{"id":25793,"date":"2011-07-11T07:41:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T11:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25793"},"modified":"2011-07-11T07:41:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T11:41:33","slug":"wisconsin-ccw-within-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25793","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin CCW within sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports that Friday, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signed Wisconsin’s Carry Concealed Weapon bill making it law in three months leaving the state of Illinois the only state in the union with no semblance of some sort of CCW permits for law abiding citizens. Still States like New York and Maryland make it impossible for most citizens to carry weapons to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

Reading the article, i was surprised to learn that Maryland only requires CCW permit applicants to view a thirty-minute video on line to certify their training. Here in West Virginia, I had to attend an eight hour class and actually shoot a weapon, but in Maryland, they get to sit through a little webinar. And when I drive across the Potomac, my permit is no longer valid until I drive 12 miles and into Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Of course, in Maryland, lawyers and doctors automatically qualify for application by virtue of their professions. I wonder who wrote that into the law? <\/p>\n

Us regular slobs have to prove with a police report that our lives are in danger. One poor slob was denied renewal of his permit last year when the guy who threatened his life was imprisoned.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m all for CCW permits, but a permit that only requires viewing a video is just begging for trouble…which may be the impetus behind the poorly-considered inadequate training. I urge Wisconsin lawmakers to not make the same mistake as Maryland and require real hands-on weapon safety classes. The whole purpose of CCW is to make society safer, not have a bunch of half-wit lawyers walking around with guns and itchy trigger fingers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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