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KC5AV wrote:

MasterOfNone wrote:

Pawpaw wrote:we have instructors who will make up their own rules just because they don't like the new technology.

Though some have expressed their own opinions of lasers, I don't think any of them are making up rules. DPS doesn't allow their use, and the admin rules prohibit them.

Agreed. No one is making up rules. When I took the instructor course last summer, they specifically mentioned that lasers were not to be used in our classes.

Pawpaw wrote:

KC5AV wrote:

MasterOfNone wrote:

Pawpaw wrote:we have instructors who will make up their own rules just because they don't like the new technology.

Though some have expressed their own opinions of lasers, I don't think any of them are making up rules. DPS doesn't allow their use, and the admin rules prohibit them.

Agreed. No one is making up rules. When I took the instructor course last summer, they specifically mentioned that lasers were not to be used in our classes.

Yours is the first post I've seen here that says that. One said that since DPS doesn't allow instructors to use them, he wouldn't let his students use them.

I'm not an instructor, so I don't know. What do the DPS published rules say on the subject? I'm just curious.

MasterOfNone wrote:I do not allow students to use them because:
37 Administrative Code:

RULE §6.11: Proficiency Requirements
(a) The proficiency demonstration course will be the same for both instructors and license applications....

and

RULE §6.73: Equipment
An instructor applicant must bring the following required equipment to training: one non semi-automatic handgun; one semi-automatic handgun; ammunition; ear protection (over-the-ear) and eye protection; other appropriate protective clothing; and other equipment as determined by the department. Handguns must be at least .32 caliber semi-automatic or .38 caliber non-semi-automatic. No optical enhancers will be allowed.