I can live with these laws. I also want mandatory training and concealed carry certification for all handgun purchasers. I don't care if they use it, but they have it.
> If by repealed you mean fixed I agree. Virginia needs mandatory > waiting periods, safety courses, trigger lock requirements, stiffer > penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime. My training was a bit more prosaic. I was taught to use just about anything as a weapon. When I was in practice and a lot lighter I was deadly with almost any blade between 2 and 7 inches. I also was taught to kill with my hands and to absorb enough damage or injury to make my effort fatal, probaly to both. The most important lesson was that I was responsible for my own safety, not the police or anyone else. > I'd be the first one to try to disarm/subdue/kill him, because I've > had seven years of martial arts and self defense training. I have no > problem attempting to disarm someone who's carrying a concealed > handgun, simply because the in the time that it would take the carrier > to remove and use the handgun, I'll already have gotten the knockout > blow or joint break in. That is where training and practice come in. I never conceal/carried, but I did wear a shoulder holster when out hunting or in the woods. I killed my share of mr. no shoulders. Because of the practice I could draw and put five shots inside the 7 ring in less than 15 seconds at 5 meters. I never said a firearm was a magic talisman. Even at my meanest, I think I would be a bit deterred looking down a .45 caliber bore. In a school situation, I would have drawn when I heard the fist shot and taken up an ambush position. That was the one scenario I hated in training. > The fatal assumption in all of this is that carry a gun is an > automatic deterrent, it's not. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232859 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
