I have posted separately to my CFP class. And, once the Bill becomes law, I can travel back to WI and conduct the NRA Pistol course (again at dirt cheap fees for members of WI Carry).
You know, it is rather insulting that you find it necessary to step on the toes of other instructors so that you can inflate your ego and pocketbook. Offering the chance to "Get a Permit" is against everything that teaching firearms is about. The idea that you are looking to address this in the form of a basic course that barely gives someone the knowledge that they will need to use a gun, much less defend themselves, just shows this fact.
I personally am tired of hearing how great you are because you have a certification or 2. Not to mention I am tired of hearing about how you will do this for Low Low Prices. You sound like a Bender. Running back to Wisconsin every time there is a chance to make a few extra bucks and then getting on the forums and pushing your courses is an insult to the people here too. It shows that there is a complete lack of care for their future, families, or well being, because you are making the loot and half-azzing the things that they should learn.
You should be coming back here and offering a course that will cover the things that people need to make sure they survive. Not a course that teaches them basic marksmanship and what a gun is and how to clean it. Doing that is nothing more than just giving people a false sense of security and playing games with people's lives so that you can make a few extra bucks. Get off your high horse, stop playing super instructor, and do something that lends itself to the survivability of those that you pretend to give a $hit about.
People's lives are not something to play games with. Nor are they something to make a few extra bucks on. We have discussed more than the NRA basic pistol on this forum, and I am willing to bet that anyone who has seen this knows a lot more about self defense than just what is covered in the basic pistol course.
Carrying a firearm is not about knowing how to use it, it is about knowing what to do if you have to use it. And if you don't know they difference, you shouldn't be teaching in the first place.
Edit: This was not written out of anger, it was written to make a point. And I have to put this edit in here because people get their feelings hurt too easy on this forum and I don't want to have to deal with any crying from anyone who might or might not take offence to the reality of the situation. My point is "Put up, or Shut up!"
Edit 2: I am happy that we moved forward, but it is still not what I am looking for. I refuse to let these politicians give me something to get me to shut up and then forget my purpose. And now more than ever is the time to show that we are responsible firearms owners, and can safely do what we set out to do in the first place. If we screw this up we can loose a lot more than we had when we started this fight. As well as being a reason for the nation's Anti-Gunners to try and take away rights in every state. This is definately not the time to do the bare minimum and hope that it will be good enough. We have to do what nobody expects us to do and go above and beyond what little they think of us.
Also:
As I am a man of my word, I will start teaching complete concealed carry courses for FREE (like I said I would do if we passed SB93). I will have the lesson plan written up within the next 2 weeks, and the couses will be taught in the same format as my free open carry course. It is not an easy course, and there is the potential for failure. But I give my guaranty that when you are done, you will have the knowledge you need to carry responsibly.
