The voluminous effort you've put in to criticizing my request along with your fallacious argumentation fits the definition of "vehement" to a tee:
That definition is, of course, correct. It's just that nothing I've posted fits it.
The purpose of my polite request — "Could you please provide an annual cost estimate for adhering to this regimen?" — was not to extrapolate Deja vu's costs to me, but to see what he believes a reasonable training regimen costs. I assume you are motivated to suppress his disclosure (feel free to correct me, if necessary) because you know his proposed regimen is outside the means of the average American.
1. Nobody suppressed anything. He's always been free to respond if he wanted.
2. In other words, as asserted several times, by more than one person, his response will, in fact, provide no useful information to you (you claim you already know what he would say) and my rationale was exactly correct, not fallacious as you assert. Your request was a gambit to provide fodder to attack his recommendation, not, in fact, merely a polite request for information as you suggest.
Too many states are imposing high priced training requirements that puts the cost of statutory carry outside the reach of many.
No one on this thread is recommending that the government mandate training.
To top that off by recommending a $1,000-ish annual training regimen is absurd from the perspective of the middle class and smacks of elitism.
Of course it doesn't "smack of elitism". Let's assume your number is correct. What's really absurd is the idea that the average American doesn't have $20-ish a week of disposable income. According to the latest numbers, the average American spends more than $1000 a year on coffee alone.
When I got my CPL in 2012, I resolved to hit the range once a month and fire 100 rounds. I kept this up for 9 months until my disabilities progressed to the point I was unable to continue. Pre-Newton, my monthly cost was about $45. I thought this reasonable, but those days seem to be over. More importantly, $45/mo is not going to be affordable on most "working class" incomes.
Nobody is indicting you because you can't, or choose not to follow a training regimen someone recommended on the internet.
If you don't agree, you just provide your own take on the subject--as you finally got around to once it was clear you weren't going to be able to spring the trap you planned--and then everyone can discuss it dispassionately.
