Bill Nance
Banned
I am a Mass. cer6tified instructor. I received my training and BFS when I was living in Mass. and had a resident LTC.
I have moved to Washington State. As required, I notified the Lowell PD and the State police of my change of address as of Oct, 2010.
I now have students requesting certification for FID/LTC cards in Mass.
I am concerned that my BFS may not be valid since I don't have a non-resident LTC. So I call the state police to see if I'm required to have a non-resident LTC to maintain my BFS. First I get the Firearms registration people, who tell me they aren't sure and refer me to the Criminal History Systems Board. They, in turn, refer me to the legal department, who then, in turn, refer me to the firearms registration people.
I explain that I've already spoken to the firearms registration people and they didn't know. And as they are the legal department, they presumably know the answer to this question. (My license expires in 2019). The legal department refers me to one of the staff lawyers, who is very nice, but tells me that the question is out of his area of expertise and he will have to check with his supervisor.
I call his supervisor, who refers me to the CHSB/CORI. When I question this referral I am told that's all he can do. I call the CHSB and am again referred to the legal dept.
I am about ready to shoot myself. Or possibly, the next poor bastard who asks me about a Mass. certification of training. Or maybe both of us, just to save everyone the trouble. I'm thinking death isn't so bad. After all, I could be consigned to this phone call Hell some more, which would be marginally worse than simply rotting as worm food.
Please save me the cost of a burial for me and possibly a very nice, attentive student, who has done nothing wrong but have the incredibly bad taste/luck to get stuck in the PRM.
WTF do I need to do? MUST I have a non-res LTC? Should I just brazen it out and send in the registration with my existing BFS? Will my students have issues trying to get a LTC/FID card with my BFS on their certs?
Or should I just give it all up, refer them to someone I know in Mass and tell them that the $$ they spend is utter BS since they have the identical course and yes, it sucks to be them?
Or perhaps would it be better to just shoot myself, since the mere understanding of how F'd up the PRM can be is enough to make any sane person want to die a horrible death?
-Best wishes,
Hoping to not die, but thinking about it.....
Bill
I have moved to Washington State. As required, I notified the Lowell PD and the State police of my change of address as of Oct, 2010.
I now have students requesting certification for FID/LTC cards in Mass.
I am concerned that my BFS may not be valid since I don't have a non-resident LTC. So I call the state police to see if I'm required to have a non-resident LTC to maintain my BFS. First I get the Firearms registration people, who tell me they aren't sure and refer me to the Criminal History Systems Board. They, in turn, refer me to the legal department, who then, in turn, refer me to the firearms registration people.
I explain that I've already spoken to the firearms registration people and they didn't know. And as they are the legal department, they presumably know the answer to this question. (My license expires in 2019). The legal department refers me to one of the staff lawyers, who is very nice, but tells me that the question is out of his area of expertise and he will have to check with his supervisor.
I call his supervisor, who refers me to the CHSB/CORI. When I question this referral I am told that's all he can do. I call the CHSB and am again referred to the legal dept.
I am about ready to shoot myself. Or possibly, the next poor bastard who asks me about a Mass. certification of training. Or maybe both of us, just to save everyone the trouble. I'm thinking death isn't so bad. After all, I could be consigned to this phone call Hell some more, which would be marginally worse than simply rotting as worm food.
Please save me the cost of a burial for me and possibly a very nice, attentive student, who has done nothing wrong but have the incredibly bad taste/luck to get stuck in the PRM.
WTF do I need to do? MUST I have a non-res LTC? Should I just brazen it out and send in the registration with my existing BFS? Will my students have issues trying to get a LTC/FID card with my BFS on their certs?
Or should I just give it all up, refer them to someone I know in Mass and tell them that the $$ they spend is utter BS since they have the identical course and yes, it sucks to be them?
Or perhaps would it be better to just shoot myself, since the mere understanding of how F'd up the PRM can be is enough to make any sane person want to die a horrible death?
-Best wishes,
Hoping to not die, but thinking about it.....
Bill