Springfield, VA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Rachel Malone, Texas Director of Gun Owners of America, responded to License to Carry (LTC) instructors who are opposing efforts to restore the right of self-defense in Texas, stating:
“Earlier today, a small contingent of License to Carry instructors sided with Bloomberg-funded organizations and opposed pending legislation to restore Texans’ right to carry a handgun without having to obtain a permit. We find it unconscionable that anyone in the firearms community would betray our liberties based on an obvious financial interest.
“As Chair James White and Representative Matt Schaefer stated earlier today, ‘Experience shows that residents will continue to voluntarily seek out training and licenses in permitless carry states, recognizing the benefits of instruction as well as acquiring and maintaining a license, for reciprocity with other states while traveling and other purposes.’
“We agree with Wallace Dunn, President of the Texas Concealed Handgun Association, who stated: ‘Training should not be a condition to exercising a constitutional right.’
“And we applaud instructors such as Jerah Hutchins, firearms instructor, GOA member, and Director of Training at Tier One security company, who stated: ‘Supporting Constitutional Carry as an LTC instructor is the difference between capitalism and greed. As instructors, our job is to teach and influence Texans to be responsible gun owners. This can be accomplished without an infringing licensure.’
“While Gun Owners of America encourages gun owners to obtain quality training, we would hate for any Texas gun owners to give their hard-earned money to the tiny fraction of instructors who actively fight against their core values. We urge our members to seek training from those who advocate in favor of our liberties and support Constitutional Carry.”
The following GOA spokespeople are available for interviews:
- Rachel Malone, Texas Director: [email protected], 512-937-3006 (text)
- Felisha Bull, Texas Deputy Director: [email protected], 832-622-8781 (text)
Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.
Shame on them. I’m tempted to get certified to train and then offer free classes.
I have been doing the firearms instruction thing ever since I showed up at PI as a PMI in 1973. I have been watching the trends and the surges in gun ownership and enthusiasm as well as the training trends for that entire time. What we see now are folks who are in it for the bucks and not necessarily out of a sense of duty to God and Country. That is our culture. The United States of Me, Myself and I. So one should not be surprised when folks sell out to the highest bidder. In this case Bloomberg… Read more »
LTC instructors, cops, and Republicans have been screwing Texas over when it comes to constitutional carry for over a decade. This legislative session is no different. There were two constitutional carry bills introduced as well as two compromised carry bills. Guess which ones made it out of committee.
They should have named names.
The alert on this mess is good but nobody knows who to avoid. I agree with Roy, you should have named names. Now, who was that traitor who sold out West Point during the war for independence?
Arm up and carry on
If you want names of the instructors, go to the Corpus Christi Caller Times web site, search on “Texas carry” — the article titled “Texas bill to allow unlicensed handgun carrying ‘a recipe for disaster,’ firearms trainers say” is the one you are looking for. One of the picture captions has all three names.