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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 999167" data-attributes="member: 14668">In order to get a concealed weapon permit (I have 2 of them) you have to first undergo an extensive criminal record background check through NCIS. Your fingerprints and palm prints are taken, and sent away to verify that you are not a wanted criminal. You also have to take several hours of training, covering both in the legal aspects of concealed carry and the legalities regarding use of deadly force. You must also take a firearms safety course, including live-fire excercises, from a licensed instructor in order to demonstrate proficiency with a gun. The entire process takes several weeks. Law-abiding citizens who undergo all of this are not criminals, they are not cop-killers and they are not the ones who the police have to fear.I have had a carry permit now for 16 years. In that period, I have been pulled over by the police in my car on 3 occasions (tail light out twice, headlight out once). When an officer calls my license plates or driver license # in on the radio, he/she will be automatically be told that I also hold a concealed carry permit. None of the officers I dealt with during these traffic stops expressed any apprehension whatsoever about that fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 999167, member: 14668"] In order to get a concealed weapon permit (I have 2 of them) you have to first undergo an extensive criminal record background check through NCIS. Your fingerprints and palm prints are taken, and sent away to verify that you are not a wanted criminal. You also have to take several hours of training, covering both in the legal aspects of concealed carry and the legalities regarding use of deadly force. You must also take a firearms safety course, including live-fire excercises, from a licensed instructor in order to demonstrate proficiency with a gun. The entire process takes several weeks. Law-abiding citizens who undergo all of this are [I]not[/I] criminals, they are [I]not[/I] cop-killers and they are [I]not[/I] the ones who the police have to fear. I have had a carry permit now for 16 years. In that period, I have been pulled over by the police in my car on 3 occasions (tail light out twice, headlight out once). When an officer calls my license plates or driver license # in on the radio, he/she will be automatically be told that I also hold a concealed carry permit.[I] None [/I]of the officers I dealt with during these traffic stops expressed [I]any[/I] apprehension whatsoever about that fact. [/QUOTE]

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