My Experience with Firearms Training
Introduction: I want to preface this by saying that I am writing from the perspective of a civilian with no sort of military background. It is one thing to like firearms and think they're cool. So long as you're being safe, a casual shooter doesn't necessarily need to go out of their way to get formal training that is focused on self defense. However, there are those out there that, for their own individual reasons, want to increase their skillset with their weapons. For those people, there are tons of places and people that offer firearms training. Details: Like many, my first experience with formal, firearms-related training was the class I had to take to receive my concealed pistol license. The class was taught by a former police officer from the inner city, so there were plenty of real-life stories of defensive pistol use. It actually felt similar to a drivers training class, when they tell you all sorts of stories of unsafe driving in order to scare you in...