I took my class at Red's in Austin (the south location). We went from 8am to about 10pm. The instructor, Calvin Tidwell is a retired LEO and manages the Red's north location. I thought he did a very good job covering the law and tempering enthusiasm by exploring some scenarios and what the subsequent time with the Grand Jury would be like. He was tough on the range and did cover the NRA safety rules, weaver, modified weaver, etc. While he didn't direct me to this forum, he did leave me with a desire to learn much more and get more training.koolaid wrote:I think if they'd bump the requirement up to a mandatory 15 hours, or drop them down to 8 this problem would stop because they would either be forced to do two day classes, or there would be enough time at the end of normal business hours to take care of the extra stuff. With 10 hours everyone still wants a one day class, but who wants to stay in a classroom for 13 hours in one day...students or instructors? None, apparently.AWB09 wrote:Maybe it's supposed to be, but from the stories I hear it's common for instructors to spend hours on the "procedural" and short change the teaching. Look how many people "pass" their CHL class and have no clue about where is off limits, confuse the castle doctrine with the motorist protection act, believe the "one drop" rule, and so on.sjfcontrol wrote:The "procedural" time (filling out forms, pictures, fingerprints, etc) is not supposed to be counted toward the 10 hours of class time. That's supposed to be instructional time only.
-davidtx