Comments on: Inky Article on SCCC http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/03/03/inky-article-on-sccc/ Where There's Snow, There's Firepower Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:23:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Laughingdog http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/03/03/inky-article-on-sccc/#comment-19816 Laughingdog Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:07:03 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/03/03/inky-article-on-sccc/#comment-19816 "-A 29 year old veteran knows how to handle a firearm safety -Knows how to shoot straight " I would have to say that's a dangerous assumption. I would expect any Army or Marine Corp veteran to know how to handle firearms safely. I would not have the same expection of a Navy or Air Force veteran. You'd be frightened if you saw how inadequate the firearms training is for the average sailor or zoomie. I also wouldn't count on anyone who was enlisted in the Army or Marines to be that great of a shot with a handgun. I don't know about the Army, but I do know that enlistees in the Marines only learn to handle rifles. Handguns are saved for officers and non-coms. You'd be dead on with the last two though. “-A 29 year old veteran knows how to handle a firearm safety
-Knows how to shoot straight ”

I would have to say that’s a dangerous assumption. I would expect any Army or Marine Corp veteran to know how to handle firearms safely. I would not have the same expection of a Navy or Air Force veteran. You’d be frightened if you saw how inadequate the firearms training is for the average sailor or zoomie.

I also wouldn’t count on anyone who was enlisted in the Army or Marines to be that great of a shot with a handgun. I don’t know about the Army, but I do know that enlistees in the Marines only learn to handle rifles. Handguns are saved for officers and non-coms.

You’d be dead on with the last two though.

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