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We (CHL forum members) could create the Texas Professional Concealed Handgun Association. We would elect a board of directors and create professional levels of training, both practical and classroom. We could have members apply for levels of different levels of status that show progressive amounts of experience/training and assisting others.

The board would review applicants for the "status levels" training and other requirements and issue applicable certificates of status.

For example, the Texas PI association (TALI) is a private association and not affiliated with the state. TALI created standards of conduct, training and skills, and has a status called "TALI Professional Investigator" that the state allows to be placed with the state PI title. Hiring a PI with TPI after the title insures that your investigator has proven his experience, skills and knowledge to his peers.

Part of the status would be regular qualifications.

Some of you smart folks could perhaps come up with an Acronym that would describe the association and be cool.

Its just not going to happen. Cops, who are much more likely to use a firearm, only have to qualify yearly. Security Guards only every two years.

It was just in '05 that the CHL renewal time increased.

seamusTX wrote:Or maybe what the instructor said wasn't what Mr. Bug heard.

I have misunderstood people many times.
- Jim

LOL Anyone married has experienced that.

mrbug wrote:During my CHL class over the weekend my instructor told us that monthly requirements for range time and shooting qualifications was coming in the near future. Has anyone else heard of this?

You instructor was either pulling your leg, or seriously misinformed.

However, I think DPS may be having some fun with instructors this year. A friend's wife went to the Instructor school, and after day one called her husband (my friend) and told him that THIS year instructors had to shoot kneeling, prone, do timed reloads, and run before shooting.

He told her she was either crazy or mis-heard, but she insisted that is what DPS said during the day in the classroom. Of course, they shot the regular course of fire once they got to the range.

So maybe DPS is having some fun pulling legs, and SOME students are missing it when they announce the truth, or reveal the joke.

I dunno.