Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder

[Oldgringo]

Guys,

This ain't good!


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[Beiruty]

Family violence. It does happen so many times is US.

[boomerang]

The mobile home had been converted to a makeshift gun range.

[Skiprr]

We don't know details and probably never will. But I agree with Oldgringo: this ain't good for us good guys.

Ain't good at all.

[bryang]

I agree, I don't see how this can come out anything other than a problem for us when the antis get a hold of it.

-geo

[A-R]

This will be a black eye for us all. But not much we can do about it. Stuff happens. I would still put the crime stats of CHL holders against the general public any day.

Feel bad for the woman and her family.

[longtooth]

You are correct about the crime stats for CHLers against even the antis.
Trouble w/ that is they wont tell that story.

This one is not a black eye. It is a real wound to our cause even though he did not use his CHL or instructor status to do the crime.

[lws380]

I'd like to see the gun range from a converted mobile home.

I think Jeff Foxworthy just got some more material. "If you convert your mobile home to a shooting range, you may be a redneck".

[seamusTX]

Maybe we will never know what evil or madness led to this killing.

But here are a couple of counterpoints:

Yesterday, a former Houston police officer was found guilty for the second time in the murder-for-hire of his estranged wife in 1994. His first conviction was overturned on appeal.

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Last week, a city council member in Helotes was arrested for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

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As I've said many times, no license, certification, college degree, or sworn oath is a guarantee against evil; and no law can prevent it.

- Jim

[AEA]

I'd like to see the gun range from a converted mobile home.

I wondered about this myself........
Both of them being CHL Instructors, I would assume their range was approved by DPS. I would like to see/know what criteria allowed their Trailer/Range to be approved.

[seamusTX]

P.S.: When I see a guy go off the deep end this way, who is 61 years old, has a clean criminal record, no history of mental illness or drug or alcohol abuse, I have to suspect Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. Alzheimer's usually kicks in at later ages, but it is not unheard of even in the 50s.

- Jim

[bdickens]

Something definitely weird is going on.

[lrb111]

I'd like to see the gun range from a converted mobile home.

I wondered about this myself........
Both of them being CHL Instructors, I would assume their range was approved by DPS. I would like to see/know what criteria allowed their Trailer/Range to be approved.

DPS does not approve ranges, now. CHL instructors can establish them themselves.

[seamusTX]

The only DPS requirement for ranges is that they conform to all local, state, and federal regulations and allow shooting at 15 yards.

I can easily see a trailer being set up as an indoor range. The story says trailer, not mobile home. You can get old truck trailers pretty cheap.

If I were inclined to look for bias, I would say that mentioning the trailer is snobby, as well as irrelevant to the story.

- Jim

[AEA]

WRONG! - The story says mobile home! Read it again:

"Cook and his wife were both state licensed firearms instructors and taught concealed weapons classes in a mobile home on the couple’s property. The mobile home had been converted to a makeshift gun range.".

I was just wondering as I know that DPS used to have to approve ranges for CHL instruction

And as far as being bias, that was not my intention and as a matter of fact, I live in a Mobile Home ("trailer")myself!