CARSON CITY — Rogue firearm teachers blemish the integrity of Nevada's concealed weapon permit, other instructors said Thursday as they urged a law enforcement panel to do more to root out and crack down on instructors who don't adhere to course mandates.

"I just hate to see that people are being slipped through the cracks just to make a few bucks and given a permit that they haven't earned," Jerome Hawkins, a retired Reno police officer and firearms instructor at Reno Guns & Range told a Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association committee during a forum on concealed weapons.

People who want a concealed weapon permit are required to take an eight-hour class that includes a written examination and qualifying at a firing range.

But Hawkins and others said some instructors have been known to hold classes at a coffee shop or restaurant and to sign completion certificates after just a few hours of instruction.

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