Gun Safety for Concealed Weapon Permits
This co-ed course is intended to familiarize
students
with the safe application of firearms for self defense.
Delivered
all in one weekend day, students will spend morning in the
classroom
and the afternoon at the shooting range in this course. Over 4,00
students
have now graduated from this program, over half
women.
Graduates earn a credential that qualifies them to
apply for a Montana concealed weapon permit, if they choose to
apply.
This course will focus on safe handling, storage and
use of handguns suitable for personal protection, kids and guns,
selecting a personal firearm, issues of personal protection,
allowable use of lethal force, shooting skills and more. The
class
begins at 9:00 AM, and finishes by 4:00 PM.
Class size is limited to the first 20 registrants.
Preregistration and pre-class study are required. Tuition is
$100
per student. Tuition waiver possible as necessary. Students
under
16 years of age accepted only with instructor permission –
inquire.
At the Range with a typical class:
"I just wanted to send you a note to let you
know how much I enjoyed your class. It was informative,
well-organized, and VERY enjoyable! ... you did a masterful
job...
I would highly recommend your classes to anyone wanting to
know
more about guns, shooting sports, or handgun defense."
Brad
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NOTICE - POLICIES
CANCELLATION/REFUND
- No refunds will be issued to students who fail to show up for
a
class, to students who fail to attend a complete class, or to
students who have paid tuition but choose to cancel for a
particular
class date. If a student has a genuine distress situation
or
emergency, such as a health problem for the student or immediate
family member, I will reschedule the student for a subsequent
class
at no additional cost.
LATE ARRIVAL AT CLASS - The
instructional day is packed with information essential to class
completion. Although I will try to work with students who
have
unavoidable delays, such as automobile breakdowns enroute to
class,
generally students who are not present at the beginning of the
class
day will not receive credentials for class completion.
REPLACEMENT
OF CLASS CERTIFICATES OR CREDENTIALS - Because
I have now graduated over 4,000 students from these classes
over the
past 25 years, it won't surprise former students to learn that
I get
requests to replace of mislaid class completion
credentials.
Because of that, I've had to develop a policy concerning
certificate
replacements.
What I certify to the sheriff with the
certificate I issue is that the
student has been trained to know safe gun handling and that I
have
tested the student to be safe handling firearms.
Students will
remember my warning that the skills I teach are perishable.
Given
those presumptions, it is my policy to not reissue
certificates that
are over three years old - for class completion more than
three years
in the past -, because I no longer have current personal
knowledge to
assure the sheriff that the student has retained good, safe
gun
handling skills.
RESERVED CLASS SLOT AFTER NO-SHOW - Some
prospective students have reserved class slots but have failed
to
obtain class materials or attend, sometimes more than
once.
Such students waste an opportunity for other students who
would like
to be included in a limited size class. Any prospective
student
who registers for a slot in a class but fails to follow
through by
obtaining class materials and attending may be disallowed from
future
class registration.