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Close to 2,000 CCW licenses in question as sheriff investigates firearms instructor: Carl Monday investigates
LAKE COUNTY, OH (WOIO) -
Close to 2,000 Northeast Ohio residents have been notified their concealed carry permits could be revoked because of serious questions over the man who may have trained them.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, letters have gone out to around 1,700 people notifying them of "alleged discrepancies" that could render their CCW licenses invalid.
"They thought they were being taught by a certified NRA instructor," said Lake County Sheriff's Captain Ron Walters. "Come to find out, he's not a certified instructor at all."
Walters confirms the agency is actively investigating firearms instructor Luther Norman, 71, of Euclid. Norman, who taught at Double Tap Academy, is accused of teaching CCW courses without having the proper qualifications as required by state law. Norman has not been charged with a crime.
In Ohio, CCW instructors have to be certified by a National Rifle Association (NRA) instructor, or the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.
Walters says Norman lost his NRA firearms instructor certification after he was caught in 2013 teaching CCW courses without providing the total number of state-mandated instruction hours.
Despite losing his certification, Walters says the Sheriff's Department investigation has discovered that Norman continued to teach CCW courses and used the name and signature of a legitimate instructor on the course completion certificates. Walters tells us that instructor, Kim Woodson, is also under investigation. Woodson has not been charged.
Kathryn Curry and her husband Danny both have "12 Hour Basic Pistol Course" certificates signed by Woodson.
"Did you ever meet this woman?" I asked Kathryn. "No. Never," she replied.
Curry says it was Norman who trained her and her husband in 2015. She told us they each paid Norman around $200 for the firearms course.
The couple recently received letters from the Lake County Sheriff's Office ordering them to appear in person at the Concealed Handgun License office within 30 days. If they failed to appear, their CCW licenses would be revoked.
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Close to 2,000 CCW licenses in question as sheriff investigates firearms instructor: Carl Monday investigates
LAKE COUNTY, OH (WOIO) -
Close to 2,000 Northeast Ohio residents have been notified their concealed carry permits could be revoked because of serious questions over the man who may have trained them.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, letters have gone out to around 1,700 people notifying them of "alleged discrepancies" that could render their CCW licenses invalid.
"They thought they were being taught by a certified NRA instructor," said Lake County Sheriff's Captain Ron Walters. "Come to find out, he's not a certified instructor at all."
Walters confirms the agency is actively investigating firearms instructor Luther Norman, 71, of Euclid. Norman, who taught at Double Tap Academy, is accused of teaching CCW courses without having the proper qualifications as required by state law. Norman has not been charged with a crime.
In Ohio, CCW instructors have to be certified by a National Rifle Association (NRA) instructor, or the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.
Walters says Norman lost his NRA firearms instructor certification after he was caught in 2013 teaching CCW courses without providing the total number of state-mandated instruction hours.
Despite losing his certification, Walters says the Sheriff's Department investigation has discovered that Norman continued to teach CCW courses and used the name and signature of a legitimate instructor on the course completion certificates. Walters tells us that instructor, Kim Woodson, is also under investigation. Woodson has not been charged.
Kathryn Curry and her husband Danny both have "12 Hour Basic Pistol Course" certificates signed by Woodson.
"Did you ever meet this woman?" I asked Kathryn. "No. Never," she replied.
Curry says it was Norman who trained her and her husband in 2015. She told us they each paid Norman around $200 for the firearms course.
The couple recently received letters from the Lake County Sheriff's Office ordering them to appear in person at the Concealed Handgun License office within 30 days. If they failed to appear, their CCW licenses would be revoked.
More at ...
Close to 2,000 CCW licenses in question as sheriff investigates firearms instructor: Carl Monday investigates
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