Michigan's new proposal for reducing off-limits locations

[Greybeard]

Mods, please excuse/move if this has been posted elsewhere, but I had not seen it anywhere until today. It looks like it at least cleared the committee pretty handily. http://www.cm-life.com/2012/03/29/huge- ... guns-laws/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jumping Frog]

I'd take an extra 7 hours of training and shoot an additional 100 rounds on the range if I was exempt from all Criminal Protection Zones (CPZ). Go ahead an carry in: 51% bars, schools, colleges sports stadiums, exempt from all 30.06 postings. . .

Heck yeah, I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat!

[Dave2]

I'd take an extra 7 hours of training and shoot an additional 100 rounds on the range if I was exempt from all Criminal Protection Zones (CPZ). Go ahead an carry in: 51% bars, schools, colleges sports stadiums, exempt from all 30.06 postings. . .

Heck yeah, I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat!

[sugar land dave]

We can only dream......

[C-dub]

Michigan looks like they will try just about anything to keep people from leaving and attract some folks back. It's not enough to convince me to move there, but if I were already there it would make me think real hard about leaving.

[Greybeard]

The more I think about this, the more I think something similar might be more "sellable" in Texas than what we have encountered with Campus Carry efforts in recent years. (As an aside, it is amazing the number of people I have spoken with in classes and at the gun show tables who thought our Campus Carry law had passed!)

In 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was the first in the nation to offer a "home study" option for Hunter Education. It began as a "manual" $15 packet produced specifically for Texas by Outdoor Life. Two or three years later, it was expanded to the free online version at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/hu ... ndex.phtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. They have since expanded the "home study" options to include some excellent privately-produced Texas-specific courses such as http://www.huntercourse.com/usa/texas/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (with costs in the range of $25). (If DPS ever does similar, in my opinion, THEY should be the sole source hosting the online "home study" material.)

With any of about 5 "home study" options, students get 6 hours credit toward what is otherwise a minimum 10-hour "traditional" course (mandatory over at least 2 days). Students still have to complete a minimum 4-hour "field day" at an approved testing site, but it has worked out great for thousands of busy Texans.