National Concealed Firearms Instructors Association

Reposted from General Discussion, posted by Sieve,

Hello from Iowa. I am currently a Utah ccw instructor, it's been very popular in Iowa as this permit allows Iowans to carry in Minnesota and Missiouri. I am also an NRA instructor in multiple disiplines and teach some more advanced non-NRA courses. I help out my sheriff department's new reserve deputies in firearms training and hope to teach the ccw course for civilians in the future.

I am a moderator on a site that is working to change Iowa's 'may-issue' to 'shall-issue'. We have about 1/2 of the 99 county sheriff's that do issue permits to civilians but the other half either won't issue or restrict the permit to the point of uselessness. www.iowacarry.org is the site with the forum being the focal point. We've been around for about 3 years, only 2 legislative sessions and we've gone a long way. This year is looking pretty good for a change.

One of our platforms for the law change is standardized training. Right now there are 99 different county sheriff's issuing permits 99 different ways with 99 different training standards. Some have great training some would make you sick.

We at Iowacarry.org have been discussing the idea of creating an Iowa organization of instructors to help the training standard devopment and give the idea some credability. Maybe this is a better avenue?

Thanks
Sieve.