Burning bridges is the worst thing you can do. If you say we're not going to allow you to use our facility to train, because we don't like the oppinion of your Chief or the Sheriff you are burning bridges. It doesn't hurt the top dogs, it hurts the guys on the street who may have to use that training to save lives. The vast majority of the officers who come to our range to train are very pro gun and pro CCW. I would not want to see them barred from using our facility because their boss is a asshat. Doing something like this is not a win win, it's a lose lose.
What the Sheriff's and police Chiefs feel about CCW is inconsequntial as long as WE are pushing the politicians to pass the legislation. The problem is that most of the groups in this state don't want to do anything that is not thier own idea. The idea was floated here and is still kicking mind you, of doing defense walks. The same thing that waas done with great effectiveness in Ohio. AdrianUSP9 took the time to put together some great material regarding it, and WCCA said tey'd take it over, nothing has happened on it since. And probably won't, because it doesn't fit with what they think should be done.
We are now in my eyes at the stage of "by any means nessessary" to get CCW. The current situation is that we have been following one route, and that route is taking to damn long. We have not pushed from other directions. And we need to do that. We shjopuld not need legislation to be able to CCW to me thats plan and simple becuase the state constitution does not say how we may or may not carry, just simply that we have the right to. There is nothing that says the legislature has the ability to determine how we may or may not carry. As such we should be able to carry any damn way we please, which is what the current crop of court cases could give us.
There has not been enough of pushing the court cases or looking for alternate means to put preassure on politicians regarding CCW. And until we put that preassure on we won't see shit. WCCA has done a great job of pushing for CCW through ONE avenue, but it's only being pushed through one avenue and thats one of the biggest problems. The WSC said they'd fix the issue if the legislature failed to do so, and they did, now i expect fully that the court should keep it's promise.