California DOJ ‘Emergency’ Regulations on CCW Designed to Restrict Instructor Numbers

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Another signal that the State of California will fight tooth and nail to prevent citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights is an “emergency regulation” announced by the state Department of Justice (CalDOJ) designed specifically to reduce the number of available firearms instructors by limiting who can teach the required training to concealed carry permit applicants.

Among those not accepted under the new regulation are National Rifle Association certified instructors, and according to KTXL/Fox 40 News, the California State Sheriff’s Association is pushing back. The station quoted a statement issued by the organization, which states, “A likely and obvious byproduct of reducing the number of trained and certified CCW instructors will be an increased difficulty in CCW applicants’ ability to access appropriate CCW training and certification…It can be argued that impeding access to sufficient numbers of adequate CCW instructors will jeopardize CCW applicants’ ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights lawfully.”

Under the emergency regulations, “initial applicants must submit a copy of their training certification from one of the following:

  1. Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California-Firearm Training Instructor;
  2. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), State of California Firearms Instructor or Rangemaster; or
  3. Authorization from a State of California accredited school to teach a firearm training course.”

The California Rifle & Pistol Association is furious. In a statement published online, CRPA notes, “These new proposed emergency regulations strictly limit which instructors can provide CCW training in a system that already has a heavy load of too many students and not enough classes. This move seems like a move to limit and slow the processing of CCWs in the state, which is problematic given that CCW applications have increased significantly since the Bruen decision.”

In an Op-Ed published by then Los Angeles Daily News, Susan Shelley observes, “The U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear: the people of the United States, even in California, have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The government of California simply refuses to accept that.”

The new law—Senate Bill 2—takes effect Jan. 1.

In announcing the proposed emergency regulations back on Dec. 8, CalDOJ allowed only five days for public reaction. This only added to the fury.

Even the Sacramento Bee acknowledged, “In addition, last-minute emergency regulations filed by the California Department Justice, will force many instructors to be re-certified in 2024, delaying the new application process.”

NRA-certified instructors have been providing firearm safety courses for generations. Millions of people have taken these courses, and their instruction was accepted.

The Bee noted the Senate Bill 2 doubled the amount of training required for both new applicants (from eight to 16 hours) and for those renewing their permits (from four to eight hours).

Training requirements for obtaining a concealed carry permit/license are nothing new. However several states appear to be weaponizing the requirement in an effort to discourage people from buying and owning firearms. In Oregon, Measure 114 included a requirement for training in order to obtain a permit-to-purchase, but the measure was declared unconstitutional by a circuit judge last month. The state has appealed.

In neighboring Washington—as previously reported by Ammoland News—a proof-of-training requirement to purchase a firearm takes effect Jan. 1. A new proposal will create a permit-to-purchase in Washington, and the same training requirement is included.

Now, in Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware, Senate Bill 2(S) will be considered when the legislature reconvenes on Jan. 9. This bill also requires proof of completion of a firearms safety course within the previous five years, according to WRDE News.

In an effort to justify the proposed Delaware requirement, Democrat House Majority Leader Melissa Minor-Brown was quoted by WRDE insisting, “In almost every aspect of our lives, people must undergo some version of training: to operate machinery, for medical purposes, to drive, to serve alcohol, and many other activities. Requiring people who want to buy a firearm to take a training course isn’t some undue burden; it’s basic common sense to learn how to safely load, use, and store a lethal weapon. This will help us reduce straw purchases, keep firearms out of the wrong hands, and ultimately make both the gun owners and the public safer.”

Critics argue all of these mandates suggest the proponents do not understand the difference between privileges and constitutionally protected fundamental rights.

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About Dave Workman

Dave Workman is a senior editor at TheGunMag.com and Liberty Park Press, author of multiple books on the Right to Keep & Bear Arms, and formerly an NRA-certified firearms instructor.

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MICHAEL J

Sounds about right, California dems have managed to infringe most everything regarding firearms. They are not done yet.

Jim

And the head of the Cali clown show wants to be President. The fight will never end because there are so many who are not educated on the differences between rights and privileges. Liberals take advantage of this ignorance to propose and pass laws like this.

JimQ

This is reason enough to oppose any training requirement to exercise ones civil rights. They are doing this in Connecticut as well. Earlier this year the overlords mandated that firearm safety course include a section on state law for storage of firearms. The NRA has said that they will not offer a supplement to their safety courses to satisfy the government’s onerous mandates. This significantly decreases the number of safety instructors who can meet the new demands of the government overlords.

