jpm84092
Regular Member
Dear Friends and former neighbors.
I have business on the East Coast during the last week in April and my firm is flying me back via Milwaukee with a 5 day layover in Milwaukee where I will be staying with friends in the Burlington area on a badly needed vacation. Many of you know that I am credentialed as an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor - Pistol - Rifle - & Home Defense, as well as an NRA Certified Range Safety Officer. I am also a Utah BCI Certified Concealed Firearm Permit (permission slip) Instructor. And, I am a member of Wisconsin Carry and a former Wisconsin resident who was active in the early days of Open Carry.
Many of you have likewise seen vendors post the Utah Concealed Firearms Course at $100+ and that is the going rate so far from Utah. Here in Utah, the rock bottom rate is $40.00 per person for a guaranteed class of 10 - 15 students. However, the armed yellow cat is doing the "price buster" thing and will teach the Utah permission slip class in Wisconsin. However, to keep the price low, I need cooperation from prospective students.
I will be in Wisconsin over the weekend of April 29th and April 30th and will not be available after Tuesday, the 3rd of May. While I would like to do a large class, I could be available for small classes. (So much is my love of the 2nd Amendment and my appreciation of my friends in Wisconsin.) I could teach the large class on either Saturday the 29th or Sunday the 30th - or possibly both if the demand is high enough.
In a few days, I will post a link to the required course materials. All students must have them, but I teach my course from interactive slides provided by NRA (for the firearms familiarity portion of the Utah Course) and use the Utah Instructor course slides to teach Utah Administrative procedures, Utah law, and Federal Law. I will not be discussing Wisconsin law as it is outside the scope of the course. Thus, to keep costs low, all students must have downloaded the required course materials and be prepared with the printout in class. I cannot accept students who have not either downloaded the course or who do not have a computer to download it from a thumb drive I will have with me.
If I have more than a few students, unless nearly all students have laptop computers, I will need a computer projector. Because I am flying and cannot risk damage to mine as a checked bag, this is a must. I do not have a location yet, but I do have access to an aircraft hanger at the East Troy airport. If somebody has an alternate site, I will consider it, but I must limit my travel due to restrictions on my personal transportation options. McX has agreed to me my Wisconsin coordinator.
Price Buster Fee Schedule:
Combat Veterans course fee = $10.00 (Spouses or adult children of combat veterans = $15.00)
Other US Veterans course fee = $15.00 (Spouses or adult children of US veterans = $20.00)
Active or retired law enforcement course fee = $15.00 (Spouses or adult children of LEO = $20.)
Members of Wisconsin Carry course fee = $20.00 (non member spouses or adult children = $25.00)
Non-Members of Wisconsin Carry who are NRA Members course fee = $30.00
General Public who are not members of NRA or WI Carry course fee = $40.00 (same as in Utah)
Persons already having a Utah permission slip who just want a refresher = chip in on buying my lunch.
I will accept personal checks but I cannot take plastic.
I am also not going to be able to transport my own firearms to demonstrate safe loading and unloading. I have use of a .38 Snub Nose, but need to borrow a 9mm from somebody. I have .38 Special and 9mm dummy rounds for this purpose that I will be sending to McX ahead of time. He will ship them back to me. (TSA would go nuts if they saw NRA snap caps on radar because the use real shell casings, but no primer, no powder, and the bullet is orange plastic.)
So, while I am sorry about the length of this post, all that I have included is necessary information that you would all ask of me anyway. I do not know, nor does anyone on this forum know, what form a Wisconsin Concealed Carry Law may end up being. But, the Utah permit and Florida permit are the most recognized in the country. I personally hope Wisconsin gets Constitutional Carry, but if not, a Utah "permission slip" will come in handy for those who travel. And, if Illinois gets their concealed carry law before WI, the Utah permit just might be good in Illinois.
McX is the coordinator so please send him your RSVP and whether you can help with the things I have posted I may need help with.
