So I have a choice of two different places relatively nearby to take a CCW class.

Besides cost which is easy to compare, what should I be asking to help make the determination of which instructor/shop to use? Thanks!

This post has been edited by cc2001: January 11th 2010 7:27 PM

Credentials!!
What other classes and schools have they taken?
Any competition experience?
Any law enforcement background?
How open-minded are they? (Is their way the ONLY way or should you seek other opinions?)

How long have they been teaching?

Do they ACTUALLY carry a gun?

References? Have you met anyone who's taken their class?

bc

Perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks BC

Oh, and run from any "instructor" who hides any of the above.

bc

I would vote references as the # 1 checkout tool.

I took my class with the Boyd Co. Sheriff's Dept. (KY) Lead Firearms Instructor! 'Bout as good as you could get on THAT end of the Commowealth in 1999!

Here in Florida it doesn't matter. The CCW class is nothing more than a lecture about the places you can and cannot carry and BASIC firearms safety.

You don't even need to qualify with a weapon. Kind of a joke if you ask me. Notice that it is CCW and not CCF. You are being licensed to carry practically anything that is a weapon.

That's most states, however if you look hard enough, you can find classes that go beyond the state curriculum.

The basic thing I looked for is does the class go into not just gun safety, where you can carry, and can you shoot but WHEN you should shoot.

That was one of the best classes I ever took. It would have been very disappointing had they stuck to the state mandated minimum which is no more than what you posted.

Tj