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Nah, there's no need to worry about inexperienced CHL running about.

First of all, that's what the CHL class is for, to give them a basic level of competence in skill and legal knowledge regarding the self-defense use of a gun. Then, they have to PASS A TEST before they're allowed to get the CHL. So, I don't see what's the problem. In my CHL class, 2 people failed the CHL shooting test and were told to practice some more before returning to re-take the shooting test.

Secondly, most people who I know have a CHL almost never carry. Out of the 5 guys in my DPC shooting group, 2 elderly gentlemen who were retired carry regularly while the 3 working age guys almost never carry. None of our wives regularly carry, but we all have CHLs. Two girls and one guy (myself) at work have a CHL. None of us carry regularly. The only times that I carry are when I have to go to the ATM/Redbox machines at night or when I dine at a BBQ restaurant in South Dallas at night.

I don't even have guns in the house and my wife is personally against guns, but politically for constitutional rights, so even my wife has a CHL which brings us to the last point. Safe, legal, and ethical gun handling are a no-brainer. I mean, if you haven't assaulted anyone until you took your CHL class, you're not going to suddenly assault people with a gun. Any idiot can be taught never to point a gun at anything/one you don't mean to shoot, treat all guns as loaded, and keep your finger off the trigger until you want to shoot. Gun safety ain't rocket science. Everyone in her CHL class was paired off in twos for the shooting test. When she told her shooting partner that she never touched a gun before, his eyes bulged like a frog. However, he was placated when he saw her make a big one holed group with only one miss and one flier. "Are you sure you've never touched a gun before?" he asked her. Glocks are amazingly easy for beginners to shoot. That's why her CHL class only stocks Glock 19s and 17s for her class.