This forum's members are not a representative sample of people who have taken and passed a Texas CHL course. Just being here proves they're interested in more than the basics, so they're not typical, at all.M4Dogg wrote:Agreed, but one could also argue that the knowledge gained from the class is truly how one would defende themselves (both physically and legally). Also, some people are stupid enough to kill themselves w/out formal training, thus taking the class helps to protect them from them.
Furthermore, mandating such a training helps to protect ME from them and their stupidity, so thusly I would vote to keep having such formal classes and organization around the CHL license.
Look at all the examples we have of duly-licensed CHLs (and CHL instructors!) who don't really know what the law is. How many times have we seen people who have had a CHL since '96 ask about hospitals and churches, since "the law says those are off limits"? How many threads have there been about the post office?
I really do think this is the best-educated gun forum when it comes to one state's specific laws, but birds of a feather flock together. The other birds (those without a clue) are flittering about all over the state, still stuck in the mindset of "if you shoot a burglar and he falls out the window, you better drag him inside!"