A few handouts I put together for my classes

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  • kludge

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    I put these handouts together because questions routinely come up in our NRA Basic and First Steps Pistol classes; and it's not covered, and we don't have time in class, but the information is very necessary for most for the students, IMHO...

    And I've had a few requests, so I though I would put up the info on the DCC website and post it here.

    Please, this is for personal use...

    http://www.danvilleconservationclub.org/WhatGun.pdf

    http://www.danvilleconservationclub.org/Laws.pdf

    http://www.danvilleconservationclub.org/Kids.pdf

    http://www.danvilleconservationclub.org/SelfDefense.pdf
     
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    oldrookie

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    Thanks for the info. Speaking on behalf most of the newbie's out there, this needs to be a sticky!
     

    kludge

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    Glockster, I redid the "Laws" pdf and uploaded it. It always worked at home for me but, I couldn't get it to work at work, so please try again.
     

    Glockster

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    Glockster, I redid the "Laws" pdf and uploaded it. It always worked at home for me but, I couldn't get it to work at work, so please try again.
    Sorry, same thing. The first time I open it, it appears in a weird font, then I get the Adobe error message and it disappears. I really would like to read it.
     

    kludge

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    That's what I get at work too, but only on that file. :dunno:

    I have Adobe at work at Adobe Reader 8 at home... I am using the Microsoft Office 2007 pdf utility, maybe that's the problem...

    I'll take them to work and try converting the files there.
     

    Glockster

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    There's the problem. I'm still on Office 2003 which is not compatible with 2007. Is there any way you can save it in 03 format and repost? Or scan it?
     

    antsi

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    Nice work. Clear and simple. Covers the most common and most important questions. Well thought out.

    As a gun owning father, I would be interested to hear more of your thoughts about kids and guns rather than just the laws. Such as, safety with guns and kids, what to teach them at different ages, how to tell when a kid is ready to learn to shoot, etc.
     

    kludge

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    Not a bad idea... Sounds like a project!

    I don't have very many kids take the pistol class so I didn't think of it (only one 13yo who has been hunting and shooting for several years, took the class with his mom). We generally limit the rifle class to 12 and up, Anything younger than that and you HAVE to teach them one-on-one, IMO. They just get too squirrely and distracted if they get into groups larger than one (based on my experience with 5 kids and having been in scouts and cub scouts for many years).

    At your son's age, out-of-sight-out-of-mind and locked in a kid proof "container", with ammunition stored in a separately locked kid proof "container" would be the layers of protection I would consider adequate.

    Kids will soon learn where you keep your keys though, so keeping the keys in your pocket or in the combination lock box with a pistol is another good idea. I tend to lose things, so I force a regimen upon myself, and I never break the pattern.

    As my kids grow older and gain the physical ability to use/and or are taught to use the gun, I have to modify the layers of protection depending on their specific attitudes and behaviors... I watch my kids very closely in this regard.

    http://www.corneredcat.com/TOC.aspx#Kids
     
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