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74novaman wrote:

Zen wrote: What about those that get a CHL, but just keep that little wheel/pocket gun in a pocket holster or purse, but never go to the range? What impact does it have when there are CHL holders that haven't shot since they were certified?

There is a risk there. 1) They can hurt/kill someone due to their lack of training and practice. 2) They can raise doubts to the validity of the CHL program as a whole and give fodder for the anti-gun folks.

I would rather be inconvenienced by renewal testing than have these individuals become that risk.

The simple answer is that we have other state examples to guide us on whether or not this would be an issue.

Indiana has a lifetime CHL. Vermont, Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming all have Constitutional Carry (no license or training of any sort needed to carry concealed)

I haven't seen any dire reports of untrained and underpracticed citizens getting into bad situations in any of those states.

This seems to be a phenomena prevalent when the subject is guns. Each state that eventually got CHL passed had the same horrific predictions of blood in the streets etc... Each state seemed oblivious to the experience of their neighbors. A bloody battle in Arkansas recently over church carry, despite the fact that none of the predicted horrors happened elsewhere. Campus carry, open carry, restaurant carry, parking lot bills, constitutional carry...each state acts like it is inventing the wheel and gambling with apocalyptic disaster despite the fact that somewhere else, usually close by, they have the risky item in place with no problems. Strange.