Good piece. I like it largely because of some of the things that another poster complained about — the matter-of-factness, and focus on the mechanics, and how it all becomes ordinary, as it’s supposed to.
As to the issue of training, here in Minnesota we require training to get a carry permit, as do many other states. Some states don’t, and it’s hard (read: impossible, but I’m weaseling) to find any evidence of any statistical difference between permit holders in the different kinds of states. Almost invariably, people who go to the minor trouble and small expense of registering themselves with a government to get a carry permit stay out of trouble.
(I’m not knocking training — for obvious reasons — but it’s hard to make a sound policy argument that it’s necessary.)
