I have been putting off this blog entry for a few weeks. I wanted to see more of the reactions of our US citizens when it came to this pandemic. But, to summarize, we have seen:
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Lots of first time gun buyers and gun owners
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A lack of guns in gun stores because of the mad rush to set records buying more guns
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A lack of ammo because of the mad rush of people that need to protect their toilet paper stash
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Politicians trying to close gun stores as not being critical to our citizens
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Lawsuits being filed against those politicians and their counties and states to force them to allow the guns stores to remain open
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Other liberties being taken away by petty and power hungry local politicians that seem to have forgotten how the Constitution works
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Hordes of petty citizens that also seem to have forgotten all about individual liberties and are reporting their fellow citizens left and right for doing things like playing frisbee golf
Snitches get Ditches
The first item that I would like to address are the individuals reporting on their neighbors, family, 
and friends for violating unjust and unenforceable violations of our liberties. Their behavior clearly shows that none of them could ever be trusted to keep Anne Frank safe, and they would have reported on every slave that was trying to seek freedom. I will say this as clearly as I can. I am disgusted by each and every one of you that reported on your neighbors, family, and friends for violating unlawful directives that came from petty and power hungry politicians that seem to have forgotten that they have sworn to protect and defend the US Constitution.
For those snitches, we will skip the stiches as they would take up too many valuable medical resources. They should go right into the ditches so their corpses can rot away.
New Gun Owners
Welcome. We are glad you finally realized that the Government can’t guarantee your safety and that the police are not there to protect you, either, when it comes to significant issues that take up lots of resources. By the way, you might want to read up on police and that they are not required to protect you. I am a big supporter of our law enforcement officers, but there are only so many, and there are lots and lots of us. They can’t be everywhere.
While I am not happy that you helped buy up all of the ammo and drive up prices, I am happy that you have realized that protecting yourself and your loved ones is pretty damned important and should have a bigger focus in your life. Thank you.
Your next steps should be to:
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Get some good training. Learn how to use and store your gun, safely. You need to have the four rules of gun safety tattooed on your forearms so you can read them over and over and over until you have them engrained in your consciousness.
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Get some good training. Learn how to shoot, accurately, as well as safely. You will learn that those four gun safety rules are all important, and the fourth one is something that you may have never considered, before.
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Get some good training. Learn how to be aware of your surroundings. You need to alter your mindset. You need to know what areas are places where you should be more alert and more concerned. You need to understand what transitional spaces are, and how to navigate them. Cooper’s color codes should be tattooed on your other forearm so you will also have them engrained in your consciousness.
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Get some good training. Learn how to clean and maintain your gun.
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Get some good training. Learn how to identify and resolve malfunctions. Type 1, Type2, and Type 3 malfunctions should be practiced so often that you can wake up out of dead sleep and fix any one of them, immediately.
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Read and learn. You should read everything written by Jeff Cooper, Massad Ayoob, Dave Grossman, and David Kenick. There are other great authors with deep knowledge of the conceal carry lifestyle and the laws of self defense. However, these should be your first reads.
Don’t forget to get some good training. You should learn how to carry concealed, how to draw from concealment, how to get good hits, and the laws of self defense. Don’t forget the above, too.
Good Training
Have I mentioned that you should get some good training? Well, as a new gun owner in a pandemic, you really can’t attend a good class, or five, because you are locked down. YouTube can help. But, you need to find a good trainer and learn.
How do you find the good ones? Ask around. Call them and see if they pass the basic tests for somebody that is concerned that you learn the basics. If they start talking about being former Seals, Rangers, or some other Tacticool past profession, they might not be the right one. If they start talking about safety, mindset, laws, and basic skills, they are probably the ones to start off with when it comes to that first training class.
Summary
When your friends talk about new skills that they gained during the pandemic, you can look at them and say, “Yeah, whatever, what color code are you in right now? Do you know what a fail to stop drill is? I bet you have no idea how to fix a double feed. Also, I bet you have no idea what a good sight picture looks like. Let’s see how important your new skill at making lemon curd is during the next pandemic.”