Where were you working that sold both bikes and firearms? I’ve worked in bike shops off and on (wrenching), and they definitely didn’t sell firearms. OTOH, the last couple were in Chicago, and the city of Chicago at the time had exactly zero gun stores within city limits.
They can strip and maintain all their guns with a blindfold on, but I don’t think they’ve even sighted them in properly.
May I suggest telling them to check out InRangeTV? There’s a fairly decent sized community of people that are truly supportive of the idea that the 2A is for everyone, and they tend to push each other towards training and competition, with a goal of being effective first and foremost. …Because a gun isn’t a magic talisman, and shooting ability is a skill that degrades quickly without practice.
Don’t assume someone else will show up to help. You ARE RIGHT THERE. So help.
That was one of the things that was covered in a trauma class I took. I highly recommend that everyone take one, even if it’s just a very basic ‘stop the bleed’ class. But if they have the time and money available for the training, TCCC CLS classes, or wilderness first responder classes are better. People are far, far more likely to need to save someone’s life before an ambulance can arrive than they are to need to use a firearm to defend themselves or someone else.
Huh. I grew up in central Ohio. I remember Meijer carrying firearms at one point, but I thought that they’d removed them.
but this is the first I’m hearing of inrangeTV
Karl is a good guy; he does a lot of videos about the intersection between history, guns, and community protection, along with more typical gun reviews and discussions. He just reposted one that he did about the executive order that created the Japanese internment camps during WWII. Russell is also a good guy; he’s more of a classical libertarian, in that he believes in small government, and free exercise of rights regardless of gender/gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, etc. He posts a lot of things on his own channel dealing with shooting matches (usually two gun). Together they also run a series of shooting matches that require a combination of strong fitness and shooting ability to place well (which is where the community encouraging people to suck less springs from); the matches are genuinely inclusive, and homo-/transphobes are not welcome.
I really need to get first aid certified
I honestly don’t know what certification orgs there are for trauma first aid. There’s American Red Cross, but that doesn’t usually cover things in the way that classes covering MARCH (Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, Hypothermia) do. Last I knew, ARC was still using ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circulation), and doesn’t adequately–IMO–cover things like what to do when someone gets shot, or severs an artery in an accident. Wilderness First Responder courses might be a lot too heavy, esp. since they start at $600, and are 70+ hours. Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Combat Life Saver (TCCC-CLS) is probably equally heavy in time and cost. But the Stop the Bleed classes offered by affiliates of the Dept. of Homeland Security tend to cover things like tourniquets and wound packing very, very lightly; it’s a 2-3 hour course, at best, and that’s not really very adequate, IMO.
My account has under 400 until I can find a new job that doesn’t have so much down time between contracts…
Yikes. That’s scary as shit. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope that you can find something soon. I’ve been there–it’s been a while, thankfully–and there’s just nothing good about it.
Where were you working that sold both bikes and firearms? I’ve worked in bike shops off and on (wrenching), and they definitely didn’t sell firearms. OTOH, the last couple were in Chicago, and the city of Chicago at the time had exactly zero gun stores within city limits.
May I suggest telling them to check out InRangeTV? There’s a fairly decent sized community of people that are truly supportive of the idea that the 2A is for everyone, and they tend to push each other towards training and competition, with a goal of being effective first and foremost. …Because a gun isn’t a magic talisman, and shooting ability is a skill that degrades quickly without practice.
That was one of the things that was covered in a trauma class I took. I highly recommend that everyone take one, even if it’s just a very basic ‘stop the bleed’ class. But if they have the time and money available for the training, TCCC CLS classes, or wilderness first responder classes are better. People are far, far more likely to need to save someone’s life before an ambulance can arrive than they are to need to use a firearm to defend themselves or someone else.
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Huh. I grew up in central Ohio. I remember Meijer carrying firearms at one point, but I thought that they’d removed them.
Karl is a good guy; he does a lot of videos about the intersection between history, guns, and community protection, along with more typical gun reviews and discussions. He just reposted one that he did about the executive order that created the Japanese internment camps during WWII. Russell is also a good guy; he’s more of a classical libertarian, in that he believes in small government, and free exercise of rights regardless of gender/gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, etc. He posts a lot of things on his own channel dealing with shooting matches (usually two gun). Together they also run a series of shooting matches that require a combination of strong fitness and shooting ability to place well (which is where the community encouraging people to suck less springs from); the matches are genuinely inclusive, and homo-/transphobes are not welcome.
I honestly don’t know what certification orgs there are for trauma first aid. There’s American Red Cross, but that doesn’t usually cover things in the way that classes covering MARCH (Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, Hypothermia) do. Last I knew, ARC was still using ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circulation), and doesn’t adequately–IMO–cover things like what to do when someone gets shot, or severs an artery in an accident. Wilderness First Responder courses might be a lot too heavy, esp. since they start at $600, and are 70+ hours. Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Combat Life Saver (TCCC-CLS) is probably equally heavy in time and cost. But the Stop the Bleed classes offered by affiliates of the Dept. of Homeland Security tend to cover things like tourniquets and wound packing very, very lightly; it’s a 2-3 hour course, at best, and that’s not really very adequate, IMO.
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Yikes. That’s scary as shit. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope that you can find something soon. I’ve been there–it’s been a while, thankfully–and there’s just nothing good about it.