And Now Comes the Yellow Cat - After Being Paged
Greeting to my Students,
I anticipated a development such as this and have a solution. It has some drawbacks however as not everyone who has taken my UT CFP course signed in on the sign in document. Ethically, I can only provide this solution to those students who did actually sign up online or signed in on my sign-in roster. If you took my UT CFP Course and did not sign in, and did not send in your application, a scan or photocopy of your application with my signature and Official State of Utah Seal will serve as proof of taking the class and I will issue the supplemental Cert.
For those of you who took my advice and did actually apply for your UT CFP, the UT CFP is adequate proof of training under WI Act 35. For those of you who didn't - get off your duffs and do it NOW. If the application arrives at UT BCI before November 1, 2011, UT will issue a CFP. If it arrives after November 1, 2011, UT will require a WI permit, if and only if, WI recognizes the UT Permit (something that almost certainly going to happen).
My solution is this:
For those who took the UT CFP Course but have not sent it to UT yet, I can create a supplemental Certificate that, together with your signed UT Application, complies with the WI DOJ Emergency Rule. If you signed into my UT CFP Course I can create a Certificate with my Official State of Utah BCI Certified Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor Seal as letterhead. I can then write a statement to the effect that (as an example = Paul Fisher) took my Concealed Firearm Permit Course on September 6, 2011 (or actual date of the course if you took an earlier one), that the course was conducted in-person and involved total participant involvement including an opportunity for all students to ask questions, that the course taught safe firearm loading and unloading including hands on demonstration and that the firearms familiarity and safety portion of the course was based on the NRA Basic Pistol Course Slides, and that the course lasted a minimum of 4 hours. The Cert would include the date and times of the training and would be signed by me with my State of Utah Instructor Permit Number. Your UT application would be a back-up document (important because it has my official State of Utah Seal).
For those who took any NRA Course from me, I can create a "Companion Certificate" using the Official NRA Instructor Seal as letterhead on a Cert that states the date and times of the course, that the course content was the NRA Basic Pistol Course, that this course is a firearms safety course, that the course involved total participant involvement and an opportunity for all students to ask any questions, and that it lasted approximately 8 hours and included live fire range time that resulted in the student earning the NRA-Winchester Basic Marksmanship Practical Rocker (as all my students did indeed qualify for this award). - For those of you who attended the NRA Course on 9-6-11, MKEGAL can also do this for you as she was shown on my report to NRA as an assistant instructor. (NRA has a record of all who take courses from me, including the UT CFP, but only if you signed in.)
To get these supplemental Certs, you must PM me (or email me if you know my email). Include your name, address, date that you took my course, and tell me that you signed in - I will be checking the sign in sheets.
Try to be patient with the WI DOJ. Concealed Carry in WI is so very new to an otherwise very liberal State. And, try to keep in mind that the requirement for 4 hours may not be so much an attempt to limit your freedoms as it might be an attempt to get the WI permit recognized in as many other States as is possible.(By way of example, the statutory requirement that the UT CFP Course last 4 hours is the key to reciprocity with several States that recognize the UT permit.)
So my friends, keep a cool head, and Carry On - Proudly Carry ON.
Yellow Cat Out
