Course Length: 8 Hours (1 Day). Maryland requires at least 8 hours of instruction for Wear and Carry Permit renewals, and this course fully meets that requirement. Designed for current Maryland Wear and Carry Permit holders, this renewal training helps maintain and update your skills, knowledge, and legal understanding by reinforcing key topics from the initial 16-hour certification. It also highlights legal updates. Students review recent legislative changes, restricted areas, transportation rules, and permit conditions; revisit use-of-force and self-defense principles, including deadly force standards and post-incident responsibilities; and refresh conflict de-escalation, situational awareness, and decision-making under stress, along with suicide prevention. The course also covers handgun operation, safety, malfunction clearing, carry methods, holster choices, and secure storage and transportation. Training concludes with a live-fire qualification and practical skills assessment to verify safe gun handling, accuracy, and proficiency. This focused, skills-based refresher fulfills Maryland’s renewal requirements and helps ensure you carry responsibly and legally.