Firearms safety, etc.

[mousme]

This is a backdated post.


Arrived yesterday at the Fearsranch, and spent an agreeable evening eating pizza, drinking beer, and slaying zombies. Much fun. fearsclave gave me a quick primer (pre-beer) on how to load and unload firearms, and how to manipulate them safely. We went over ACTS & PROVE, and it left me a lot more optimistic about not making an idiot of myself during the class.

Spent the night dreaming about hunting zombies (beer + L4D right before bed = zombie dreams) and actually awoke about minutes before the alarm went off. Got ready, and then spent a frustrating half hour trying to find my way to Hwy 417. Stopped at Tim Horton's, and then stopped for gas, but was thwarted by the gas pump a few times (hence the frustration). It was smooth sailing from there on in, and I arrived half an hour early from my class.

There were four women there in total (out of 20 students), and two of them gravitated toward me and sat at my table (the class was being held in the RCMP mess). I think we were all relieved that we weren't alone. The class was good, although the first half was very dry technical and theoretical stuff, and since I was already tired and hadn't slept well, I had a hard time keeping my eyes open and my concentration was shot to hell.

The practical stuff mostly went well. The non-restricted weapons were kind of unwieldy and most of them had served in so many classes that they had developed flaws and quirks which made them difficult to handle, but overall I learned a lot and was pretty comfortable with them by the end.

I took a wrong turn coming back (missed an exit) which added about twenty minutes to my return drive. This made me an unhappy camper, but it wasn't too terrible. I returned to a house devoid of humans but filled with three very happy and waggy dogs: Jack, Balou, and diggerlicious, who were all thrilled to receive pats and attention. fearsclave, and diggerlicious and Balou's two humans returned from their jaunt about five minutes later, and we all went out to dinner, where I tried valiantly not to pass out because I was so tired.

We went home again, had some scotch, demonstrated L4D for a bit, and then I staggered to bed for a very short night's sleep.

There will be another backdated post for Sunday following this. Stay tuned.

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[diggerlicious.livejournal.com]

Flying colours on your RPAL!