Originally Posted by raptor9k

I think you people are a bit confused about what 'training' is required in order to obtain a CCW. Here's how it works in Arkansas. You show up and sit through a 4-6 hour brief on the gun laws of the state and where you can/can't carry. My instructor thankfully gave us a run down on decent responses for certain situations (no tests written or verbal). Then you step next door and fire 3 mags at a target that's 20 feet away. If you can hit the paper and you pass the background check and the head of the state police has no reason to deny you, you get a permit.

If you're afraid of 'untrained' people carrying concealed and you live in a CCW state you just need to stay in your house. I can't say that I know a gun owner that's not trained enough not to shoot something they don't intend to shoot.