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This is a special, invitation-only event for our friends in the industry.  Space and access may be limited, so please reach out in advance for additonal details and participation information!

This is a special, invitation-only event for our friends in the industry. Space and access is limited, so please reach out in advance for additional details and participation information!

Defensive Handgun is our benchmark course and is highly recommended for individuals that have decided to carry a firearm for self-defense. Our professional staff will teach you modern handgun fighting techniques to effectively win an armed encounter, including drawing from the holster with concealment, quick sight acquisition, malfunction clearance, retention fire, and movement. We also discuss the legal and moral considerations of carrying a firearm for self-defense.

This one-day course will help you set up and define a core area of your home that your family can use as a safe area. We will teach you the dynamics of moving to your safe area, and how to set up and harden that area to protect yourself and your family. As part of this course, you will learn basic room clearing, areas of responsibility, and how you and others can work as a team. Part of this course utilizes various targets at different locations to help you develop the mindset of target identification and threat assessment. We will teach you how to pre-plan escape routes, what to tell responding Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and how the construction of your home must be considered when determining your home defense plan. For this course, we utilize simulated (inert) firearms; there is NO live fire in this training.

It is crucial that you understand the “Proper Use of Force” doctrine in your decision making process to defend yourself or others. This class will build on the skills of Rifle Proficiency, and our cadre will give you suggestions to improve those skills. This class will have scenarios to expose you to real life events and help you to make split second decisions. 

Our fast paced Defensive Shotgun class is designed to give you a good understanding of the 12 or 20 gauge shotgun and its versatility as a defensive weapon. We will assist you in building a fundamental skill set with the shotgun and being able to run a shotgun for home defense or in a tactical environment. We will cover proper ammo selection for each person’s unique circumstances. We will teach you methods of selecting ammunition on the fly and how to load different types of ammunition that you have at your disposal for various different situations.