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10 Commandments for a Firearms Trainer

This was posted yesterday by Instructor Zero on Facebook.  It is duplicated here in its entirety just in case Facebook deletes it, deletes him, or deletes me, for the purpose of saving the information. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS FOR A FIREARMS TRAINER 1) ENSURE SAFETY The first duty of a trainer is to create, provide and always guarantee, everywhere and in any case, solid and essential safety standards in any technical point, drill or action. Firearms training is carried out in facilities built for the safe use of firearms, but still requires the application of safety standards and rules by anyone handling a firearm. There are no exceptions or compromises, safety is an absolute guarantee that a trainer must impose, manage and enforce. Especially in civil courses, the technical level of the participants is always very heterogeneous, but we must remember that the safety and strength of a chain depends on its weakest ring and not on the strongest one. This must lead us not to push the ...

Unpopular Opinion

Recently came across one of those "post your unpopular opinion" threads on social media. Some of these quotes will have been edited for clarity.  These opinions mirror mine: "Extremely overweight people are on the same level of drugs addict." "Not everyone should be allowed to vote." "Women should not be allowed to vote." "Banks and governments should be held accountable for intentional market manipulation and systematic institutional poverty and depression." "Donald Trump was far better than Joe Biden is as President." "Patriarchy is the only way humanity will survive." "Thanos wasn't wrong." "When a woman sleeps around too much she struggles to pair bond later on in life. It messes with her psyche." "Black people are more racist than white people." "If your vaccine works, why do I need one? If your vaccine doesn’t work, why do I need one?" "There is nothing virtuous ...