Self Defense Revisted
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2000 12:47 pm
Scary. . .
In order to receive a license to carry in Mass, you must take a firearms familiarity course and pass a simple test involving gun safety.
Without knowing the laws of self defense in your state, you may as well be driving your car blindfolded as owning a gun.
One of the reasons I kept pushing for this forum to become activated, is that those of us with self-defense skills (imagined or real) are viewed by the law, possessing dangerous weapons. We laugh about the kids getting a black belt, then inquiring where they must register their hands. . . Many people still have this image of karate. . . Which certainly will affect how we fare in a courtroom, defending ourselves against the same kind of arguments the gun owners face.
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GEM
In order to receive a license to carry in Mass, you must take a firearms familiarity course and pass a simple test involving gun safety.
Without knowing the laws of self defense in your state, you may as well be driving your car blindfolded as owning a gun.
One of the reasons I kept pushing for this forum to become activated, is that those of us with self-defense skills (imagined or real) are viewed by the law, possessing dangerous weapons. We laugh about the kids getting a black belt, then inquiring where they must register their hands. . . Many people still have this image of karate. . . Which certainly will affect how we fare in a courtroom, defending ourselves against the same kind of arguments the gun owners face.
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GEM