Originally Posted by
Todd00000
I'm moving back to Louisiana with my Costa Rican wife and step-son and I have a tentative job at a new gun store that is building an indoor range and a class room. I would be in general sales, range safety officer, and once I get qualified an NRA rifle/pistol and the LA concelled carry class instructor.
20 years as a US Army Infantry Officer I've conducted a lot of training and observed a lot of training, but even with the Afghans they all had some basic training by they time they got to me. I've never trained a newbie before.
Y'all got any TTPs for general sales, RSO, and instucting civilians?
Thanks,
Todd
Beyond everything in the program, never, ever assume just because you explained something to somebody that they understand it. At all times be prepared to do whatever is necessary to keep things pointed in a safe direction.
I have seen instructors shot, I know of two incidents where police cadets were shot by another cadet and way too many "holy crap" moments to count where somebody couldn't remember to actually apply the four most basic rules of safe gun handling.
I don't care how advanced or experienced a shooter is or claims to be, be prepared to enforce trigger and muzzle discipline. You don't have to be jerky about it, but you will have to do it and probably more often than you expect. Some times just a calm "ok let's watch where your muzzle is pointed and keep it downrange" is all that is needed.
With new people it will be keeping fingers OFF triggers until it's time to fire, with every body it will be keeping muzzles in a safe direction. Even seen people who have a lot of experience "brain fart" that one when they are taking in a lot of new information and training.
Might annoy some "I know how to shoot" kind of guys but at the end of the day strong attention to safe handling is the ONLY thing that prevents people getting shot "by accident."
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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