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I had an online student come get his shooting proficiency with me.

He had a copy of the LTC101 from the online provider. I should have filled it out.

I elected to fill out the proficiency part of the LTC100 and provide that to him I have done that several times in the past when students have taken the Classroom portion from another instructor and come to me to show proficiency.

DPS bounced it back. On closer examination, the 'shooting' instructor has to sign the LTC101 twice, once attesting he has provided 1-2 hours of instructions and once to attest they successfully showed proficiency.

FYI.


jack

"It's likely that some of the actual instructors are not actually gun guys at all, but work for a company whose owner took the necessary courses to be authorized to sign off on the forms. I would bet that the online process was started by a member of the legislature who was taken to an expensive golf course by a lobbyist hired by Sylvan, or another mass provider of online courses so they can get into this market."

I doubt that. There are 10 course providers listed by DPS. None appear to be famous.

I reviewed one of the online courses.
First there are no controls. Ever take an online Defensive driving course? Every once in awhile, it asks you personal questions - birthdate, d/l number, etc. If you don't answer correctly and quickly, you get kicked off, have to call to get restarted. This course is 4 or 5 videos, start, go mow the yard, come back, start the next. Or set your 10 year old in front of computer, 'let me know when it finishes". I was surprised DPS authorized it.
A couple of criticisms:
He emphasizes the pulling your gun is considered Force, not deadly force, but he does not caution them to NOT point it at the aggressor.
He uses SERPA holsters as examples of retention holsters. I reached out, suggested he use different models. He was dismissal, very hostile. Said nothing is wrong with SERPA holsters, it's a training issue. How much 'training' of these LTC's going to get?