nightmare69 wrote:
Add timed shooting from anchor point, reloads, and shooting from 40yrds. When my fiancé took her CHL course I went along and go to shoot during their proficiency. It was like taking a 1st grade spelling test.
Now there's something I've wrestled with forever, both as an LTC holder and an instructor. While I completely support the idea of any gun any where in principle, I've always felt that if we're going to bother to have a "certification" or "qualification" it should mean something.
I think most if not all instructors are better teachers than what the proficiency exams (written AND practical) allow us to show. If I tried, I could get insulted by the level to which I have to "dial it down." Of course, I don't want to "raise the bar" to legal carry either.
It's a paradox.
I have long advocated a test similar to IDPA's classifier as a practical exam. It's 90 rounds, some on the move, some standing, different targets, different positions, several draws and a couple of reloads. The problem I come up with is where to draw the pass/fail mark. I'd like to have everyone who carries a gun with a mind toward self defense to run that stage, just to understand what it's all about and the necessary manipulations. It's not hard, but it's no cake-walk either. It's nothing that the average person couldn't perform after a solid day with a decent instructor.
I now step off my soapbox and return to the thread topic.
I'm all about LEO and LTC carrying in the same places. I'm nameable to an on-duty/off-duty distinction in that context...I think.
And as for the 51% issue: Tennessee has no such restriction, but does have the caveat of no alcohol on board while carrying. I think I am OK with that too...the zero alcohol line removes any "officer's discretion" from carrying under the influence. It works for commercial drivers and pilots just fine.
