Do you require holster qualification for 3-gun?

Say, that reminds me...

acrashb said:
Well, there's "ouch, that bit of concrete / jacket splatter nicked me but my eyes are OK because of the glasses" and there's "bam... femoral artery gone, must make last words count". The first one is not ideal but clearly not lethal or disabling, and easily arranged by not sweeping oneself or others. Safety is not a binary - yes / no - it's a continuum.
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Appendix carry seems to be growing in popularity.
 
Power Pill said:
since you need to holster a pistol and such, do you need to be holster qualified?
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As you can see above, it depends on who's' hosting the event as to the type and level. Check where you want to go shoot.

7.62mm said:
I could give a rats ass if someone shoots themselves!
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I agree and disagree - my inner voice that shouldn't speak often says it's just Darwin in action - one less retard in the gene pool.
The common sense part of me knows that every time some dips**t shoots himself in this country, we fuel the "they shouldn't have guns" brigade.

Holster certification is more about covering the event's and organizer's butt. Simple Due Diligence. When the CFO and the RCMP walk on to the range to shut it down after someone has shot themselves or someone else, I pity the pain in the butt that the organization is going to go through if they can't trot out the plan & effort they made to prevent the accident.

One final comment - just because someone "certified" has had an accident, doesn't mean that certification hasn't helped many others avoid an accident.
 
acrashb said:
No need for a range. Dry practice, like dry fire, does wonders and doesn't require that you drive to and from somewhere.

Of course, most people don't practice in any meaningful way, using the matches as practice time, leading to the issues we're discussing.
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Matches are not practice, they cannot be used as practice or thought of as practice. It's like going to school and only showing up on test day...then wondering why you failed miserably.
Anyone who claims to use matches as practice has no clue what they are doing.
 
PH Racing said:
Anyone who claims to use matches as practice has no clue what they are doing.
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I think you're agreeing with me. But lots of people do it anyway whether they acknowledge it or not.

To the OP's question, if you're from around here (steel city == hamilton?), and you want to shoot ODPL ( http://www.odplonline.org/ ), yes you need some type of certification - this is driven by club requirements.

667 and I agree on this - certification does not equal qualification. Plenty of qualified persons are not certified. Plenty of certified persons are not qualified.

Try shooting in the US where the 'holster qualification' comes with being born. Apparently some of the public (off-the-street-walk-ins) ranges are a bit hairy (altough the ones I've been to were no problem), but the matches work fine. No-one shows little cards, and everyone walks away safe and sound at the end.
 
Freedom Ventures said:
When the CFO and the RCMP walk on to the range to shut it down after someone has shot themselves or someone else,
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Well not always... When the accident I mentioned happened yes... Police attended, but they asked a few questions. Looked at the scene and that was about it for us. No closure. Hell, we could have continued shooting, but.... By the time things were wrapped up noone felt like shooting anymore.
Cops did take the guys gun, but they had too... Buddy didn't have an ATT to the hospital....
 
acrashb said:
Try shooting in the US where the 'holster qualification' comes with being born.
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Not all ranges and events in the US are wide open to participation. Even IDPA US recommends that a new shooter is given an orientation course.

Bottom line as already noted is to check with the match director. Depending on the range or event many different credentials may be accepted or not required at all.
 
acrashb said:
667 and I agree on this - certification does not equal qualification. Plenty of qualified persons are not certified. Plenty of certified persons are not qualified.
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Very well said!! I agree too!

acrashb said:
Try shooting in the US where the 'holster qualification' comes with being born. Apparently some of the public (off-the-street-walk-ins) ranges are a bit hairy (altough the ones I've been to were no problem), but the matches work fine. No-one shows little cards, and everyone walks away safe and sound at the end.
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But they have the US constitution, certain inalienable rights and less of a nanny state to deal with when the feces hits the fan.

667 said:
Well not always... When the accident I mentioned happened yes... Police attended, but they asked a few questions. Looked at the scene and that was about it for us. No closure. Hell, we could have continued shooting, but.... By the time things were wrapped up noone felt like shooting anymore.
Cops did take the guys gun, but they had too... Buddy didn't have an ATT to the hospital....
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Likely I think that was probably more luck than procedure.
 
Freedom Ventures said:
Likely I think that was probably more luck than procedure.
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Well I dunno...

I agree with how they (the police) handled it.
It was pretty obvious no crime had taken place..

I mean they don't shut down the 401 for months every tine there's a car accident :D
 
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