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I don't want to contribute to thread drift by discussing driving further.

You are correct that Texas residents have little to no chance of influencing the legislatures or executive officials of other states. Texas has gone as far as I think it reasonable can with vigorous negotiation of reciprocity and granting unilateral reciprocity to residents of other states.

I would prefer that the RKBA of all young adults be acknowledged. However, as long as CHL remains a political issue, we probably will not be able to do that.

Perhaps a solution is to issue a special class of license to which reciprocity does not apply. Call it a "Texas in-state-only license" or something like that.

- Jim

Have you looked at the list of Utah instructors on the State of Utah web site? I don't know the URL, but I have seen it. There are quite a few outside Utah. I would be surprised if there weren't one near San Antonio.

Have you posted a separate inquiry in the "Class Schedules & Locations" section? There may be an instructor out there who lurks.

- Jim

That's fine, but keep your eye out for more states that do not recognize non-resident licenses from other states. I think Colorado is the only one that does that now.

- Jim

I have used the comparison between driving and carrying firearms, and I think it's educational.

However, it cuts two ways. Younger drivers are the worst drivers in terms of severe collisions, and some people want to raise the minimum age for unrestricted driving to 18. (Now that I am over 18, I am one of those people.)

I personally don't have a problem with allowing 18-year-olds who qualify for a CHL to carry, whether they are in the military or not; but most people will not see the issue that way.

- Jim

Liberty wrote:Not trusting the same young men with a CHL that we trust handle military grade weaponry was absurd.

I agree that it's absurd, but even the military does not seem to really trust soldiers with weapons unless the soldiers are in combat.

Aside from that, they generally don't allow military personnel to carry weapons or even have them on base in their quarters.

- Jim

Probably the laws of Ohio, Washington, etc., require that another state must have essentially the same requirements as that state or stricter to get reciprocity. IOW, the language of their law prohibits the authorities from making compromises.

- Jim

See if Ohio has reciprocity with Pennsylvania. You can get a Pennsylvania license through the mail without taking a class, and it's one of the quickest and cheapest.

- Jim