Having spent 7 years in the military, I would disagree. Just because you were in the military does NOT mean you know what you are doing with a gun. In fact in a lot of cases they have no freaking idea how to be safe and or operate a gun. Most jobs in the military, Air Force specifically, you only get to shoot once every 2 years. I have seen this in the Army as well but I highly suspect it is an issues across all branches of service.
B. The IN LTCH would be valid in far more states. Perhaps as many as Utah and/or Florida.
Having spent 7 years in the military, I would disagree. Just because you were in the military does NOT mean you know what you are doing with a gun. In fact in a lot of cases they have no freaking idea how to be safe and or operate a gun. Most jobs in the military, Air Force specifically, you only get to shoot once every 2 years. I have seen this in the Army as well but I highly suspect it is an issues across all branches of service.
You've already made me eat a crap sandwich and now you're offering a glass of deer urine to wash it down. I'm saying that not only do I not want the urine, I would like to see to it that no one else has to eat the sandwich, either.
The entire premise is flawed from the beginning. If I reject your basic premise, how can you claim that anything that follows is not also flawed? I completely disagree with your notion that required training is not an infringement on my Rights. If I have to prove to some government bureaucrat that I'm "qualified" before I can be given permission to exercise a Right, then it's not a Right, it's a privilege.
Ok, one more time. A class does not change any rights. You already have to have an LTCH. And this is not about making an actual difference in statistics. This is about creating an image. Its creating political capital.
Clearly this is a concept that is foreign to many posters. Perception is reality. Create the perception that we gun owners are doing SOMETHING about the perceived problem not just yelling "I needs my guns!" at the opposition.
Rather than give away more and more, why can't we ask for (edit: INSIST ON) what we really want?
...This is about creating an image. Its creating political capital. ...
For example, you want your LTCH, you don't want to wait, you sign up for the next class at your favorite range certified to offer the service, show up for class with a box of WWB, count out your $175 in pennies, get fingerprinted, background check done while in class, get your extra-special lifetime LTCH issued after passing the class, then the pussies in charge of Ohio recognize your extra-special LTCH (it could happen) because you're "trained". I'd pay for that.
I don't care about what the other states do. I care about what my state does. And I will not concede yet another Right in exchange for a convenience. Why not petition those states to recognize our carry method (or Constitutional carry) rather than try to restrict me further?