Training Day

Today we are going to talk about not the way we train, but why we train. Training transfers to how we carry ourselves in everyday life. This can go from situational awareness to how to shoot your firearm to daily carry practices. Training these skills are just as important as having an exercise routine. If you only workout once a year it does not help you become a stronger healthier person. The same goes with shooting and carrying your firearm. You can't just pull your rifle out of the safe wipe the dust off and think you will be the best marksmen in the world. 

Training needs to become something that is a mindset that you use in your routine in life. By practicing little things each day it will help you become what the goal of this is, A Responsibly Armed American. While we think that there are others that might be more qualified to handle situations that arise and there probably are. They might not be around and it all comes down to you and the amount of training that you have and are able to use effectively.

This brings me to the purpose of this post. Not only should we need to try make ourselves better personally, but we need to help others achieve a similar or even higher status. What is the point of obtaining knowledge if you keep it to yourself. Through helping others learn the same skills it will help deepen your own understanding of the principles behind whichever skill in particular you are trying to learn. In essence we would be making a society that could protect it self more effectively without need of relying on responding emergency personnel. Now not everyone can be a law officer, EMT, or firefighter all at the same time, but learning basic skills in each area can help these people out.

Imagine for a bit the ability of an EMT or equivalent trying to help people on the street that have been injured and you having the skill set necessary that they could call on you to rise up and help your fellow man. That is a major reason people carry firearms, is it not? To protect their loved ones from danger when it happens. Mark 12:31 says, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" So why not learn other skills that will help your fellow man besides just how to carry and use a firearm, which is important.