LTC Course Day

It's one of those days when I have something to post about! After getting up at 6:30 this morning, I spent all day at the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield, taking the firearms safety course. It was taught by a really entertaining instructor, whom I had seen at the range before but never spoken with. He was actually lively enough to keep me from falling asleep when class began at 8am.

I already knew the basic handgun safety procedures, and I was bored stiff by the "shooting" portion of things (15 students, 6 guns...need I say more?). The laws regarding firearms are what I really needed the information about, especially since even the parts I thought I knew turned out to be wrong due to some recent and rather sneaky changes to the Castle Doctrine.

Anyway, I successfully completed the course and got my State Po-sponsered certificate, and I did manage to have a good time doing it. I got an especially hearty laugh when the instructions for loading a revolver included the reminder that the bullets go in "pointy end forward."

I could drag this out, but I'm learning a new method of typing which has temporarily slowed my typing speed from 90wpm to about 5wpm. If you're really that curious, it's called Dvorak, and I heard about it through Holly Lisle.