Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Trainer

[RobertNashville]

 

 

Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Trainer - Too Much Training?

Brannon LeBouef

So there was this little girl who happens upon a cottage in the woods. She enters to find three bowls of porridge. She tasted the first and exclaimed, "This porridge is TOO HOT!", 

She tasted the next and exclaimed, "This porridge is TOO COLD!" 

After sampling the third and final bowl, she jubilantly proclaimed, "This porridge is JUUUSSST RIIIGGHHT!"

Then three angry bears called The Media; then The Prosecution and the Jury came in and ate her face off for daring to sample porridge even though there was a sign above the door that said "Free Porridge Sampling."

Ok, perhaps I took some poetic license or literary liberty with an age-old childhood nursery rhyme, but the general premise is true for anyone who uses a firearm, or most any level of force, in self defense as it relates to training. How much training is too much?

 

How much training is not enough? How much training is JUUSST RIIIGGHHT?

Stephen Pineau brought up some very good questions as it relates to training and equipment in his recent article:  Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Gun Carrier .

While I certainly do not propose to have all the answers, or perhaps any for that matter, I would like to lend my experience, education, and training to the "musings" we should all be making as it relates to many topics that affect us within the Zimmerman trial. My perspective is not only as a responsibly armed American for the past 15 or so years, but also as a firearms trainer, law enforcement officer, court expert, and someone who takes a personal vested interest in these kinds of situations for myself and my students. While not an attorney, I do have a brother-in-law… never mind....

 

 

The rest of the article can be found here: http://www.breachbangclear.com/site/10-blog/428-can-they-portray-what-you-do-is-too-much,-and-how-important-are-appearances.html

[gjohnsoniv]

I was thinking about posting this last night, thanks for posting it.  Personally I think it's a pretty good article.

[oldogy]

Interesting read.