I am curious to hear what you folks think about this.

I am about to finish my PI certification course here in VA. According to DCJS(Department Of Criminial Justice Services) regulations, if you wish to carry a gun while working as a PI or for that matter any of the fields that they cover. You must complete their pistol certification course carry. Here is the gray area involved. VA is a right to carry state. I already have been given the right to carry as a private citizen, and sinse a PI really has no more rights then a private citizen shouldn't one carry over into the other from a legal standpoint.

I was thinking even if the CCW would allow for one to carry as a PI in the eyes of the law, it would still be a violtion of DCJS regulations.

My original thought was just go to the course, and it just one more piece of paper to show that I am a responsible gun owner, and believe  prper saftey training. If anything maybe to help reduce the possibility of a neglegence claim if I were to shoot someone in self-defense.

I was wondering the same thing about the PI's carrying in different places. I guess the course would let me know one way or the other. I don't recall seeing anything in the DCJS regulations about any special treatment though.

I think that I am going to take the course. It is only $100 by the time I am done with the course fee and the range fee's. Plus a Sat. and Sun.

Thanks for the replies.