...[snip]... Is there anything in current law that would give any "certified firearms instructor" the ability to administer these tests, similar to how any doctor can do the mental health portion of the permit to acquire? Is there anything in current law that establishes a baseline firearms test? I'm basically looking at ways the state could gatekeep, either at the "instructors" or the "test".
Nobody in government ever intended to issue CCW licenses to the general public. Never. Not ever.
The laws as currently written are being changed via HPD "rules" because the law never anticipated the need to define what a CCW qualification test needed to entail. No licenses issued = no training or testing standards needed.
Now that the "poison pill" clause (must have exceptional need) has been stricken, the state government is scrambling to put actual training and testing standards in place.
It's clear they never intended to allow anyone the right to bear arms outside the home or business.
Can't really hold them to what the "current law" says when it was never intended to do anything but summarily deny all applications.
Any lawsuits to try and hold them to what the law currently states will be wasted resources and time, because the Leg will have changed the law before any legal actions are able to proceed.
We all saw it coming. They never intended to issue licenses before the end of 2022 if they could find a way to run out the clock.
If and when certified CCW training is available, the state will again find a reason to delay approvals. Holidays are a perfect excuse -- manpower shortages, KHSC is closed until next year (if then), shortened hours at HPD, trainers taking vacation time, etc.