MedWheeler
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I'd like to hear from those of you who took gun classes specifically for obtaining your carry permit. I understand these classes can vary greatly, with some being fairly extensive, and others not even requiring a firearm be discharged. Did you take yours at a gun show? In a store (Dick's, Gander Mountain, etc)? Through a private instructor?
Don't worry. If you took what you think was a "cheesy" class, we'll collectively assume you went on to get more and better training, and we won't disparage you or the class. It's just that someone in another thread I didn't want to hijack got me to thinking about this. I did take one, though I had LE experience. Mine was through a private instructor, a retired Army major, and fifty rounds were involved. I took it for my "G" license, as I was thinking about becoming an armed guard, and I didn't know at the time my LE card would have sufficed. I think the course was 16 hours long (two weekend days.)
Don't worry. If you took what you think was a "cheesy" class, we'll collectively assume you went on to get more and better training, and we won't disparage you or the class. It's just that someone in another thread I didn't want to hijack got me to thinking about this. I did take one, though I had LE experience. Mine was through a private instructor, a retired Army major, and fifty rounds were involved. I took it for my "G" license, as I was thinking about becoming an armed guard, and I didn't know at the time my LE card would have sufficed. I think the course was 16 hours long (two weekend days.)
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