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I'm sure my opinion will be unpopular but oh well, so be it.

We can sit here and argue about it being an infringement, 2A is my license, bah, blah, blah. Fact is nobody is going to change anything today, tomorrow, maybe not ever so we have to deal with what we have.

I believe the system we have in place is flawed. I strongly believe in the classroom portion, I myself learned a lot. Laws are always changing and we should keep up with the changes regularly. Believe it or not guys, every CHL holder is not as dedicated to education, training, etc... as the group of guys on this forum. I know, shocking isn't it. There are a lot of people out there walking around with guns that are clueless and IMO just as dangerous as the people that we are trying to defend ourselves against. Not everyone os going to take responsibility to keep up with the current laws, spend time at the range, or even take a defensive gun course. The people that are willing to do that represent a small group of the CHL holders.

Now I'm all against government intrusion into our lives but those are the facts. I believe the following changes should be made:

1) Yearly refresher course on the Penal Code including changes to the law. This can be something as simple as a 2 hour online course for free or even a small fee.
2) The CHL range qualification is a joke. I can't believe anyone would fail that test, and if they do they don't deserve to carry a gun. I would propose that at renewal time, a defensive firearms course should be taken rather than a re qualification of the same CHL range test.

As a Journeyman electrician I am required to take a yearly CE class in order to maintain my electrical license.

As a nurse, my wife is required to take yearly CE classes to maintain her nursing license.

I don't think it's unreasonable to require the same of someone bearing the responsibility of carrying a deadly weapon on them.

Flame away if you wish but that is my opinion.

I'm sure my opinion will be unpopular but oh well, so be it.

We can sit here and argue about it being an infringement, 2A is my license, bah, blah, blah. Fact is nobody is going to change anything today, tomorrow, maybe not ever so we have to deal with what we have.

I believe the system we have in place is flawed. I strongly believe in the classroom portion, I myself learned a lot. Laws are always changing and we should keep up with the changes regularly. Believe it or not guys, every CHL holder is not as dedicated to education, training, etc... as the group of guys on this forum. I know, shocking isn't it. There are a lot of people out there walking around with guns that are clueless and IMO just as dangerous as the people that we are trying to defend ourselves against. Not everyone os going to take responsibility to keep up with the current laws, spend time at the range, or even take a defensive gun course. The people that are willing to do that represent a small group of the CHL holders.

Now I'm all against government intrusion into our lives but those are the facts. I believe the following changes should be made:

1) Yearly refresher course on the Penal Code including changes to the law. This can be something as simple as a 2 hour online course for free or even a small fee.
2) The CHL range qualification is a joke. I can't believe anyone would fail that test, and if they do they don't deserve to carry a gun. I would propose that at renewal time, a defensive firearms course should be taken rather than a re qualification of the same CHL range test.

As a Journeyman electrician I am required to take a yearly CE class in order to maintain my electrical license.

As a nurse, my wife is required to take yearly CE classes to maintain her nursing license.

I don't think it's unreasonable to require the same of someone bearing the responsibility of carrying a deadly weapon on them.

Flame away if you wish but that is my opinion.