Proposed College Course "Firearms 101"

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Waitone

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What if a local university, college, etc. asked you to create a freshman level course on firearms. . . Firearms 101 for instance.

What topics would you include, what books would you require to be read, and what future course structure would you suggest should this same institution come back and ask you to set up a major in firearms?



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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwater--1964
 
I would suggest the following:

Mine Kampf
Communist Manifesto
The history of communism
The history of WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc
The history of Roman expansion and conquest
The history of post European Native Americans
The history of the American Revolution

After reading all about those things they will have a better grasp of exactly why firearms are so essential to who calls the shots in the world.

Once they understand the above really well, then I suggest they study the basic concepts that most types of firearms function on. Knowing this allows you to better understand if a gun is loaded or not, and if it is working correctly or not.

Then, assuming they still have time in the course, a study of shoot/don't shoot tactics done on paper is essential, and that must be followed by a paintball gun field simulation of close quarters shoot/don't shoot scenarios.

Then second year, they should be allowed to go to the range and fire real weapons at targets, both moving on trolley and stationary, with both common pistols, and longrifles(1911 auto, AR-15/AK-47). If they show high enough marks on safety, and pass accuracy tests, they may move on to solo live fire shoot/don't shoot exercises. After that, paintball team shoot/don't shoot exercises. People who pass these repeatedly without problem may continue to live fire team shoot/don't shoot tactics. Then, after all that is said and done, they should be taught long range engagement tactics and accuracy.

This course would make the students on average better than most GIs and would also make them some of the safest gun owners you'll ever meet. The criteria should be extremely critical, and passing should require actual displays of skill and safety as well as teamwork.

The people won't come out Army Rangers or Navy SEALs but they will be ready in case of war, or in case of civil disturbances in their area.

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I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist

The Bill of Rights is a document of brilliance, a document of wisdom, and it is the ultimate law, spoken or not, for the very concept of a society that holds liberty above the desire for ever greater power. -Me
 
I would suggest contacting Lassen Community College, Susanville, CA. They already have a firearms class set up at the freshman level. I took it back in the early 70's. They also have one of the best gunsmithing schools around. The course started out with the history of firearms. We took several different range courses, including the police combat course. Got to shoot a thompson 45 full auto. We studied balistics, diffrent powder loads vs bullet weight etc. Did an experiment in the class, where we took 20 1" pine boards sandwitched together and shot a bunch of diffrent handgun calibers, bullet weights and powder charges into the boards. We then took the boards apart and counted the number of inches of pine that each passed through. Also measured the diameter of the hole from entry to end. From this we drew up charts and graphs showing the differences.

Our final exam was taking our pistol completely apart, putting the parts in a shoebox and then we were timed on putting it back together blind folded.

Some of the other subjects that were taught. Police proceedures, Gun laws (Big written on this part) which covered everything from the 34 act to state game laws, basic gun repair, physical science part we did a lot of math dealing with balistics, how the gun worked... ie.. primer sets off powder, expanding gases. Also went into breach pressures, reloading and oh yes a whole lot about safety, proper storage, caring for the gun etc.

This was the best class I ever took. And by the way.... getting an A for 3 units did not hurt my GPA considering at the time I was skipping a lot of my classes to go hunting. Hope that gives you some ideas.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
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