[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by peter12

A feeling isn't the same as having a reasoned position on the matter. I, too, am uneasy about the proposition, but requiring a high-level of police-like training could certainly be a prerequisite for the ownership of a CCW permit.

I sitll don't like it even with a high level of training.
Police have a lot more than just firearms training to fall back on when making life and death decisions, and I think it's safe to say that outside of full police training, joe public isn't going to have that.

To say that all you need is a CCW with it's associated training is enough for a regular person to make life and death decisions in very heated circumstances is way off base. To me all CCW permits do is add another level of escalation to problems when untrained people try to get involved.

As I said criminals will always have guns, and the potential to use them. You throw an armed civilial with far less training than a police officer into the mix, and yes there is potential for the situation be be resolved simply and in a way that is great for all involved except the criminal. But there is an even greater potential for things to escalate and worsen much quicker.