I don’t see that as non-com-statements and I doubt anyone else would. If they did even they would say it’s picking at dust.
Misquoting me again. What I said precisely is I think I could raise my skills to any reasonable standard i wasn’t;t at already and if I couldn’t I am fine with giving up carrying my sidearm as I know that day will come sometime due to aging if I live long enough.
Any reasonable one. Look, believe anything you care to. Means nothing to me, because it isn’t required it should. Same the other way about. Nothing I think shouldn’t matter to you, and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t.
I’m not reinventing the wheel here. There is nothing I’ve suggested that isn’t practical common sense.
Can you pass a mental health and criminal history screening?
Do you know how to safely store your weapon so it’s no danger to you or anyone else when it’s not on your person?
Do you know it’s safe operation?
Do you know how to retain it when it’s on your person or in your hand do it can’t be taken from you?
Do you know how to fire it, particularly under duress, so under those conditions you’ll hit what you aim at?
Are you capable of determining before you fire, in real time, what your bullet is going to hit if you miss or the round passes through its target and continues down range?
Are you fully aware of use of force law in the jurisdiction this is taking place in?
Have you insured yourself so if bad things happen and you get sued, and you will be sued, the person or their survivors effected will have resources to make themselves whole, or as much as possible, and you’ll not live under the cloud of liability based forfeiture for the rest of your life?
Like I said, nothing not common sense based there. I have all of this, because it is common sense if you’re going to carry a lethal device on your person when you are out and about. If you have them as well it is my opinion you are at least minimally prepared to carry a lethal device without being a major risk to yourself and others.
If you don’t have them, it would be my opinion you aren’t prepared. I’d bet if we took a poll most present here would agree with me.