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Soccerdad1995 wrote:

warnmar10 wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I think we have beaten this horse pretty much to death.

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You're not from around here are you.

Yes, we have, but to continue does make the meat tender.
As an instructor I am willing to allow any firearm that the ATF has qualified as a handgun. The state of Texas defines a handgun as
CHAPTER 46. WEAPONS
Sec. 46.01. DEFINITIONS.
(5) "Handgun" means any firearm that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand.
It does not say it must be fired multiple times with one hand, so if the ATF says it is a handgun then it is a handgun and I will allow it. As with all firearms the student must show the safe operation of the handgun. Over the years, I have only made 3 students shoot one handed, but that is because they only had one hand.(they did very well) If someone showed up with three hands I would not make them use all three, but then again I would not stop them.

I read nothing about the spirit of the law in the text of the handbook. If it is a pistol and is 22 caliber or bigger then it can be used. The only decision I see an instructor having is, can it be done safely without endangering others around them. If they are not proficient in the handling of the pistol especially (an unusual style) you do not have to give them another chance, just tell them to use something else. I was told by one DPS instructor that a student could use a two shot derringer, but they would have the same time constraints as anyone else.