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Took mine this past weekend at the Academy for Firearms Training off of Belt Line Rd.(the owners of this shop helped to author the CHL bill that we all now enjoy) I loved the class, but there were a few things that I wished had happened.
1. No discussion about proper child saftey precautions(I know they are faily self evident, but it was supposed to be covered.)
2. Couldn't use my own gun to qualify. I had a .40 PX4 and they only allowed true round-nosed ammunition. Since .40 isn't made with round nose, I had to use their GLOCK 9mm. It was "ok" but I'd never shot one and felt that I could have done better with the gun I have been using for months.
3. Alot of time was wasted rehashing things for the renewal folks that had been at the range. They had to go over the same things when another group got back. The repetitiveness was good, but a little boring. (they realize this is a problem, but since 70% of the class was renewals, they felt it was necessary)
4. Deescalation techniques weren't emphasized well enough. What was discussed was very good, but not really enough.

I highly recommend this place for obtaining your CHL. They are very knowledgable about the law and do a fairly good job of tying real-world stories in with the legal stuff. Out of 28,000 students, they have only had one go to jail for a shooting(he did the exact opposite of what he was taught. He openly told the instructor that he was only there to take the test so that he could carry a gun. So sad). A big bonus is that they have a Constable as an instructor, and a psycologist that works with inmates at a local MaxSec prison. Started with an "L", but I can't remember what it was. His insight into the mind of a criminal and how to spot dead giveaways of the "bad seed" and how to avoid them, was very good info to get. Avoiding the situation, or knowing that something is very likely to go down soon is always better than being completely caught off gaurd and not ready. Along with his psyc info, he offers a class in advanced protection tactics which are quick, effective, and so easy, he teaches them to children as young as 8yrs. old. These are things that FBI and undercover agents that he has had before, say that they have never seen in their training.(DAMN BUDGETS) It goes more in depth into the mind and makeup of a criminal and how to "mess" with them if you are ever in a confrontation. The criminal mind is normally very linear and if you (the victim) do things to throw off that linear expectation of how the event is supposed to happen, you gain the upper hand.
I know this is getting long, but one quick story:
I man who took this advanced class went home and showed his wife some of the things he learned. Six months later, he was out of town on business and a man(who later turned out to be a stalker and necropheliac) snuck into their house while whe was there alone. Krept up behind her while she was on the couch and grabbed her around the neck with such force that he cracked three vertebrae. With the few things that her husband had learned and taught her, she PERMANENTLY crippled her attacker, and did it with three fractured neck bones!!! The man returned to the CHL class with his wife about 4 months after so that she could get her CHL. That is where he stood up and told this story.
Needless to say, for the price offered to previous students, I will be signing up for this class ASAP.

txinvestigator wrote:

Alric wrote:My instructor wasn't up to date concerning gun laws recently passed. Not directly related to CHL, but neither of the two instructors in the class were aware of the Traveling definition recently passed. There were other things they said that cued me in on their outdatedness.

There was no definition of traveling recently passed.

Instructors have to renew every two years, so hopefully he will get his info updated this year when he renews.

Its not a definition per se, its a presumption. However, from reading a forum of Texas Distict Attorneys, some of them see it as a definition of some form. (thats not legally correct, but neither is ordering the arrest of a person who didn't break the law)