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What would be refreshing is to hear of someone conducting such training presenting a balanced "diet" of informationregarding OC vs. CC without injecting hearsay and personal opinion. My own training included statements to the effect thatOC will get one arrested for "brandishing" and subsequently losing their permit because it is a felony. The trainer is former LEO, so his opinion held some weight with the class. I decided to check it out on my own and, happily,found this forum.
I'd like to hear, you know, something along the lines of (also drawing on a heated discussion on another thread here):
"More and morepeople are also openly carrying their handguns, which according to the most widely held interpretation ofCO and localstatutes is perfectly legal anywhere it's legal to carry a weapon at all, with the exception of Denver City/County and those places properly posted with signage prohibiting it. Some believe it to be 'over the top', 'wild wild west', or 'cowboy' to do so. Some believe that many metro area municipalities' ordinances place them in the same realm as Denver in it's complete ban on open carry. My opinion on the matter is my own, and I won't share it here. I will neither encourage it nor discourage it. The choice is up to you, research the statutes yourself, read the ordinances yourself, then decide if it's for you. You can find many resources in the Internet to help you make this decision. Regardless of your decision, there are many places where CC is your only legal option for being armed, among them are..."
That preserves the perception that a CHP is "necessary" and the resultant need for the current training. (Which I would think wouldbe why a lot of instructors don't present OC as legal--people wouldn't need their class!)
[/b]Hmmm.... Maybe I should get certified as an instructor. I've already had people assume I was an instructor when I washelping relatives shoot for the first time. (I was a technical school instructor in the USAF for several years, so I've had some experience training people) Shouldn't be too hard to dothen, right?
What would be refreshing is to hear of someone conducting such training presenting a balanced "diet" of informationregarding OC vs. CC without injecting hearsay and personal opinion. My own training included statements to the effect thatOC will get one arrested for "brandishing" and subsequently losing their permit because it is a felony. The trainer is former LEO, so his opinion held some weight with the class. I decided to check it out on my own and, happily,found this forum.
I'd like to hear, you know, something along the lines of (also drawing on a heated discussion on another thread here):
"More and morepeople are also openly carrying their handguns, which according to the most widely held interpretation ofCO and localstatutes is perfectly legal anywhere it's legal to carry a weapon at all, with the exception of Denver City/County and those places properly posted with signage prohibiting it. Some believe it to be 'over the top', 'wild wild west', or 'cowboy' to do so. Some believe that many metro area municipalities' ordinances place them in the same realm as Denver in it's complete ban on open carry. My opinion on the matter is my own, and I won't share it here. I will neither encourage it nor discourage it. The choice is up to you, research the statutes yourself, read the ordinances yourself, then decide if it's for you. You can find many resources in the Internet to help you make this decision. Regardless of your decision, there are many places where CC is your only legal option for being armed, among them are..."
That preserves the perception that a CHP is "necessary" and the resultant need for the current training. (Which I would think wouldbe why a lot of instructors don't present OC as legal--people wouldn't need their class!)
[/b]Hmmm.... Maybe I should get certified as an instructor. I've already had people assume I was an instructor when I washelping relatives shoot for the first time. (I was a technical school instructor in the USAF for several years, so I've had some experience training people) Shouldn't be too hard to dothen, right?
