Thread: 9mm v. 45 and other silliness...

Verve
17-02-2014

There is utterly no access to any proper defensive training here, be it for defensive driving or defensive fire arms use. A lot of us practice at home one way or another with our firearms, but that imo is just not enough. Defensive driving courses are very intense and demanding, and here a lot of robberies and shootings occur when one is travelling. There is a lot one can do in prep for safe travelling yet majority of us are ignorant and increase risks unknowingly.

Where are you located?

In Islamabad

Find some instructors anywhere, find out their minimum class size, how much they charge, and how much extra they will charge to come to Islamabad. Then talk to your friends, maybe post notices at the local ranges, shooting clubs, or gun shops, and see if you can get enough people to make it worth their while. Where I am, there are many instructors who make substantial parts of their living by traveling all over, teaching classes. Heck, the basics are the same everywhere; you could probably hire Massad Ayoob as long as you didn't mind an instructor who talks like Darth Vader.

If you have a gun club, you might be able to talk a local prosecutor into giving a presentation on defensive law and prodedures as a public service. Try the police too. It's their duty - and the public interest - to keep the public safe, and preventing a bad shooting is more useful than passing out "make sure you lock your doors" pamphlets.

Even better than a local gun club, you might want to form a more specialized club; call it something like "Islamabad Safe Citizens", "Protect The Children", or something similar, that emphasizes safety and doesn't directly mention guns or shooting. Set it up as a real club, with dues, bylaws, and a treasury. Politicians feel more comfortable dealing with formal organizations, and the club can negotiate with and pay instructors as needed.

Sometimes if you want things done, you have to do it yourself...