WCP at Allegany College - Aug 8&9 2014

**************canceled by acm - not enough interest ***********************08/06/2014




Anyone interested in Wear and Carry Permit ?

Course is scheduled at Allegany College of MD on Aug 8th and 9th (friday and saturday) starting 8am each day.

Training provider is Rick Sivic, who runs Boston Hill Training in Frostburg.

Register via phone at Allegany College at 301-784-5341.

Fee $225.00

This is the INITIAL PERMIT TRAINING

If only Maryland would issue me one.

I'm gonna try and get it.

Hopeful that they still are considering business owners as having G&S.

DadOSix said:

I'm gonna try and get it.

Hopeful that they still are considering business owners as having G&S.

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I hope you get it......but the fact that MD isn't a shall issue state bothers me to the extreme. I've carried a firearm responsibly my entire adult life as a member if the armed forces and as a civilian. MD is treating us like children who don't know right from wrong. I'm at my wits end with the beauracracy that is the MD government.

I saw an article in the Times-News a few days ago for a class in Garrett County. It made it sound as if getting the permit was no hard thing to do. I know this is not the case. I can't find the article online and no longer have that days paper here.

Muggs - Sorry for the formatting!



07/11/2014 - cumberland Times News

Handgun qualification
course offered at ACM
CUMBERLAND — Current
and prospective firearms
owners can gain safety training
and qualify for Maryland
licensure in two new courses
offered by Allegany College of
Maryland’s Center for Continuing
Education and Workforce
Development. Both are
presented in partnership with
Boston Hill Training, a local
safety training company
owned and operated by Rick
Sivic Sr. of Frostburg.
The Handgun Qualification
License will be offered July 26
from 8 a.m. to noon. Students
must be 21 years of age to
enroll in the four-hour course,
which includes classroom
instruction on state firearms
law, home firearms safety and
handgun mechanisms and
operationand safe firing of a
handgun.
The course’s classroom
portion is held at ACM, while
the operation and handling
demonstration occurs at a
secure firing range. Firearms
and ammunition will be supplied
as students are not permitted
to bring their own.
Unless otherwise exempt,
as of Oct. 1, 2013, Maryland
residents must possess a
valid Handgun Qualification
License, or HQL, before they
may purchase, rent or
receive a handgun. The training
is valid for three years,
must be completed prior to
submitting an application for
an HQL. An HQL is not needed
to possess a firearm in
Maryland owned prior to Oct.
1, 2013.
Students also may enroll in
the Maryland Wear and Carry
Permit training, which will be
offered Aug. 8 and 9 from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Maryland’s 2013
Firearms Safety Act, which
took effect Oct. 1, changed
training requirements for all
Maryland Wear and Carry
permit holders.
The updated training consists
of 16 hours of instruction
that includes state firearms
law, home firearms safety and
handgun mechanisms and
operation and the required
demonstration of gun safety
and proficiency with a minimum
score of 70 percent
accuracy.
The classroom portion of
the Wear and Carry Permit
course is held at ACM while
the operation and handling
demonstration occurs at a
secure firing range.
Successful completion of
the course does not guarantee
the awarding of a Wear
and Carry Permit by the state
of Maryland. To be eligible to
receive a permit, applicants
must be 18 years of age or
older and display a substantial
reason to wear, carry or
transport a handgun.
To register or for information,
call the Center for Continuing
Education at 301-784-5341


07/09/14 - McHenry Class

Handgun certification
classes set in McHenry
MCHENRY — Several
handgun certification classes
are being offered through the
Continuing Education and
Workforce Development division
of Garrett College.
Renewal applicants for a
Maryland Wear and Carry
permit can attend training
July 11 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Applicants for the initial
Maryland Wear and Carry
training must attend the July
11 session and the July 12
session, also from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., to complete training.
Another class, the Maryland
Handgun Qualification,
runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
July19.
The classroom portion will
be held at the McHenry campus
of Garrett College in the
Continuing Education building
and the operation and
handling demonstration will
occur at a secure firing
range.
Regulations effective Oct.
1, 2013, state that renewal
applicants for Maryland Wear
and Carry must complete a
minimum of eight hours of
instruction, while the new
applicant is required to
receive 16 hours of instruction.
Completion of this class
does not guarantee that a
permit will be issued.
Wear and Carry Permits
may be issued to any adult 18
years of age or over who
meets the following criteria:
1. Has not been convicted of
a felony or a misdemeanor for
which a sentence of imprisonment
of more than one year
has been imposed.
2. Has not been convicted of
a crime involving the possession,
use, or distribution of a
controlled dangerous substance.
3. Is not presently an alcoholic,
addict, or habitual user
of a controlled dangerous
substance unless under legitimate
medical direction.
4. Based on an investigation,
has not exhibited a
propensity for violence or
instability that may reasonably
render the persons possession
of a handgun a danger
to the person or others.
5. Has a good and substantial
reason to wear, carry, or
transport a handgun, such as
finding that the permit is necessary
as a reasonable precaution
against danger.
6. As of Oct. 1, 2013, has
successfully completed prior
to application and each
renewal, a firearms training
course approved by the
Maryland State Police.
The Handgun Qualification
License training is a fourhour
block of instruction
which includes classroom
instruction on state firearm
law, home firearm safety,
handgun mechanisms and
operation, and a component
that requires the applicant
demonstrate the ability to
safely fire a handgun. Unless
otherwise exempt, as of Oct.
1, 2013, a Maryland resident
must possess a valid Handgun
Qualification License
before being allowed to purchase,
rent, or receive a
handgun.
These classes are being
taught by Rick Sivic through
Boston Hill Training. Sivic is
is an NRA and Maryland
State Police HQL Certified
instructor.
For information or to register,
call 301-387-3064.

DubTap21 said:

I hope you get it......but the fact that MD isn't a shall issue state bothers me to the extreme. I've carried a firearm responsibly my entire adult life as a member if the armed forces and as a civilian. MD is treating us like children who don't know right from wrong. I'm at my wits end with the beauracracy that is the MD government.

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Yeah - I know it is a real mess. I dragged my feet getting my app in last year before the changes, so now I have to do it this way.
My neighbor in the same shopping plaza got his app in back in July 2013 and had a permit issued. Restricted of course, but go it none the less.

Good for him, but this doesn't console me one bit. I don't own a business, so MD doesn't deem me responsible enough to carry a firearm. This is total BS.....plain and simple. I will continue to fight for the rights of fellow Marylanders until this state is Shall Issue, or I move to a truly "free" state like VA or PA.

Has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun, such as finding that the permit
is necessary as a reasonable precaution against danger.

Thanks. That is the passage that to me, sounds like everybody could get one.

I know thats not true.