Saturday spent with a few great people.

After procrastinating for a year today was THE day to get it done. This was going to be the third time going through the program so it was not really looked forward to or it would have been done a year ago. After seeing report on CNN (or was it CNBC) it had to be done before the feds stuck their nose it. Long ago I took the course in Pa and just a few years ago an extended course in SC. Today the course lsted a full 8 hours. Mr Wood put on a very good program. He kept it interesting. The class participants were all very nice. NO, it was not a CE class! It was the program required by NC and 13 other states to qualify for a CWP. CWP stands for Concealed Weapons Permit. Everything from basic weapons handling to the laws concerning the use of deadly force was covered. Each participant had to qualify with 30 rounds from their weapon on the range also.

When asked if the recession had impacted class size or number of classes scheduled the instructor said it had not. He said since February of this year he has had more students than in the past 3 years. The policies of the obama administration concerning the Second Amendment has brought more people out to get a CWP than ever.

Did you know there is great difficulty finding some ammunition? Some of the popular handgun and rifle ammo is being hoarded since the obama administration has stated thoughts on the Second Amendment. Most years the manufacturers made about 6 billion rounds. So far this year they have produced 9 billion and I still have trouble finding .357 magnum rounds.