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The more CHL holders I talk to, the more I appreciate my CHL class instructor: Calvin Tidwell. In his class we coverd topics that most other CHL holders tell me were not covered in their classes.

One such topic was when to carry. Mr. Tidwell picked on me a bit. Sitting front-and-center, w/constant eye-contact has had similar results with instructors and leaders my life to date. And in the case of when to carry, I gave him better than average reason to pick on me. My intent in getting a CHL was not really for CCW, but to avoid NICS. My answer to Mr. Tidwell's question: "When do you plan to carry your handgun?" reflected this thinking. His response convinced me that the informed course was to carry every day when/where-ever not prohibitted by statute. And practicing that for a short time gave me my own additional reason: practice helps a lot.