I'm not aware of too many attacks which occurs under a shed roof shooting some fair distance across a grass field at your leisure. Yet this that does not occur, under peculiarly simple and non realistic conditions is considered quality.
But, it's what I expect out of government people
The MA permit requires no demonstration of proficiency. The incident that changed my mind about the need for qualification was when a nerdy (MA permit-holding) neighbor up the street pulled a PPKS out of his pocket -- and it had no grips (only tape wrapped around it). He said that made it easier to conceal...
When I asked him if he had shot it like that, he said, "No, I've never shot a gun at all..."
Now, that is scary!
So, I took him out back to the range, gave him a lesson on safe handling, handed him my HK4 (with .380 barrel installed) and showed him how to shoot it. On his first shot, he nearly lost it out of his hand!
When I suggested he try his PPKS, he said, "I think I'll go home and put the plastic things on it first..." ;-}
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OK, I'll admit I sandbagged the guy: the HK4 is about 1/2 the weight of the stainless PPKS -- and the first round was one of my hot combat loads... '-)
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View qual requirements anyway you like -- letting doofuses run around with pieces they've never run one (much less several hundred) round[s] through is definitely a dangerous (and, IMHO, bad) idea!!!