Do not take anything personal on here. Some get a little over excited with their replies. Many on here think the course they took is the way every course is taught. It is simply not true, and take everything you were taught with a grain of salt. There are allot of myths and untruths taught at PAL and range safety courses.
For example I was taught that;
- It is illegal to load live ammo at home - not true (at least not always true, depending on where you live and what class of firearm)
- It is illegal to open your restricted firearms case anywhere but home or a designated destination noted on your ATT, even under the direction of Police - not true
- It is illegal to stop for gas, or coffee on route to, or home from the range - not true
- CFO can do an impromptu firearms inspection at their leisure, without your consent, and anything they see while in your home is open for prosecution - not true
- Trigger locks are the only acceptable lock for transport or storage of restricted - not true
Not at my course, but I recently purchased a gun from a store. While there a customer was asking about pistol storage, and the store owner said "in a safe or trigger locked". I offered that his Stack-on was a safe. The store owner freaked "I am a CFO instructor, stop telling lies". I showed him the court ruling on Harry Barnes, and he blew it off "well obviously the court got it wrong, and the judge is stupid. If I were the Prosecutor, Mr. Barnes would be in jail!". Some people just know everything and are not willing to learn, unless it is from an "official source".
Come here try and search out your questions first to avoid the "What you don't know how to use the search function???? This question is asked once a week, ARGH!!!!" I am so tired of newbies coming here and asking the same questions, wasting my time" lol, just smile and move to the next reply.
Most of the people on here will do their best to help you out, but some have other priorities.