Sounds like an issue to take up with the DPS.
I've got a question for some of the other instructors out there, and more specifically Minnesota instructors if possible.
I've been teaching classes for a few years without any issue what so ever, but today I was called by a gentleman from Sherbern County because they (the county) didn't like the "look" of my certificate that has been approved by the DPS, and has been used for several years to include Sherbern County residents. Can a county deny what has been approved by the DPS because they feel like it?
MN Permit to Carry Instructor
NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, PPITH
NRA Life Member, 3 x Iraq War Vet
Sounds like an issue to take up with the DPS.
Per the MN statute, you just need to provide your students with a signed certificate stating that they successfully completed training in the safe use of a pistol by a certified instructor within one year, so make sure it is dated and I suggest you include your NRA instructor #. It should list that the basic training included: fundamentals of pistol use, successful completion of shooting qualification preformed and instruction in legal aspects of pistol possession, carry and use including self defense and use of deadly force.
As long as you sign that they completed your course and have been approved by the DPS your good :)
Huh I have this post marked to email me from a response but I never received one... Oh well.
I do have my NRA credentials listed on there, along with DPS approved instructor. Plus I have never had any issues at all since I first started teaching several years back.
MN Permit to Carry Instructor
NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, PPITH
NRA Life Member, 3 x Iraq War Vet
Then I leave the customer P'd off because of getting denied by the county over something they shouldn't have any issues accepting in the first place and have the potential of having one bad review in my extremely good training history... I know it's not technically my fault, but still I don't like seeing someone get screwed over by a county, and I really don't like seeing my "name" get tarnished by even one negative event that shouldn't even be an issue in the first place.
MN Permit to Carry Instructor
NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, PPITH
NRA Life Member, 3 x Iraq War Vet