As with anything new, there are always things that need to be modified.  The same is with these new laws.  Overall, the new regulations will in the long run, be beneficial to the industry.  We are a small family run business and rely on part time help to assist our master locksmith.  These employees have generally been college students.  One of the biggest things that we would like to see changed, would be the requirement of everyone having to complete the training class.  We fully agree with the fingerprint and background checks, but the training beyond this point should be up to the individual company.  As long as the company is registered, has a compliance agent and at least one registered locksmith, the training of extra personnel should be optional.

It is true also that large companies, such as Lowe's and Home Depot, hurt the small businesses such as ourselves.  They provide basically the same service that we do, yet they are not required to fall under the same laws.  This is something that I think should be examined and possibly be considered for some type of guidelines for them.  Just because the business is not advertising lockwork as their main source of income, doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't..........

Thank you for the opportunity to voice our concerns on this new chapter in the locksmith industry.