If i may, i would suggest you become very very familiar with your weapon before OC, agreeing with trapper.
legality aside, being unfamiliar with a weapon is bad news. i've been around them since i was 10 or so, but never much of a "pistol guy". field stripping and cleaning a shotty on a mud flat, sand dune, tree stand or goose pit is not a problem. 3 of 4 moving targets, 30-80 yards in 30 seconds, with one reload, is not a problem. doing this as quickly or proficiently with a pistol, well...
i have applied for my ccw and i am trying to set up for some technique classes for self defense. i think that beyond the required certification class in DE or my new state, knowing how to handle myself and my weapon is my duty. or at least it is in my mind.
pulling a weapon, and being unfamiliar, and whatever else, is bad news. get some training. don't shoot yourself in the leg (you can google it).
and, as one of the instructors in our ccw class noted, carrying open, does kind of give the bad folks an idea of where to find a gun, so you need to be prepared. situational awareness.
but that is just me thinking out loud.
legality aside, being unfamiliar with a weapon is bad news. i've been around them since i was 10 or so, but never much of a "pistol guy". field stripping and cleaning a shotty on a mud flat, sand dune, tree stand or goose pit is not a problem. 3 of 4 moving targets, 30-80 yards in 30 seconds, with one reload, is not a problem. doing this as quickly or proficiently with a pistol, well...
i have applied for my ccw and i am trying to set up for some technique classes for self defense. i think that beyond the required certification class in DE or my new state, knowing how to handle myself and my weapon is my duty. or at least it is in my mind.
pulling a weapon, and being unfamiliar, and whatever else, is bad news. get some training. don't shoot yourself in the leg (you can google it).
and, as one of the instructors in our ccw class noted, carrying open, does kind of give the bad folks an idea of where to find a gun, so you need to be prepared. situational awareness.
but that is just me thinking out loud.