts to assert control of the people of the US, they would quickly discover exactly what a well regulated (trained) militia is capable of.
Will this idea end gun violence and mass shootings? No. Nothing will. But it should make them very much less likely.
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