Committee suspends training requirement for concealed weapons

Milwaukee J-S ^ | 07 nov 2011 | Patrick Marley

[rellimpank]

Madison -- Those seeking permits to carry concealed weapons no longer need to show they had at least four hours of firearms training.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen wrote rules implementing the state’s new weapons law that set four hours as the minimum length of firearms training courses. But on Monday, his fellow Republicans on the Legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules suspended the requirement for minimum hours.

The measure passed 6-2, with all Republicans for it and all Democrats against it.

The effect likely will be that the state Department of Justice will accept any training certification submitted with an application for a concealed weapons permit, Van Hollen told the committee just before it voted on the matter. Thus, some people could wind up getting permits after a bogus instructor passes out permits after teaching a course that lasts just a few minutes, Van Hollen said.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed off on Van Hollen’s temporary rules last month, but said he wanted the four-hour requirement dropped in permanent rules he will have to write next year.

[rellimpank]

--removed the four-hour requirement--

[50cal Smokepole]

The Wisc. DOJ is a viper pit of Doyle hold overs and statists. The law still specifies that hunter safety training qualifies, and the DOJ and the AG don't dispute that. I went through that training in ‘74. Know how much sidearm training we had? About one minute covering the age requirements. The DOJ argument is a pathetic attempt to limit our rights.

[ExSoldier]

As an NRA certified firearms instructor for these past 25 years I was a bit shocked at this turn of events but then I thought about it and remembered my favorite code of conduct after the one dealing with Sheep and Sheepdogs. It's this: I LIVE BY A CODE

This is the opposite of the lowly, slithering, democrat metrosexual who sobs and wrings his hands whenever things get rough in this world. They won't carry a concealed firearm anyway. No amount of "training" can overcome a dysfunctional childhood. Whereas a true RETROSEXUAL already understands this basic code of existence. That includes handling firearms with safety and competence.

[JMJJR]

Love it !

I’ve been unknowingly living by that code my entire life !

[STD]

So where do I obtain an application? Where do I send the completed application and my check for 50 bucks. Do any of you know?

[50cal Smokepole]

Everything is here:
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/ConcealedCarry/ConcealedCarry.asp

[50cal Smokepole]

Oh, and note that the address on the website if different than on the application. Use the one on the app.