Instructor Tidbit for the day

I often get asked by both people that carry professionally or people with CCWs how often they should practice. To answer that let’s first take a step back and talk about training. A lot of CCW holders in a lot of states are not required to take a course with live fire. Folks we’re talking about skills meant to save your life (and those around you). Should you ever be faced with an imminent threat to your well-being the “training” your grandfather gave you with a 50yr old firearm (while valuable) is simply not going to serve you. Even as valuable as I think the NRA basic pistol course is it’s simply not enough in terms of adequate training to be prepared to potentially face a gunfight. While holding a CCW and carrying is good……in reality if you do not take it upon yourself to receive proper training then in a really bad situation you could well end up being just another liability. Basic pistol courses teach you to fire rounds from a standing position into a circular target. Self-defense scenarios are dynamic with a lot of movement, noise, and inherent stress all of which serve to ruin the shot patterns you fired from a calm, standing position. If you haven’t received training on effectively drawing, moving, and placing well grouped rounds into specific and alternating areas of a target then I strongly advise you to be honest with yourself and consider just how prepared you really are to use your firearm in self-defense.