I completely agree. I am not suggested the course as a requirement. I am sure that many students would not want the extra class and think that it's just another hurdle to jump over. My post was offered as an alternative to having students take a class and failing the shooting portion of the test and having to retake it.RoyGBiv wrote:Until it's required, most folks will opt to take the lower cost way out.WildBill wrote:Maybe when people sign up for the CHL class the instructor should ask the students about their experience with handguns and offer a pre-CHL class to prospective students who have little or no experience.
A TX CHL is already too expensive.
I'm a bit on the fence about this issue...
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- Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:16 pm
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- Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:15 pm
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Maybe when people sign up for the CHL class the instructor should ask the students about their experience with handguns and offer a pre-CHL class to prospective students who have little or no experience. 
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:55 pm
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My instructor told me that he had a lady in one of his classes that kept trying to insert the magazine backwards into her pistol. He kept trying to explain the correct way, but she still couldn't figure it out. Finally he told her that if she put it in the wrong way she would shoot herself in the face. She finally got the point and put the magazine in so that the bullets were pointed towards the front. 
I don't know if this is true, but it's a good story.
I don't know if this is true, but it's a good story.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:23 pm
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People are not born with the knowledge or skills required to safely operate a firearm. That is one of the reasons that this forum exists. To help educate people. I am sure that, somewhere in your past, somebody took the time to teach you.stinkbait wrote:I know it's everyone's right to get a CHL, no problem with that... the problem I see is there are people out getting their CHL permit and know not one thing about their handgun. I mean how to load, where's the safety, how to clear a jam. I see this all the time. I think people are believing that once they by a handgun and get the chl permit that they are protected. Which I feel is not the case. In fact a person with no or very little handgun skills, is far more worse off than not having a chl permit at all. Just my two cents at what I see all the time.
