It is truly amazing and embarrasing how many instructors give their opinion over fact or law.
I was already a member here when I got my CHP, and my instructor stated "OC is legal, and you can do it if you choose. However, you will get hassled because you are scaring people. You will get arrested at some point for going armed to the terror of the public. And you will be the first one to die if the sh&% hits the fan because you are drawing that kind of attention to yourself going around acting like billy bad a$$".
So what he said was legally correct (you could get charged with gatttotp, and OC is legal) but full of his opinion.
My instructor was Kenny at Calibers indoor range. Because of his attitude, I will never spend another dollar of my money there. When I came in to sign up for the class and to qualify, he told me I needed to wait to strap that holster on until I was on the range. He then broke into a speech about how it was safer to put my gun on the shooting bench pointing down range than in my holster between firings. All while every single employee was OC behind the counter......
Sorry, just venting on the bad experience.
Good for you OP for correcting your instructor. I find that many in the CHP courses do take what their instructor says as fact and do not look for more info.