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Texas lawmaker’s bill cuts concealed gun training hours and ‘proficiency’ requirements
"Why read words when you can just kill stuff the words tell you about?"
A Republican state representative in Texas is calling to cut the number of hours of training required to obtain a concealed-carry permit by more than half, but shooting instructors say that the proposal would create a public safety hazard.
State Rep. Dan Flynn (R) recently introduced House Bill 47, which would reduce class hours from 10 hours to four, and remove the requirement for instruction on handgun “proficiency.”
The lawmaker told WFAA on Tuesday that the proposal would eliminate some of the hassle for the record number of Texans now trying to acquire permission to conceal a weapon.
“You spend a lot of time taking breaks, you spend a lot of time hearing stories,” he explained. “A lot of people who want to get their license, they have to take a day off of work or they have to take a whole Saturday to go do this, when four hours, range time, you can do the same thing and it accomplishes it.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/27/texas-lawmakers-bill-cuts-concealed-gun-training-hours-and-proficiency-requirements/
State Rep. Dan Flynn (R) recently introduced House Bill 47, which would reduce class hours from 10 hours to four, and remove the requirement for instruction on handgun “proficiency.”
The lawmaker told WFAA on Tuesday that the proposal would eliminate some of the hassle for the record number of Texans now trying to acquire permission to conceal a weapon.
“You spend a lot of time taking breaks, you spend a lot of time hearing stories,” he explained. “A lot of people who want to get their license, they have to take a day off of work or they have to take a whole Saturday to go do this, when four hours, range time, you can do the same thing and it accomplishes it.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/27/texas-lawmakers-bill-cuts-concealed-gun-training-hours-and-proficiency-requirements/