Posted: 4/13/2003 7:04:54 PM EDT
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@#$&% Choulber. The way I read the bill is the training requirements are going to be left up to the counties. So Jefferson county is just going to require the NRA basic course and Denver can require a year long 250 hour?$1000 course if they want to. I wish they had spelled this out better. Once again Denver residents will be unarmed for Denver's crimminals. |
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This is from the RMGO site: Documented participation in an organized shooting event Hunter's Safety course (a firearms safety class offered by a law enforcement agency -- not specifically but including DOW, page 7) (There was much debate about this issue, but House sponsor Al White said, on the House record, that DOW training would fit within that category if Governor Owens instructs DOW to include handgun training in their course. This is still subject to interpretation: will previous hunters safety suffice, or must it be under new guidelines?) Current military service Proof of honorable discharge from military within 10 years of application Evidence of being a certified instructor Retirement from a Colorado law enforcement agency within the last 10 years Handgun class within the last 10 years (p. 9) www.rmgo.org/ |
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I just got a letter from the El Paso County Sheriff about my CCW permit. With regard to training it says; "In Senate Bill 24 there are new handgun requirements, which I have detailed below, that must be met by new applicants, however, as a present CHP holder you are not subject to this training provision. Activer permit holders that had submitted a full set of fingerprints at the time of application, which is the case here in El Paso County, are exempt from this requirement. So when it is time to renew your permit there will be no additional proof of training needed." Can you say, WAHOO!!?? |
Well? Care to enlighten the unlucky few without a permit yet? 
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Well okay. More from the letter. "Applications for new permits received after May 16, 2003 must include documentary evidence demonstrating competence with a handgun through one of the following: 1)Evidence of experience with a firearm through the participation in organized shooting competitions or current military service. 2)Evidence that, at the time of the application is submitted, the applicant is a certified instructor. 3)Proof of honorable discharge from a branch of the United States armed forces within the last three years preceeding submittal of the application. 4)Proof of honorable discharge from a branch of the United States armed forces that reflects pistol qualifiactions obtained within the ten years preceding submital of the application. 5)A certificate showing retirement from a Colorado law enforcement agency that reflects pisotl qualifications obtained within the ten years preceding submittal of the application. 6)A training certificate from a handgun training class, signed by the class instructor, obtained within the ten years preceding submittal of the application. A handgun training class means a course offered by a law enforcement agency, an institution of higher education, or a public or private firearms training school." There. Clear as mud now, right? |
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I had a permit with Stratton PD. But they would not renew this year. Rumor has it the new Chief is from Denver. I am waiting till after May 18th to go to Jeffco. I took my original handgun course from Rich Wyatt at Gunsmoke - 3650 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO. Rich did an excellent job for the $75 fee but you had better know how to shoot a handgun. His course requires you to shoot all the way out to 75 feet. |