[Rick Lee]

There were bunch of nobbies in the classes I've taken too. Pretty scary stuff that such inexperienced people are carrying. But hey, they have just as much right to defend themselves as the seasoned gun nuts do. And they will certainly be held liable if they screw up. I remember in my AZ class a very young couple from NY that had just moved here. They had just gone to Cabella's the day before the class and bought some .22 target pistol with all the accessories, cleaning kit, handsome carrying case, etc. They had NO idea what they were doing. But at least they seemed really into it and I'm sure they've been to the range every weekend since and probably gotten several more guns by now. I think they also realized from watching a few of us seasoned guys doing 1" groups for our quals. with much larger calibers that there is a lot more to it than how it looks on tv or how the guy at the Cabella's gun counter explained it to them.