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jmorris wrote:Don't know why I didn't have this in my notes but it also seemed that ST Pittman stated that no exemption for school employees having firearms in their vehicles in the school parking lot had passed. As I understand it, there was an amendment to SB 1566 authorizing the transportation and storage of a handgun or other firearm and ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a parking area of a primary or secondary school.

So, I either misunderstood ST Pittman or misunderstanding the amendment.

I must have missed this. I heard him say something about a bill didn't pass but we could t hear some of the questions on our end.

KC5AV wrote: There was quite a lot of discussion on 46.035, and whether churches, hospitals, and nursing homes are off limits whether posted or not. Maybe next session, we can get a carve out to provide online re-certification for instructors.

Apparently the 46.035 confusion was cleared up after class. I hope the RSD sends out that clarification. I'm afraid that there were individuals that went away with the wrong info.

I don't like being critical and I was hoping the four hour class would be worth the drive.

1 hour worth of material stretched over 4 hours.

JMorris summed it up pretty well. RSD is having problems with the submission of documents, know their phone system is poor, and generally understand our frustrations. From the tone of Mr Allen I think he is just as frustrated and wished he could tell us more.

You do have to turn in an LTC-8 for the instructor you recertify.

Sr. Trooper Pittman was tasked with explaining all the changes that we've already been teaching so it was a lot of reading through the slides very quickly. His short stories broke up the monotony.

During the RSD portion they passed around the mic so everyone could hear the questions as they were asked. That didn't happen during Sr. Trooper Pittman portion so I think that may have added to the confusion.

They are expecting a glut of applications at the beginning of Sept. so be expecting longer issuance times.

I know we have to meet every other renewal but this could have easily been done as a webinar or just a good memo. It was a long ways to drive to burn a vacation day.

I was curiously surprised at how many instructors appeared not to be carrying. I understand I certainly may not have been able to see it but there were a number of folks that I couldn't pick out where they were carrying. Either they were very good at concealment or they weren't carrying. I was also surprised at how few open carry I saw. I figured this would have been the perfect place for even the most hesitant to try open carry. I can't say much, I stayed concealed.

Get there early if you want a table seat. I was in the line about 7:15 and still I sat along the back wall towards the middle. It was fine. I don't know how well the folks in the back corners could see or hear.

ETA: I do appreciate all the folks com RSD and Sr. Trooper Pittman for their time. As always they were professional, pleasant, and courteous. They worked with what they were given and sometimes that wasn't much. My thanks to them.