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Personal Protection Training

110 NRA CCW Course - The course teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to carry a concealed pistol for personal defense.   The NRA CCW Course is intended for all individuals regardless of previous shooting experience or NRA-affiliation. This instructor-led only course gives you direct instruction from an NRA-certified instructor from beginning to end and may be conducted in a classroom and on a shooting range with an Instructor.  The course is set up in approximately 2 hour blocks of instruction.  These blocks of instructions can be 1/2 day to full day to multiple days.    Participants should expect to shoot over 150 rounds during the course drills.  Time:  4-16 hours    Target audience:  This course is for law abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law and experienced shooters to maximize what can be learned from this course.

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120 NRA Personal Protection in the Home Course - The course teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to the safe and efficient use of a handgun for protection of self and family and to provide information on the law-abiding citizen's individual right to self-defense.  The Basic Pistol Course or verifiable shooting experience is a prerequisite for this course.  Participants will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and continued opportunities for skill development.  Participants should expect to shoot over 100 rounds during the course drills.  Time:  8 hours    Target audience:  This course is for law abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law and experienced shooters to maximize what can be learned from this course.                                                                                                                                                         
130 NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Course - The course teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for avoiding dangerous confrontations and for the safe, effective and responsible use of a concealed pistol for self-defense outside the home.  This is a comprehensive and intensive course to equip the defensive shooting candidate with the skills needed to survive serious adversity.   Participants have the opportunity to attend this course using a quality strong side hip holster that covers the trigger, or a holster purse.  From a review of safe firearms handling and proper mindset to presentation from concealment and multiple shooting positions, this course contains the essential skills and techniques needed to prevail in a life-threatening situation.  This course is divided into two levels, basic and advanced.  Level one is a nine hour course and offers the essential knowledge and skills that must be mastered in order to carry, store, and use a firearm safely and effectively for personal protection outside the home.  Upon completion of level one, participants may choose to attend level two, which is an additional five hours of range training and teaches advanced shooting skills.  After the classroom portion, participants should expect to shoot over 100 rounds of ammunition during level one.  Level two involves five additional hours on the range and approximately 115 rounds of ammunition.   The ammunition requirements are minimum and may be exceeded.  Time:  Level 1 - 9 hours; Level 2 - 5 hours.  Target audience:  Adults over 18 who are not disqualified from possessing a firearm as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws and are of good repute.  Course 120 Personal Protection in the Home is highly recommended prior to attending this course.  

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140 NRA Defensive Pistol Course - The course is an advanced level of personal protection courses.  This course provides the students with advanced training drills above and beyond course 120 and 130,  and allows for individual training instruction and mentorship.  This is an ADVANCED course.  Students should be very comfortable with concealed carry, their firearms and the basic concealed carry techniques.  You will need approximately 300 rounds of ammunition, 3 magazines or 2 speed loaders, a quality holster and belt.  Time:  9 hours.  Target audience:  Adults over 18 who are qualified to possess a firearm as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws and are of good repute.  Course 120 or 130 is a prerequisite for attending this course.  Participants must also understand the basic legal concepts relating to the use of firearms in self-defense and must know and observe not only general gun safety rules, but also those safety principles that are specific to defensive situations.  

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150 US Concealed Carry Association Home Defense Course - The course was developed by the USCCA to provide participants with advanced skills for home defense.  The Basic Pistol Course or verifiable shooting experience is a prerequisite for this course.  Participants will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and continued opportunities for skill development.  Participants should expect to shoot 50 - 100 rounds during the course drills.  Time: 6 hours    Target audience:  This course is for law abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law and experienced shooters to maximize what can be learned from this course.  

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160 US Concealed Carry Association Concealed Carry Course - The course developed by the USCCA provides participants with advanced training for the concealed carry permittee.  For those that choose to carry a concealed firearm, this is a must have course to go through situational awareness, tips and techniques to avoid deadly force, and if needed, to develop the skillsets to prevail in a defense encounter.   Time:  8 hours    Target audience:  This course is for law abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law and experienced shooters to maximize what can be learned from this course.  

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