For two decades, Chris Bird has been an instructor, licensed by the State of Texas, and has taught the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) course to many Texans. With the advent of open carry, the program is now called the License To Carry (LTC) course.
Bird is a qualified NRA instructor and he has also been an adjunct instructor at Tac Pro Shooting Center.
[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.