Thanks. You have perfectly articulated my thoughts on the subject. This is also tied to my concern with the ON-LINE Basic Pistol class that NRA tried and is now, apparently, pulling back on a little. Throughout my life, I have been in quite a few face to face classes as well as countless hours of required on-line instruction (in fact I am in the process of completing my biennial required refresher on-line training to renew my flight instructor certificates). On-Line for LTC has merit as a refresher, but not for the actual licensing. In my classes, particularly the firearms safety portion, I have students demonstrate safe handling techniques as well as sighting (using blue guns). We also cover safety checks. This saves quite a bit of time on the range and allows me to evaluate whether the student has paid attention to my instruction.