The purpose of CCW training is not to make you into an effective gunfighter, the purpose of the training is to make sure you know the safety rules and the laws surrounding armed self defense so that you are both safe and legal when carrying.

The purpose of MANDATING training for CCW was so the CCW law could get past the liberals, moderates and other statists in the legislature so the law would exist in the first place.

Frankly I think the best way to handle it would be like your drivers license. You don't have to go to an expensive driving school to get your license, you just have to pass a multiple choice written test (for which you are provided a workbook to help you prepare). Maybe for your first CCW you should have to shoot a qualifying (the equivalent of the in-car drivers' test) but once you have your permit all you should have to do is demonstrate your understanding of the 4 safety rules and the legal ins and outs of carrying (what weapons can be carried, where you can carry, when lethal force is justified, etc).


It seems to me the added expense of a training course smacks me of the root of all gun control laws; keeping "undesirables" (ie: poor and non white) from obtaining a license to carry.