Am I in danger?

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    Last night I was teaching an Intro to Firearms class. We went on break and then the class handles flagged guns at the counter for some hands on so they can get a feel for what guns fit their hands. A young (mid 20's) female takes me aside and asks me a series of questions that I answer. Then she says she lives down town and has never felt she has ever been in danger. Am I in danger? "Everyone I know that carries a gun say they hope they never have to use it, and none of them ever have."

    It is only a three hour class and questions like this make it very hard to stay even close to on time.


    At the end of the class she was very pleased with class and very complimentary.
     

    GNRPowdeR

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    Over Memorial Day weekend I was able to justify carrying a fire extinguisher in my truck. Email or call me if you want more details to share in you classes.
     

    GIJEW

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    Sounds like she was asking how to do threat assessment.

    I found myself using a driver's ed analogy to describe the scope of that class: self defense is interacting with traffic; the class is confined to the INSIDE of the windshield--just learning the vehicle's controls
     
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    Why hasn’t anyone asked the most important question yet?!?

    Was she hot?

    She is the best looking red head I have seen face to face. I should ground that comment. Red hair usually does nothing positive for me.
     

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    I lack the ability to post picture here. Plus I don't have any.
     

    cosermann

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    Danger is:

    exposure to injury, pain, harm, or loss,
    the possibility of suffering harm or injury.

    So, is your exposure zero?
    Is it impossible that you may suffer harm or injury?
    No? - Then you're in danger.

    We're all in a finite amount of "danger" virtually all the time. How much and from what are the questions.

    It's not a binary of "am I" or "aren't I" question.
     

    NHT3

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    Sorry I wasn't there to assist. :)

    [FONT=&amp]NRA Life Member / [/FONT]Basic Pistol instructor[FONT=&amp] / RSO[/FONT][FONT=&amp]

    [/FONT][FONT=&amp]"Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training. That's why we train so hard" [/FONT][FONT=&amp]
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    “Ego is the reason many men do not shoot competition. They don't want to suck in public”

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    I was struck by her complete lack of knowledge and how the world and nature function.
     

    KellyinAvon

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    I was struck by her complete lack of knowledge and how the world and nature function.

    Not enough hours in the day for the amount of training required with this one it sounds. Do what you can do. How old was this one anyway?
     
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