Please help CCDL.us fight the anti civil rights folks in the courts.

musicman44mag

LOL, the NRA was started years ago because our military men at the time couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn and it was realized that after the war with the British, they needed training. So lets go back through the generational history and tell me where anyone alive today hasn’t at one time received professional training from someone who wasn’t trained by the NRA at one time. I had training when I was 9 from dad but when I wanted to hunt at age 13, I had to pass the California Hunter Safety Course given by instructors from… Read more »

musicman44mag

Thanks for correcting my wrong history. Take care and have a Merry Christmas.

nrringlee

When I got certified as a Primary Marksmanship Instructor in 1973 at PI we used NRA materials as well as Dod. Most of us took the NRA Instructor certs as well as military. Funny how that works. Simper Fi

musicman44mag

Rodger that and E Pluribus Unum. Have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

swmft

4h did instruction in the south and in farming communities throughout country started before ww1 grew substantially after

swmft

even with a ruling that said all gun regulations are un constitutional they would still make new rules until rounded up and hung by rope until dead

Darkman

Californians deserve the tyrants and tyranny…They allow. Not just on 2nd Amendment rights, but also all the destructive policies that are destroying the state. Tyranny comes in many forms and the consequences are always the same. Death and destruction of a once prosperous society.

DDS

Remember Henny Youngman’s line “Take my wife, please!”?

Yeah, you need some new material too!

musicman44mag

Why did I think that was Rodney Dangerfield.

DDS

Pretty sure Dangerfield’s tag line was “I tell ya, I don’t get no respect.” But like Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams, their comedy was very similar.

musicman44mag

Ok, I remember those lines. You just so happen to have mentioned three of my favorite comedians. I appreciate the ones that are clean, make you think and don’t F everything constantly or talk about sex, sex drugs and more sex.

I almost think comedians like that don’t exist anymore.

musicman44mag

He was off the wall and witty. Robin Williams was allot like him, sometimes you had to think a second and then go, oh ya. Very good comedian.

musicman44mag

He was, he came from Planet Ork.

swmft

nanu nanu

swmft

who’s on first

Darkman

And you need to grow a spine and stop whining.

DDS

See, I suggested you get some new material, and you come up with that snappy comeback.

Gratz, Dude! You’re truly an inspiration to us all!

Last edited 10 months ago by DDS
Darkman

No need for new material, because truth is the only material needed. Just because you and others can’t handle it. Is no reason to hide from it.

PMinFl

” I’d love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do,
so I’m leaving it up to YOU” …lyrics from an older song

JimQ

so when rational people are outnumbered by brainwashed imbeciles the rational people deserve their civil rights to be infringed? That’s a rather nasty opinion.

SO since rational people lost at the ballot box and are likely to lose at the jury box, what solutions do you specifically encourage?

Last edited 10 months ago by JimQ
CBW

Ever hear of election theft, skipper? California Dems have been doing it for decades. It’s where they learned the craft. And are you suggesting that California patriots, and there are more numbers-wise than in most states, go and mow down all the traitors in Sacramento and then spend the rest of their lives in prison? It’s that or California patriots have ‘allowed’ this to happen? The California patriots, who are in occupied territory and behind enemy lines and are the battle hardened, die hard veterans of this war, I’m sure would much rather appreciate your support rather than listen to… Read more »

Disgusted

When the Constitution was ratified in 1791, most if not all youth were taught how to use firearms by their parent(s). This was because that was how they acquired food and provided security for themselves and the community. Since that time, people now only have to hunt for their food in a market. The experience level with firearms has waned significantly. Basic knowledge of firearms usage needs to be taught (we are not born with it). I believe most people should own a firearm (or 3) and have the proper knowledge to use them effectively, efficiently, and safely. I work… Read more »

Cappy

And here we have further proof that the political whiz-kids in Californistan have no interest in gun safety. Their only interest is in elimination. An unarmed citizenry has no way to fight government oppression other than the ballot box–and that is under total control of the CaliMarxists. I am convinced the only real solution is to give it back to Mexico and build a wall!

Boz

Dear San Andreas……..

GrumpyOne

4431 also needs to be recognized. Many California Law enforcement agencies recognize entry into the California Automated Firearms System/dealer record of sale (registry) as proof of ownership of a firearm much like a vehicle title or registration. The new law requires that the firearm one wants on their permit be registered in the AFS. This was previously fairly common as a practice of individual sheriff’s because it was part of the package of boilerplate policy manuals that most agencies bought from Lexipol. The Lexipol attorneys included this policy because they ‘thought it a good idea’. The frog was boiled, now… Read more »

CBW

This is most certainly an intentional weaponization of the infringing ‘training requirements’. So much so that all such ‘requirements’ will be found unconstitutional and this too will backfire on the treasonous California Communists.