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5150 HEAT, LLC is a Firearms Training Academy focusing on New Shooters, Good People who Want to Defend their Home and experienced civilians interested in obtaining or renewing their Concealed Carry (CCW) License. We also train police and military personnel.
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5150 HEAT, LLC - Firearms Training Academy just might be one of the most experienced and comprehensive CCW courses you'll find in SoCal. Our standards are high because we've taught police academy recruits and in-service police officers since 1980. We've instructed thousands of men and women at the professional law enforcement level. We are certain we can teach you too!
The 16-hour minimum California SB-2 compliant CCW Course covers basic firearms handling, Developing a Personal & Home Protection Plan, Self-Defense Firearms Basics, Defensive Shooting Fundamentals, Mental Health & Mental Health Resources, the Legal Use of Force, Violent Encounters & Their Aftermath, Gear & Gadgets, Basic & Advanced Skills, Marksmanship, State & Federal Gun Laws, and finally, storage, and maintenance of weapons. The class is concluded with a course review, discussion, written test, handgun function check, and handgun qualification session at the range.
The class requires you to bring a few things such as your own handgun, ammo, and gear.
The 16-hour minimum California SB-2 compliant CCW Course, just in case we have to field numerous questions is enough to properly learn about the ins & outs - do's & don'ts of concealed carry. Especially if you are a newbie, or require more information and insights.
*** CCW License Initial Course:
Mid-Week Evening Courses Available: At least 16 hours of the California SB-2 compliant CCW Course, Courses for NEW, First-Time CCW candidates who aim to get their license. The cost for the California CCW Course is $325. I am certain you'll benefit from the high-level instruction, as well as owning the 188-page California CCW Handbook course textbook, ($17 Value). Also, the eTextbook: California Gun Laws & What You Need to Know on a USB Zip Drive ($35 Value). Don’t forget the California Firearms Laws Summary, by CA DOJ. Plus, numerous Student Handouts.
*** CCW License Initial Course:
Weekend Courses Available: At least 16 hours of the California SB-2 compliant CCW Course, Courses for NEW, First-Time CCW candidates who aim to get their license. The cost for the California CCW Course is $325. I am certain you'll benefit from the high-level instruction, as well as owning the 188-page California CCW Handbook course textbook, ($17 Value). Also, the eTextbook: California Gun Laws & What You Need to Know on a USB Zip Drive ($35 Value). Don’t forget the California Firearms Laws Summary, by CA DOJ. Plus, numerous Student Handouts.
CCW License Renewal Course:
Mid-Week Evening Courses Available: 8-hour Minimum California SB-2 compliant CCW Course for current CCW holders who need to renew their license. $175 (Includes: eTextbook, California Gun Laws & What You Need to Know on a USB Zip Drive ($35 Value). California Firearms Laws Summary, by CA DOJ. Plus, Student Handouts). Our CCW Renewal courses usually consist of presentation of recent California Laws & Updates, discussion, Q&A. The final stage will be dedicated to firearm(s) inspection & qualification. Then, finally, presentation of CCW Certificates of Completion.
CCW License Renewal Course:
Weekend Courses Available: 8-hour Minimum CaliforniaCalifornia SB-2 compliant CCW Course,Courses for who need to renew their license. $175 (Includes: eTextbook, California Gun Laws & What You Need to Know on a USB Zip Drive ($35 Value). California Firearms Laws Summary, by CA DOJ. Plus, Student Handouts). Our CCW Renewal courses usually consist of presentation of recent California Laws & Updates, discussion, Q&A. The final stage will be dedicated to firearm(s) inspection & qualification. Then, finally, presentation of CCW Certificates of Completion.
CCW AMENDMENT: Add or Change a Handgun - $65.00 to $100. Non-5150 HEAT student alumni.
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Included with CCW License Course:
- eTextbook: California Gun Laws & What You Need to Know USB Zip Drive ($35 Value!).
- Textbook: California Firearms Laws Summary - CA DOJ.
- Handgun function test & Qualification may be completed before or after training.
- Qualify with Any Number of Handguns at NO EXTRA COST!
- Add handguns to your CCW License, at NO COST* ($65 to $100 value per handgun) offer extended to returning 5150 HEAT students ONLY! (*)OCSD charges a nominal fee of $12 to update CCW License and students pays for ammo & range fee.
