So, if about 10 people in that theater had been armed...

[Trunk Monkey]

129. What constitutes "training" to you?

Jeanne Assam was a cop but she was a lousy cop after the shooting she went to work for the Palmer Lake PD a police department of all of 5 officers. She lasted one year and was terminated for reasons that were not made public. She was fired by the Minneapolis Police Dept. in 1997 over an incident in which she lied to investigators over an incident in which she cursed a bus driver. And she now works as a probation officer in the Denver area

I think the “untrained toter” meme is the result of a gross misconception. I spent most of my adult life in the military and have worked as a licensed armed security guard for the last 4 years.
In the Army I received basic rifle marksmanship training (nothing I hadn’t already learned in the BSA) w/ refresher training every 6 months, CQB training as well as MOUT training. As a security guard I had a course on Colorado law as it relates to use of force, deadly force and force continuum w/ refresher training every year. That’s already more than most cops.

Most of the carriers I know have military experience, hunter’s safety classes, hunting back grounds, they compete in shooting competitions (IDPA) they spend time at the range. There are any number of private schools giving classes on advanced firearms techniques.

I rarely run into a permit holder that has absolutely no other training than the required three hour course and when I do it’s generally the type of person who got a gun and a permit and both sit in the sock drawer for years.