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My CHL instructor invited those of us about to take his class, to a range
session to do some shooting. This was just a practice session, not a qualifier day.

One couple had a Glock 9mm, model unknown to me. The guy OK-accurate with it,
but the girlfriend could only hit the paper target with 35 of her 50
rounds. Her qualifying day target didn't look much better but I didn't have a
chance to count the 2nd day's target carefully.

A married couple that took the class together had a neighbor friend who is
some kind of federal LEO. He told them to get a Sig Sauer. So they go to
Cheaper Than Dirt Guns in Fort Worth and plunk down <$900?> for a brand new
Sig, model unknown to me. Maybe a P226.

The wife was to shoot her qualifying round before the husband. She loads a
fully charged magazine, attempts to shoot, and gets nada. No bang when she
hits the bang button. My CHL instructor intervenes, carefully takes control
of the Sig, and hits the mag release. He immediately realized why it wouldn't
fire when he dropped the mag because the bullets were pointed AT HIM instead
of the correct way.

A $900 brand new Sig and she loaded the mag backwards! It did shoot the rest
of the qualifying rounds that day, but I always wonder if she damaged something.

My CHL instructor didn't happen to tell me of anyone he failed, but he did refuse to
take a petite older lady as a customer. She wanted to sign up for the class but he said
NO when she showed him her new purchase. She had no prior handgun experience,
went to a gun show to buy something, and for some strange reason she bought a
GINORMOUS .357 revolver. The grips were for some large-handed man.