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KC5AV wrote:

tomservo92 wrote:

Jumping Frog wrote:The law was changed so that instructors report the range & class performance to DPS as pass/fail instead of a score for exactly that reason. Simply seems prudent to continue that policy in my personal affairs.

As far as instructor liability, they have immunity under normal circumstances.

My instructor mentioned he'd been sued several times. So what would not be considered "normal circumstances"?

I know several other instructors, and none of us have been subpoenaed, much less sued. Did your instructor mention what he'd been sued over?

Jumping Frog wrote:The law was changed so that instructors report the range & class performance to DPS as pass/fail instead of a score for exactly that reason. Simply seems prudent to continue that policy in my personal affairs.

As far as instructor liability, they have immunity under normal circumstances.

Keith B wrote:

tomservo92 wrote:When I took my class and did the proficiency test, our instructor told us not to keep our targets nor take photos and post them to Facebook, etc. He said the reason is that if you are ever involved in a shooting, how well you scored could be used against you in a lawsuit. This came up in a discussion on another board and now I'm curious if he was right or not. Some on the other board thought it was bull.

There are varied thoughts on this, but it is possible that it could be used by a prosecutor or defense attorney to try and show you were a great shot, or if you shot a bystander for some reason, and you didn't do too well on your CHL test, that you were NOT a good shot and were reckless and maybe shouldn't have fired because you can't hit a target.

The thing to remember is an attorney will use any and all avenues to try and prove or disprove what they need to in a case. The less you provide them that they could spin and use against you the better.