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Originally Posted by MOUNTAINORACLE
If you want to pay $50.00 or more for a Utah Class that has no firing range time and is a waste of money go for it!!!
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None of the state's with training mandates include any worthwhile range time except for possibly Texas IIRC.
I attended the Arizona CFP class while at Gunsite several years ago. It was a two day class but Gunsite's syllabus far exceeded the AZ minimum requirements. IOW Gunsite "added" quite a bit of practical skills and techniques because they found the AZ standards so lacking (which BTW is typical of most training standards in states that require them).
Big Dog, the one day handgun class we offer which you recently attended doesn't adequately prepare someone to carry a firearm in public and use it proficiently but that is simply an issue of inadequate time to hone the skills taught. Contrast what we teach in that class vs. the PA hunter safety course which FL accepts as "training".
The bottom line is none of the states except Texas have adequate training standards.