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Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:59 pm
by seamusTX
Bad4zzCh1ck wrote:So here's a question maybe one of you can answer.. When you get a driver's license renewed you don't have to take a class or a test each time. Why is it that you have to take a class each time you renew your CHL?
When the CHL law was written, a lot precautions were built in. It was a very difficult uphill slog that failed several times until Gov. George W. Bush signed it in 1995.
Now you can skip the class on the third, fifth, etc., renewal. Look here:
http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... =7&t=12269&
- Jim
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:34 pm
by Jeremae
My advise is to not worry about the written material/test but to practice your shooting skills as much as possible.
Not because shooting test is difficult but because I think everyone should shoot as much as possible and it makes a good excuse. The last couple weeks before I took class, I upped my practice sessions to every night instead of every 2-3 days and when my wife complained I said" But Honey... I need to practice before my CHL test...."
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:44 pm
by LarryH
To add to Jeremae's post:
"Shooting skills" includes safe gun handling practices, not just hitting the target. My instructor implied that more people fail his qualification course for doing something unsafe than for missing the target.
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:41 pm
by Bad4zzCh1ck
I did it!! I took the class and qualified for my CHL. I have to say that you guys were right. There really isn't a need to study for the written test. If you pay attention in the class, you'll have all of the information that you need to successfully complete the written test. I must say, however, that I think people should have a little practical application with a handgun prior to taking the class. Not because they don't cover the basics in class, they do... just because you'll be nervous enough about the test without the added stress of handling a firearm for the very first time when you're trying to qualify. (Nothing like an inexperienced, nervous individual with a firearm during a stressful situation.) I was concerned that with my very limited experience and knowledge I was going to make a fool of myself. Thankfully, this wasn't the case. I was lucky enough to have been introduced to the basics... always treating a firearm as though its loaded, keeping it pointed down the line of fire, loading a magazine, locking and loading, racking the pistol, aiming, clearing the pistol.... all before I went to take my CHL class. I recommend that everyone does the same. I was surprised to find that there were people at the class who had never handled a pistol. You wouldn't show up to a driver's ed class without a basic understanding of how to operate a vehicle, would you?
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:23 pm
by seamusTX
Congratulations.
Now the endless wait begins.
- Jim
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:53 pm
by Rokyudai
Congrats Bad! Keep practicing!
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:28 pm
by Crossfire
Bad4zzCh1ck wrote: You wouldn't show up to a driver's ed class without a basic understanding of how to operate a vehicle, would you?
Well...actually, you would. That's why you take driver's ed - to learn to drive. And unfortunately, some people think you take a CHL class to learn to shoot.
Good for you that you weren't one of them!
Re: CHL Class Prep
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:41 pm
by Bad4zzCh1ck
llwatson wrote:Bad4zzCh1ck wrote: You wouldn't show up to a driver's ed class without a basic understanding of how to operate a vehicle, would you?
Well...actually, you would. That's why you take driver's ed - to learn to drive. And unfortunately, some people think you take a CHL class to learn to shoot.
Good for you that you weren't one of them!
Hmmm... I guess some people would. Personally, I think whether its a car or a gun, you should have a basic understanding about the 'equipment' you are about to 'operate'. Is that really such an unusual approach?
