here's what's happening right now at 10
a channel 2 investigates exclusive
undercover inside a license to carry
class where you don't even have to fire
around but what kind of license are you
actually getting Russell
we talk to us for a second Russell
investigator Joe lies and Bob discovered
the class does not meet state standards
and he confronted the instructor who
gave Joel an earful it was quick it was
easy and it was cheap just a hundred
dollars and a few hours of our time to
get a license but there's a big twist to
this story channel 2 investigates went
undercover inside that classroom
good evening I'm Dominique Sachse I'm
bill diaster thank you for joining us
tonight investigator Joe Liza mom
reveals what makes this class different
and he caught up with the instructor who
had some choice words and a special hand
gesture for our camera it's a road trip
to get there 60 miles east of Houston on
the outskirts of Dayton Texas it's a
business with the feel of a compound and
inside this small steel building we're
about to qualify to carry big iron this
same class has helped thousands of
Texans get a license to carry a gun open
carry concealed carry it doesn't matter
it's the same license
all we really need today is cash and
even though we were told to bring our ID
nobody checks it
not even this Dayton police captain
who's taking fingerprints for the FBI
criminal background check over four
hours we do get some meaningful
instruction but we also get lots of
other stuff including an insurance
seminar a policy to cover you when you
shoot someone
we even got an offer to buy guns
directly from our instructor our license
to carry teacher is Russell medley we
checked and medley is certified by the
state of Texas to instruct such courses
the thing is medleys found a loophole I
talked to you like three years ago
remember that
I remember you sent me up and making his
business look bad two years ago we
remember it a little bit differently
sure we took mental ease class in 2016
then it was held inside a crowded buffet
restaurant and that includes the
shooting portion that was it over four
hours we handled a gun for less than 20
seconds and shot a blank strange because
by law Texas license to carry courses
require you take 50 shots with live
rounds so here's the rub
you see Florida allows people who don't
live in Florida to get a Florida license
to carry and their qualification
language in that state is much looser
than ours turns out that's no problem
though
Texas recognizes that easier to obtain
Florida license through something called
reciprocity if you're turning out
thousands of people who don't have any
proficiency with the gun now getting a
CHL some people think that's a problem I
give them safe handling instructions and
must as their instructor see them
demonstrate that in a safe handling and
the discharge the weapon you are
watching the entirety of that firearms
instruction no aim one squeeze and
you're done just fill out the provided
paperwork submit your fingerprints that
you just got without using your ID and
mail it all to Florida whatever you
think about guns it's an end-around of
Texas law says state senator john
Whitmire a democrat it's alarming this
practice of giving a florida license and
reciprocity with little or no training
his exist when we did this story back in
2016 you said you were gonna work on
this issue and I did work on it and I
haven't given up and I thought certainly
I could get support for but it doesn't
exist
mentally seems to know that and when we
brought up the Senators concerns he put
it plainly will senator Widmar school
why not teach the Texas course
is a lot easier for people medley here
is among thousands of Texans who favor
so-called Constitutional Carry that's
carrying a gun with no license needed so
far that kind of legislation hasn't
gotten enough support medley sees his
course as the next best option
Joel Eisen bomb KPRC Channel 2 News