Last night during the church discussion we briefly talked about carrying firearms and self defense.
I believe providing for your family and loving your neighbor includes being prepared to defend life and property.
I owned a firearm for a couple of years before I started carrying it because I knew that I didn't have the training nor the education I felt I needed to carry safely and effectively. I assume others don't carry for the same reason.
However, when I started to do a little research on the pistol I had at the time I started educating myself and achieved a level of understanding and proficiency that allowed me to carry with confidence.
One of the first channels I found was "Active Self Protection".
He does a breakdown of self defense encounters from video surveillance footage.
Here are the lessons from yesterday:
https://youtu.be/D0NmCzKtexkI have found several channels that helped me a lot.
Here is a playlist of some videos I found helpful from some of the channels I follow:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLULVzVcTleUVni1A0TmLQc9yLgANachePI expect that at a minimum some will find these quite interesting.