Jim
I have business on the East Coast during the last week in April and my firm is flying me back via Milwaukee with a 5 day layover in Milwaukee where I will be staying with friends in the Burlington area on a badly needed vacation. Many of you know that I am credentialed as an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor - Pistol - Rifle - & Home Defense, as well as an NRA Certified Range Safety Officer. I am also a Utah BCI Certified Concealed Firearm Permit (permission slip) Instructor. And, I am a member of Wisconsin Carry and a former Wisconsin resident who was active in the early days of Open Carry.
Many of you have likewise seen vendors post the Utah Concealed Firearms Course at $100+ and that is the going rate so far from Utah. Here in Utah, the rock bottom rate is $40.00 per person for a guaranteed class of 10 - 15 students. However, the armed yellow cat is doing the "price buster" thing and will teach the Utah permission slip class in Wisconsin. However, to keep the price low, I need cooperation from prospective students.
I will be in Wisconsin over the weekend of April 29th and April 30th and will not be available after Tuesday, the 3rd of May. While I would like to do a large class, I could be available for small classes. (So much is my love of the 2nd Amendment and my appreciation of my friends in Wisconsin.) I could teach the large class on either Saturday the 29th or Sunday the 30th - or possibly both if the demand is high enough.
In a few days, I will post a link to the required course materials. All students must have them, but I teach my course from interactive slides provided by NRA (for the firearms familiarity portion of the Utah Course) and use the Utah Instructor course slides to teach Utah Administrative procedures, Utah law, and Federal Law. I will not be discussing Wisconsin law as it is outside the scope of the course. Thus, to keep costs low, all students must have downloaded the required course materials and be prepared with the printout in class. I cannot accept students who have not either downloaded the course or who do not have a computer to download it from a thumb drive I will have with me.
If I have more than a few students, unless nearly all students have laptop computers, I will need a computer projector. Because I am flying and cannot risk damage to mine as a checked bag, this is a must. I do not have a location yet, but I do have access to an aircraft hanger at the East Troy airport. If somebody has an alternate site, I will consider it, but I must limit my travel due to restrictions on my personal transportation options. McX has agreed to me my Wisconsin coordinator.
Price Buster Fee Schedule:
Combat Veterans course fee = $10.00 (Spouses or adult children of combat veterans = $15.00)
Other US Veterans course fee = $15.00 (Spouses or adult children of US veterans = $20.00)
Active or retired law enforcement course fee = $15.00 (Spouses or adult children of LEO = $20.)
Members of Wisconsin Carry course fee = $20.00 (non member spouses or adult children = $25.00)
Non-Members of Wisconsin Carry who are NRA Members course fee = $30.00
General Public who are not members of NRA or WI Carry course fee = $40.00 (same as in Utah)
Persons already having a Utah permission slip who just want a refresher = chip in on buying my lunch.
I will accept personal checks but I cannot take plastic.
I am also not going to be able to transport my own firearms to demonstrate safe loading and unloading. I have use of a .38 Snub Nose, but need to borrow a 9mm from somebody. I have .38 Special and 9mm dummy rounds for this purpose that I will be sending to McX ahead of time. He will ship them back to me. (TSA would go nuts if they saw NRA snap caps on radar because the use real shell casings, but no primer, no powder, and the bullet is orange plastic.)
So, while I am sorry about the length of this post, all that I have included is necessary information that you would all ask of me anyway. I do not know, nor does anyone on this forum know, what form a Wisconsin Concealed Carry Law may end up being. But, the Utah permit and Florida permit are the most recognized in the country. I personally hope Wisconsin gets Constitutional Carry, but if not, a Utah "permission slip" will come in handy for those who travel. And, if Illinois gets their concealed carry law before WI, the Utah permit just might be good in Illinois.
McX is the coordinator so please send him your RSVP and whether you can help with the things I have posted I may need help with.
Jim