You’re Too Stupid For This Conversation You Insist On Having

By Bob Owens

There are numerous perks to being editor of Bearing Arms. I’m often among the first to hear about and sample new products. I get to speak directly with manufacturers of firearms, gear, and ammunition. But despite the access to things, my favorite perks all involve education.

I’ve been blessed to take hundreds of hours of training classes from some of the best firearms and non-ballistic weapons instructors in the world. I’ve had a chance to hear their first-hand accounts both in class and over dinner or drinks, and get a glimpse into the mindset of some of federal agents, SWAT cops, Navy SEALs, Special Forces veterans, MARSOC Marines, civilian instructors, and world-class professional sport shooters.

After hundreds of hours in classrooms, scenarios, simulators, shoot-houses, on the square range, and talking with trainers on the phone, over dinner, in texts, and in emails, I’m finally just starting to get a grasp of how much I don’t know.

On the Burch Hierarchy of Competence I’m somewhere on the range of “unconscious incompetence” (I don’t even have a basic understanding of what I don’t know) to “conscious competence” (I can do the right things, but only through concerted effort).

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