[Vision2020] Handgun Clinic

Sun Jun 24 06:06:00 PDT 2012

While growing up in the San Fernando Valley of southern California, my dad and grandfather would take me regularly to a target range where I became fairly proficient in the use of a couple .22 caliber rifles they had given me as a child.  My grandfather also trained me in the use and maintenance of two other weapons, a double-barreled 12-gauge side-by-side shotgun (which was lost years ago in transit from one duty station to another) and a .410-.22 over-and-under (which I still possess).  I purchased a 12-gauge pump shotgun a few years ago (which I still possess)

I never owned a handgun and never will.  In my opinion, a shotgun provides better home security than any handgun or rifle ever will.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown

On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:41, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:

> By the time I was 10 years old I was already very proficient with the two handguns, three rifles, and a shotgun we owned.  My father, a natural and outrageously accurate marksman, taught me me not only how to shoot with extreme accuracy, but insisted on the utmost safety precautions and procedures.  That early training has been useful to me, and at times saved me from harassment, bodily harm, death, and loss of property.
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> If people are going to possess weapons, then it is important for their own and others (particularly children in the family or on the premises) well being to handle weapons safely and, if the need arises, shoot accurately.
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> The problem arises when weapons training does not include lessons about the discretion and legal issues of when to use the weapons.  Without wanting to get into a long wrangle, I believe strongly in the right of self defense, but none-the-less, I think there are some that ought not be allowed to carry weapons because of past serious criminal violations and past or current mental health problems.
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> w.
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> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:
> And the very day I turn 88 I'll do that.  I just added it to my bucket list.
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> Sue h
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> Sent from my iPad Sue Hovey
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> On Jun 23, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> "I think that all women should get concealed carry permits."--Roger
>>  
>> I cannot deny the entertainment value that would create when someone tries to rob an 88 year old lady and she pulls out her 44 magnum, lodges it between two of his ribs and says,
>>  
>> "With my advanced dementia, I cannot seem to recall if I already shot four or five thugs since my last reload. So the real question to ask yourself  is, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"
>>  
>> Donovan J. Arnold
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>> From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>> To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>; Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
>> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 9:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Handgun Clinic
>> 
>> I think that all women should get concealed carry permits.
>> Roger
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
>> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:28:17 -0700
>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Handgun Clinic
>> 
>> > Courtesy of Vera "The INKSTER" White in today's (June 23, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>> > 
>> > -----------------------------------
>> > Barbecue - and handgun clinic, too - set for today
>> > 
>> >  . . 
>> > 
>> > Nothing says God like handguns. That's what the INKster thought when she read a June 18 Christ Church email from Larry Cernik reminding members of his handgun clinic today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a location not mentioned in his notice.
>> > 
>> > Participants had to register in advance for the Level 1 Basic Handgun Clinic, which cost $50 per person.
>> > 
>> > "This course is designed to bring you up to speed with the basic principles of employing a handgun in self-defense," Cernik wrote. "You will be taught these principles and be given the opportunity to practice and demonstrate them on the range here. You will go home with a number of drills to practice which, if done faithfully, will increase your proficiency."
>> > 
>> > Participants were encouraged to bring their own handgun, 100 rounds of ammunition and a holster. And of course writing materials to take notes.
>> > 
>> > (Cernik didn't say whether this was a male only event, but the INKster is sure them Kirkers wouldn't want their women folk learning how to use a handgun).
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>> > Vera:  Would you be ever so kind as to provide me the particulars (who, when, where, etc.) concerning registration for future handgun clinics (if any)? If possible, email me, ok?
>> > I would be very interested in attending the clinic . . . camera in hand. Since this clinic is open to the public, my willingness to photograph a session should be welcomed advertising for the clinic organizers.
>> > 
>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> > 
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> > 
>> > "If not us, who?
>> > If not now, when?"
>> > 
>> > - Unknown
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