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 right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.
— James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789