California Concealed Weapons (CCW) Course - Weeknight & Weekend Classes
CCW, Concealed Carry Weapon Training
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Initial, (1st Time) $325 (Increase due to passage of Gov. Newsom's SB-2 Unconstitutional Law)
Renewal $175 (Increase due to passage of Gov. Newsom's SB-2 Unconstitutional Law)
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Arizona concealed carry permits are honored in the 37 states
Arizona Concealed Carry Reciprocity Map & Gun Laws
The state of Arizona issues permits to both residents & non-residents.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Colorado (resident permit only)
- Delaware
- Florida (resident permit only)
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan (resident permit only)
- Mississippi
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- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
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- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania (resident permit only)
- South Carolina (resident permit only)
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Arizona's Multi State CCW Permit
You need to protect yourself and your family when traveling! Several States issue Multi-State, Non-Resident CCW Permits that have no State residency requirement and may be obtained by any legal resident of the United States (States that do not restrict Gun possession or Gun ownership). These are the best Multi-State Concealed Carry Permits available. The Arizona CCW Permit will allow Arizona Residents to legally carry in 36 States. The Florida CCW Permit is the only Non-Resident Permit available to California residents that will allow you to legally carry in Florida, and 29 other States. Get trained and get your Multi-State CCW Permit ASAP!
We are taking class registrations for Multi-State, Non-Resident CCW Permits. Call Annie Guzman to register for either the Arizona or Florda class you want to attend. Call (714) 680-5500 to register.
Florida concealed carry permits are honored in the 37 states
Florida Concealed Carry Reciprocity Map & Gun Laws
Gun laws vary from state to state. Citizens traveling with firearms should familiarize themselves with firearms ownership and possession laws of any state they plan to visit. Visit https://www.fdacs.gov/ Consumer-Resources/Concealed-Weapon-License/Concealed-Weapon-License-Reciprocity to find links to each reciprocity state’s web site. Questions regarding firearms laws in a particular state should be directed to law enforcement authorities in that state for clarification.
Section 790.015, Florida Statutes, allows Florida to recognize concealed weapon licenses issued by another state provided the other state will honor Florida concealed weapon licenses. Florida has reached reciprocity/mutual recognition agreements with the states listed below. A Florida Concealed Weapon or Firearm License is valid in any of these states, and resident concealed weapon license holders of these states can carry concealed weapons in Florida. Any exceptions are noted below, with explanation in footnotes on reverse side.
The state of Florida issues permits to both residents & non-residents.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado (resident permit only)
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan (resident permit only)
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania (resident permit only)
- South Carolina (resident permit only)
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
The Constitutional Right and Obligation to Carry A Gun
Carrying A Gun Is An Absolute Right
The Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize and all, said during a speech about “nonviolent resolutions to conflict” – “But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.” So said the Dalai Lama.
There are criminals among us who are both homicidal and incorrigible. Their parents took a shot at civilizing them and failed. Their school teachers took a shot at them and failed. The odds are overwhelming that government welfare programs and penal institutions took a shot at them and failed. If it ever becomes your turn to take a shot at them, don’t fail.
Carrying a Gun Has Always Been Both a Right and a Duty
There have been many societies in which not carrying a weapon was a serious and severely punishable crime. This was true in Greece, Rome, Europe, Britain and, though seldom enforced, is still true in certain places in America today. This is as it should be. A citizen who shirks his duty to contribute to the security of his community is little better than the criminal who threatens it, and is better off living in a society that places lesser demands on his capacity to accept responsibility.
GUN OWNERSHIP SAVES LIVES
- Gun ownership also saves money. Nationwide, each one percent increase in the number of people owning guns reduces crime victim costs by over $3 billion.
- Concealed handgun carry by private citizens reduces violent crimes, including rape, murder, aggravated assault and robbery, throughout the entire community and in surrounding communities.
- When a state passes a right-to-carry law, crime reduction is immediate and substantial, and crime-reduction benefits continue to grow the longer the law is in effect.
- The greater the number of concealed handgun permits issued, the greater the reduction in crime.
- Mass shootings in public places are reduced to virtually zero within four or five years after right-to-carry laws are passed – except in designated “gun- free” zones, such as schools, where self-defense is known to be prohibited.
- The largest drops in violent crime from concealed handgun carry occur in the most urban areas with the greatest populations and the highest crime rates.
