I started this in another group and people were having cats. I got my LTC (License to Carry). [View all]

[jimmil]

I'm no gun nut nor second amendment blowhard. Matter of fact the only reason I got one is because of all the right wing nuts that are running around. With open carry here in Texas it's only a matter of time before something happens.

So I take the course and a child can pass it. There is no need to even know how to handle a gun. You are tested on targets three feet wide and 5 feet long at 1 yard, 5 yards, and 7 yards with 15 shots total. You don't even have to hit the target every time you fire. That's it! There is no proficiency on simply handling a gun, nothing about how to check a gun to make sure it is unloaded, nothing about cleaning a gun and gun safety. You could literally pull a gun out of wrapping paper, they would load it for you, and all you would have to do was point near the target. You don't have to know anything.

In the classroom part there is really very little about laws. They go over once where you are allowed to wear your gun which is just about anywhere except a school, federal building, court, racetrack, airport,or voting booth. They really went over what bars you can carry your gun into. Texas used to have a strict rule, no guns in bars. Now that is changed and they go over and over it exactly what bars you can go into. It's really crazy that they emphasize that.

Now, they devoted exactly TWO sentences, that is TWO with a 2, sentences of how to avoid a shooting situation. The most important thing I would think needed to be stressed the most was less than 30 seconds of classroom time. They then jumped into when you can shoot a person.

The main part of the class was spent trying to sell an insurance policy, Firearms Legal Protection. Over an hour+ was spent telling war stories and telling us how great it is to have this insurance. Also a good bit of time was spent telling stories of how the left wing wants to come get your guns so you need to be ready. Be ready for what? A showdown at the OK ice cream stand?

The last part of the class was going over how many concealed weapons we should carry into various venues like Walmart. He said at least two concealed weapons were needed. Walking downtown required four. It was straight out of bizarroworld. I came out of that class more scared of the gun nuts walking around than I ever have been.

The Concealed Carry or whatever you want to call it is nothing but a charade. There is nothing that makes the carrier any more safe with a gun nor does it make the general public any more safe from those carrying a gun.