would be cool, i guess. if you (and I as well) got it you could carry in many more states, and combined with a VA permit one would have the country about as covered as possible. so thats cool. however it won't apply to DC or maryland, which is where I'd like to carry most. so for me already having a VA permit, and the thought of sitting through 12 hours of "keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire" fills me with a large feeling of 'meh'
the president is the one that advertised it on ocdo and he said the class would be 4 hours long with a trip to the range so he can watch us shoot but only 5 spots left as of late last night. so if you want in, go to opencarry.org and go through the virginia section, you'll see the thread. i don't know what my schedule looks like for that week so i told him not to hold a spot open for me. pm me for the price quote he gave me
and yeah, i hate that we're adjacent to MD and DC... especially living in NOVA, you're screwed if you wanted to go somewhere really dangerous