What are some ideas of careers that involve carrying/using firearms? ex. law enforcement?

You might want to consider the military as an option if that is your passion. I would go into the Coast Guard personally but any branch is fine. Depending on what you do in the military, you could be a very good candidate for a law enforcement job when you get out. Or if you prefer to go to college, I would recommend taking a major in Criminal Justice, and a minor in business or Computer Science (something practical) or maybe a double major if you are so inclined and while in school getting into a local town police internship if possible and then progress to a state police internship and possibly into a Fed Law Enforcement internship if they are available in your area (ask your counselor, they have contacts with various departments.) If not go in person to the police chief yourself with your resume. You may have to go through hoops to get into one including bugging your counselor, bugging your local police chief, extensive interviews, criminal background checks, finger printing, and polygraph exams and also must have excellent reference letters from professors, counselors and others. You will have to go to a part time police academy at some point usually the town that hires you will sponsor you so ask the chief if he will do that. If you make it that far and get straight A's and keep your nose clean as a whistle you may end up getting hired before you graduate. Don't get any tattoos or earings/piercings, that will knock you out the first day. It's very tough to get into these agencies so keep on calling, sending resumes and calling the contact person. My son sent out 200 resumes one summer just for a summer position and didn't even get one because he was too young. If you don't show you are serious they won't take you serious. Make certain your resumes are top notch with no errors and keep everything short and to the point - 1 page only. Make sure you keep excellent records of everything ever pertaining to you, like birth certificate, social security card, bank account numbers, credit card bills, parking/speeding tickets, diplomas, any accidents you've had, police reports that go with them, friends names, their phones #'s and addresses, schools you've attended with dates you attended and graduated, references and neighbors names, phone #'s and addresses anywhere you've lived, and on and on. They will want copies of everything and contact all of your friends, teachers, aquaintances to confirm your story. Keep all your dates in order so you don't write different dates on one application and then forget and later guess at it in an interview because they will think you are lying to them. They will try to scare you and make you feel like you are lying but that is part of the process. You have to have thick skin. If you have any criminal record I'd suggest coming clean and hope they will overlook it if it was a minor infraction. It's very hard to make it through these interviews and polygraphs but if you have a clean record, good grades and have your stuff squared away there's no reason you can't do it. If you go in wearing long hair, tattoos and baggy pants they will kick you out the door. Also get yourself in shape. Workout lose weight if you need to, you may have to run 1.5 miles in about 12 minutes to pass most tests and do 30-40 push ups and sit ups each in one minute. If this sounds too daunting get a BA in Business and an MBA if you really like school and apply to companies when you graduate. Good Luck

You might want to consider the military as an option if that is your passion. I would go into the Coast Guard personally but any branch is fine. Depending on what you do in the military, you could be a very good candidate for a law enforcement job when you get out. Or if you prefer to go to college, I would recommend taking a major in Criminal Justice, and a minor in business or Computer Science (something practical) or maybe a double major if you are so inclined and while in school getting into a local town police internship if possible and then progress to a state police internship and possibly into a Fed Law Enforcement internship if they are available in your area (ask your counselor, they have contacts with various departments.) If not go in person to the police chief yourself with your resume. You may have to go through hoops to get into one including bugging your counselor, bugging your local police chief, extensive interviews, criminal background checks, finger printing, and polygraph exams and also must have excellent reference letters from professors, counselors and others. You will have to go to a part time police academy at some point usually the town that hires you will sponsor you so ask the chief if he will do that. If you make it that far and get straight A's and keep your nose clean as a whistle you may end up getting hired before you graduate. Don't get any tattoos or earings/piercings, that will knock you out the first day. It's very tough to get into these agencies so keep on calling, sending resumes and calling the contact person. My son sent out 200 resumes one summer just for a summer position and didn't even get one because he was too young. If you don't show you are serious they won't take you serious. Make certain your resumes are top notch with no errors and keep everything short and to the point - 1 page only. Make sure you keep excellent records of everything ever pertaining to you, like birth certificate, social security card, bank account numbers, credit card bills, parking/speeding tickets, diplomas, any accidents you've had, police reports that go with them, friends names, their phones #'s and addresses, schools you've attended with dates you attended and graduated, references and neighbors names, phone #'s and addresses anywhere you've lived, and on and on. They will want copies of everything and contact all of your friends, teachers, aquaintances to confirm your story. Keep all your dates in order so you don't write different dates on one application and then forget and later guess at it in an interview because they will think you are lying to them. They will try to scare you and make you feel like you are lying but that is part of the process. You have to have thick skin. If you have any criminal record I'd suggest coming clean and hope they will overlook it if it was a minor infraction. It's very hard to make it through these interviews and polygraphs but if you have a clean record, good grades and have your stuff squared away there's no reason you can't do it. If you go in wearing long hair, tattoos and baggy pants they will kick you out the door. Also get yourself in shape. Workout lose weight if you need to, you may have to run 1.5 miles in about 12 minutes to pass most tests and do 30-40 push ups and sit ups each in one minute. If this sounds too daunting get a BA in Business and an MBA if you really like school and apply to companies when you graduate. Good Luck

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