phred
Regular Member
I got this email the other day from a firearms instructor. As someone who has and is currently enrolled in firearms training classes, this kind of profiteering makes me angry. Straight from the horses mouth, Conceal Carry instructors promise that government mandated training will line their pocket books as "artificial" demand brought about by the law will drive the mandatory training class prices sky high.
There is more to this email, but I think you get the drift of it. Considering anyone who wants firearm training is free to go out and obtain it today of their own free will, (like I am), clearly a mandatory training requirement in a new law is as much about profit for firearms instructors as it is about perpetuating a myth that the mandatory class is going to increase safety.
Avoid the government bureaucracy along with the profiteering by instructors. Contact your legislators after the fall election and let them know you DO NOT support mandatory training.
I do not begrudge anyone for trying to make a living by offering such services to clients. What bothers me is if training instructors promote legislation that requires training/certification in order to line their pockets. Beware!
I’m betting Wisconsinites elect a governor in November that will sign a permit-to-carry bill by February. Clients are already asking if we’ve started a waiting list for training.
Be assured that my partner and I have been quite busy preparing for that blitz and anticipate a jammed training calendar the next couple of years.
When Minnesota finally passed its shall-issue carry bill a few years ago, with an abundance of part-timers jumping into the permit training arena, as you might guess, quality of instruction varied widely. Even so, waiting lists for training stretched to a few months and tuition soared to $300 or more in the larger metropolitan areas!!
You should expect similar circumstances in Wisconsin in that until late-2012 and possibly later, our Training Calendar will be jammed with Wisconsin Permit-to-Carry Certification courses and nearly barren of Utah permit and other Handgun and Carbine Academy programs. ......
.....With advance reservation, you’ll be placed on our waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning the first enrollee will have first choice of available training dates; the second enrollee will have the second choice; and so on, until each Wisconsin permit class roster is filled.....
.....To reserve your place on the Wisconsin waiting list, simply call to make your reservation and non-refundable deposit of $100 for each reservation. With your reservations, you’ll have our pledges that your tuition won’t exceed $199 and that if the tuition rate for our Wisconsin course is less than $199 on the date of the course you reserve, you will enjoy that lower rate.
There is more to this email, but I think you get the drift of it. Considering anyone who wants firearm training is free to go out and obtain it today of their own free will, (like I am), clearly a mandatory training requirement in a new law is as much about profit for firearms instructors as it is about perpetuating a myth that the mandatory class is going to increase safety.
Avoid the government bureaucracy along with the profiteering by instructors. Contact your legislators after the fall election and let them know you DO NOT support mandatory training.
I do not begrudge anyone for trying to make a living by offering such services to clients. What bothers me is if training instructors promote legislation that requires training/certification in order to line their pockets. Beware!