Since the USCCA conference was just an hour and a half up the road, I figured I couldn't miss it. There were several free classes and a few pay classes. I took the Advanced Concealed Carry: Close Quarters Shooting And Weapons Retention with Sgt. Don Gulla & Gary Drake. The material the presented was excellent. They really knew their stuff. However they weren't the greatest teachers in the world. The room was not set up well for the exercises we did. Despite the fact that we preregistered for the class, there weren't enough chairs. I sat on the floor for 20 minute before additional chairs arrived. The room was noisy and everyone was standing so hearing and seeing new instruction was difficult.
The vendors section had a variety of fun things to look at. Unfortunately the crowd overwhelmed the resources (and I was there on Friday, the least busy day) It was difficult to see any of the demonstrations they had.
I had already decided that I was going to sign up for their insurance coverage. But I wanted to wait to talk with someone in person. The woman was very nice. I asked to see her companies anti-discrimination policy. She said no one had ever asked that before. I explained that as a member of the LGBT community I might be assumed guilty just because I'm queer (kind of like driving while black, but to a lesser degree) And that since most gun related industries were very conservative, I had hoped to see it in writing. She remarked that 2 other women working in the booth were married to each other. She looked through the computer records and didn't find anything, but assured me that there would be no problem. She may have been bullshitting me, or maybe I just planted a seed for them to make improvements.
I attended the USCCA Conference
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.—Aristotle