Thanks for the correction on the Handgun only part. I missed it.
I get that this bill isn’t awful in terms of affecting most anyone on this board. What does bother me it basically gives non-LEO/non-CCW permit holders four options: join the LE team, pay a fee to get a (previously unwanted) CCW permit, ask the local department for a waver to paying this permit fee, or just deal with the inconvenience.
I liken this to the TSA precheck of gun purchases. The system as designed is purposely slow, inefficient and really doesn’t improve safety; so just pay us for a special card/ID number to bypass it.
This isn’t how laws should be structured.
I get that this bill isn’t awful in terms of affecting most anyone on this board. What does bother me it basically gives non-LEO/non-CCW permit holders four options: join the LE team, pay a fee to get a (previously unwanted) CCW permit, ask the local department for a waver to paying this permit fee, or just deal with the inconvenience.
I liken this to the TSA precheck of gun purchases. The system as designed is purposely slow, inefficient and really doesn’t improve safety; so just pay us for a special card/ID number to bypass it.
This isn’t how laws should be structured.