re: #183 Political Atheist

What I and my wife did to get that edge, that experience that would reduce the chance we would screw the pooch and increase our chance to prevail without rounds flying at other homes- Was to actually train up enough to compete in a tactical handgun sport. Our school was ISI near Piru, Ca. The training fades if you don’t keep practicing. So we chose IDPA and shot every week for a decade. At night, In the rain. In close quarters. Hundreds of scenarios. Ran two State Championships. Along the way many years in we were both asked to train and certify new instructors and range officers for the growing sport. Not that we needed to shoot that much we actually just fell in love with the sport and some great people.

Sure. That lowers the risk.

And if that were actually a requirement for gun ownership, it would be great.

But even police forces, who deploy their weapons professionally, make mistakes.