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Thanks to Jim for helping out a young BM who still has trouble getting his point across (as was demonstrated in my Deck Watch Officer review board today). That IS exactly what I meant and noting the disadvantage of being able to distinguish the difference, I believe a CO's letter should suffice in the same way as the waiver for the fee. I did a short time on the dark side (Navy) and while there, I was an aircraft electronics technician but I also had LE/Firearms responsibility when on duty.

The reason I brought that to the table is because of past experience with North Carolina. Granted, their process is much more complex and a huge pain in the exhaust but they had no exemption for LEOs and as the Sheriff I spoke with explained: "Even a Secret Service Agent would need to complete the course to carry off duty in our state, which is stupid because y'all have much more stringent requirements to handle weapons than a CCL class does." As has been stated before on other threads, it is obvious that some folks who go to these classes have little or no firearms experience and it's on that observation that I suggested the exemption.

OK, the upsides of having an online course would be standardized training, and more flexibility for those of us who have crazy work schedules that make it very difficult to attend a 2-day course. The downside of course would be less retained knowledge.

As for what I would like to see changed, I would like to see an exception to a portion of the class for ALL LEOs, including us military guys. Perhaps allow the refresher course in lieu of the full certification course. Since a large portion of the class is spent on firearms safety and use of force, I don't see why we can't have a shorter class that just covers the state laws and requirements for those of us who have had safety and UOF stuffed down our throats for years.