Reply #90: There we agree.

[AtheistCrusader]

Different people carry for different reasons.

Unfortunately, training and such does not modify people's motives. At least, not usually. There are some exceptional teachers that can moderate extreme motives, but very few. The ones that point out (effectively) that the use of a firearm in self defense means (depending on the state) possibly defending yourself in civil court, and depending upon the laws, spending tens of thousands of dollars defending yourself in criminal court, or perhaps just a chunk of money in front of a grand jury, justifying your actions to 12 people in a calm, pleasant, air-conditioned courtroom, who have never had to fight for their lives.

Voir dire Is going to eliminate any person off that jury that has been in this situation.


Once that sinks in, it tends to eliminate any hot-doggin' 'IMMA SHOOT SUMBITCH IF HE DOES XYZ' attitudes. (which I think are rare to begin with)



I don't have a problem with my state's lack of a training requirement around shooting proficiency for a CPL, but I would like to see more training around the legal aspects of using deadly force in self defense.