I don't know who said it but someone wrote something about walking out of a gun shop with a LICENSE in an hour.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
That would be Shamless .... shooting his mouth off again. And then Speedo chimes in with the "reduction" of training bullshit based on legislation passed "1 or 2" years ago, citing an article about legislation filed in late 2014, which mentioned legislation passed 2013, which DID NOT reduce training .. only segregated the "academic" portion to ASSURE a MINIMUM was compelled on training providers to ASSURE the potential licencees got the "book learning" part before they "qualified" for the cowboy swagger!
BTW: There is a trend in Texas, anyway, for licensing exams to be done on computers, whether online or offline and then uploaded. There are a couple of reasons ... a record of the testing administered AND consistency ... it also reduces "instructor assisted" answering of the testing and if done in a "testing center" environment, a control over the materials that can be used to cheat.
Technology? It doesn't necessarily mean a "relaxation" of the standards or qualifications.