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License to Carry Firearm & Concealed Carry Weapon Course I have a new respect for the responsibility of carrying a weapon
Submitted By Littlestown Fish and Game Association Littlestown, Pennsylvania
On August 14 and 15, Littlestown Fish and Game Association (LFGA), in partnership with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, hosted a LTCF/CCW Course. Nineteen men and two women attended the two day course. The course consisted of classroom instruction and live fire on the range. Sheriff James Muller stopped in at the class each day to answer questions and show his support for citizens interested in exercising their Constitutional right to carry and defend themselves. Len Supenski (Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Lethal Weapons instructor and LFGA member) was the primary instructor along with Galen Krebs (LFGA member and NRA Certified Instructor) and Hal Heagy (Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officer, LFGA member, and NRA Certified Instructor). Classroom instruction focused on the responsibilities and liabilities that come with choosing to carry a concealed firearm, along with the legal issues and ramifications should a person actually use that weapon. Instruction on the range consisted of repeated drills to take the gun from the holster to the firing position. This drill is a three step process that brings the gun from the holster to direct center aim on the target. When these three steps were followed correctly the course attendees were right on target at the end of their draw
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and ready to fire accurately. Course attendees were soon made familiar with the stress of defensive shooting when time limits were placed upon them. Each attendee fired shots while moving backward, sideways, and diagonally. These movements by each attendee were safely guided and controlled by the instructors keeping a watchful eye on the shooter and their gun, further ensuring a safe environment. On the last day of the course, each attendee was time tested in 3 to 4 different shooting scenarios. To pass this qualification, shooting under a time limit, each shooter had to hit their target with at least 75% of their shots. All participants qualified and earned a certificate of successful completion. Course attendees were overheard making comments such as, “I’m glad I took this course”; “this is an excellent course”; “I have a new respect for the responsibility of carrying a weapon”. It is indeed a very serious matter to carry a firearm, and even more serious to have to use it and perhaps take another person’s life in defending yourself. This course adds much value in educating and preparing citizens for the use of a gun, if need be, for their defense, as well as the legal ramifications of carrying and, God forbid, using a gun defensively.