elebuttfish
Regular Member
I saw a news clip online about eliminating the 2 year requalification. Is this a possibility? The reason was to get NM in line with other states.
As soon as my daughter's house sells I will be back to NM. I have been looking into the classes and they are too tactical for me. I am/was a hand gun hunter from the Dave Cargo / Bruce King era. I figure if the 2 year requalify requirement was abolished then the rest of the law would seem reasonable.
I'm sure your right it is not that big a deal. One instructor that I looked into does not allow "single action" firearms to be used in his class. That is all I own.
As soon as my daughter's house sells I will be back to NM. I have been looking into the classes and they are too tactical for me. I am/was a hand gun hunter from the Dave Cargo / Bruce King era. I figure if the 2 year requalify requirement was abolished then the rest of the law would seem reasonable.
He will not allow "cowboy" western style handguns. My firearm useage is for recreational purposes only, not interested in "packin" when I go to the mall or anywhere else. When I put on my coat because I got cold and my gun is no longer visable I do not want to be in violation of the law. I have a CC permit here in Washington but I do not carry. It allows me to have it loaded in my truck.
Qualify? Sounds like a guaranteed moneymaker for the instructors. Has anyone ever asked if "qualifying" accomplishes anything worthwhile? How many times does one have to read about police firing X number of rounds at a suspect, and hitting the suspect once or twice? How many times does one have to read about some police officer "accidentally" shooting himself? Remember, these are the supposed experts.
Here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (definitely not the "Wild" West, although once upon a time it was the western frontier), to get a license which allows one to carry concealed (among other things), one must fill out a one-page application and fork over twenty bucks. Written test? None. Safety class? None. Firearms proficiency course? None. Fingerprints? None. Anything else? None. Over 700,000 residents possess a License to Carry Firearms. Problems? None.
What's your point?
You do what you have to do, if you want to have a license from this state. That's what we have to do, so those of use who want to, do it. .... But don't come in here and criticize, it does nothing constructive.
The point is, you have to lobby your elected representatives. Ask them why they don't trust the citizenry. Ask them why you have to jump through additional hoops when other states don't require the same. Ask them if their additional requirements actually accomplish anything. Please, if necessary, use Pennsylvania as an example.
In actuality, the requirements are not that big a deal. While they are more than yours, it's not so much of a burden in the grand scheme of things.