I have to agree. I attended the November 2nd class and noticed right away that Lt. Hitt's power point was a little dated. He stated that 9.31, 9.32, 9.33 only applied in your own home or in your vehicle, which is not what the statute says. Read the whole statute, specifically the end. Lt. Hitt is probably a fantastic firearms instructor, but I was very disappointed in his presentation of the statutes. It was apparent to me that he has not done his homework and when it became obvious he got defensive. Mrs. O'Shaw was her usual self, refusing to answer questions that should and need to be answered. She kept falling back on the "I can't give you legal advice". None of us were asking for advice.DoubleActionCHL wrote: Kymberly and I attended the instructor renewal Tuesday and, I must admit, I was somewhat disappointed. Lt. Hitt did a pretty good job, but the presentations used haven't been changed in years. The misspellings haven't been corrected, and they're still teaching from pre-2007 statutes; the Castle Doctrine language (Section 9.32) was obsolete. Ms. O'Shaw refused to answer any questions on 46.02 concerning unlicensed carry, stating that she'll only discuss CHL related statutes. While the questions weren't terribly important, I was concerned that they won't explain or even discuss statutes that we're charged with discussing in our curriculum, and even appear on the test 3 times!
I came away from the class a little disenchanted, I chose to be an instructor, pay my money, pay my expenses, and take time away from my schedule to travel to Georgetown, because that is what they require from me. I don't need to be handled softly but, I certainly at a minimum expect the DPS's Instructors to be knowledgeable of the subject matter that they are supposed to be teaching and at least not be condescending. Everything at the range was fantastic. Kudos’s to Sgt. Dews for running a safe and efficient range and Sgt. Bamsch was very pleasant.
I miss Riddle, Holmes, Ripps and others from the past, it was obvious that they had pride in their program. I hope this is not a sign of where we are headed with the whole CHL Bureau.