- Citizens who do not carry guns benefit equally from the crime reduction which results when other citizens carry guns. The people who benefit most from this “halo” effect are women, children, the elderly and blacks.
- Of all the methods studied by economists, the carrying of concealed handguns is by far the most cost-effective method for reducing crime. Each and every concealed handgun permit issued reduces total economic losses to crime victims by $3,000 – $5,000.
- Accident and suicide rates are unaltered by the presence of concealed handguns.
- The effect of increased penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime is small.
- The Brady Law, other mandated waiting periods, safe-storage laws and one-gun-a-month laws all increase crime, especially rape.
- Background checks, training requirements and age restrictions have no crime-reduction benefits.
An Armed Society Is A Polite Society.
Convicted felons reveal in surveys that they are more afraid of armed citizens than they are of the police. And well they should be. Armed citizens kill 2,000 to 3,000 criminals each year, three times the number killed by the police. And only two percent of civilian shootings involve an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal, whereas the error rate for the police is more than five times that high.
Kleck’s research shows that private citizens use firearms to protect themselves and thwart crime about 2.5 million times a year. Citizens use firearms to prevent mass killings, bank robberies, gang attacks, carjackings, rapes, kidnappings and hostage-takings. They use them to help capture prison escapees and murderers, to come to the aid of outnumbered or ambushed law enforcement officers. Yet only a handful of these 2.5 million life-saving uses of firearms are ever reported in the mainstream press.
If a lot more people carried guns, what kind of a society would we have? Certainly not the kind predicted by anti-gun fanatics. Those hysterical doomsayers have been proven absolutely wrong one hundred percent of the time. Would we have a crime-free society? Certainly not. Criminals are as natural and immune to total eradication as fruit flies. But a better-armed society would severely limit the violent damage criminals wreak before they are stopped. Criminals are naturally self-destructive. The reasons they are don’t matter. To assist them in their self-destructiveness is the polite and civilized thing to do. Thus another ageless axiom: An Armed Society Is A Polite Society.
Roman Philosopher and Senator, Cicero, Immortalized Armed Self-Defense as an “Inalienable Right” More Than 2,000 Years Before the U.S. Constitution
The great Roman philosopher and senator, Cicero, immortalized armed self-defense as an “Inalienable Right” more than 2,000 years before the U.S. Constitution did so. Cicero said:
There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀…???
Here’s something every US citizen should know about:
𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗮 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗬 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨!
There are 𝙈𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙄𝙋𝙇𝙀 rulings where the Supreme Court has said that the government does not have a duty to protect you from harm…
…𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦.
According to Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law:
“𝗡𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺 — 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.”
And his claim is backed up by 𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗦 of federal court precedent:
• 𝘿𝙚𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙫. 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙤
• 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙫. 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨
• 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙫. 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖
Now, I’m not criticizing the police… 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 & 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀! I’m just giving you the legal facts, directly from a law professor as well as federal court precedent.
I know dozens of police officers including myself who have put their lives on the line for numerous citizen strangers in peril, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬!
And would willingly run toward danger just to keep you safe.
But when it comes down to it…
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆.
And honestly, when you are being attacked, you can’t wait for someone else to come save you.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆!
Once again, my point is not an insult against the police. The police are in fact my brothers and sisters in blue, green, camo or khaki.
𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝟵𝟭𝟭 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆! 𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏?
Enlightenment philosopher John Locke made a similar conclusion in his writings in the 17th century. Les Adams’ Second Amendment Primer quotes Locke as saying: “ “[𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀] 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. [𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝗳𝗼𝗿] 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘀.”
Locke’s point, much like my own, is that very often there’s no time to wait for the police to come to your rescue. Instead, 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱.
I’ll follow up with one more thought on personal self-defense with a quote focused on Patrick Henry’s mantra about preparedness:
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗡 [𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡] 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗.”
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗼-𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶t 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 – 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝘁?
That’s why it’s always 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 to be prepared for the 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗧.
𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲?
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO CARRY A GUN
Carrying A Gun Is An Absolute Right
The framers of the Constitution were under no pressure from the NRA when they wrote “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
In the same spare sentence, they reaffirmed their historical preference for a “militia” over a standing army, and indicated that this militia should be composed of armed citizens – citizens of a “free state” whose right to keep and bear arms must never be infringed. Anti-freedom zealots, including academic invalids and the hypocrites of the misnamed American Civil Liberties Union, have stood on their pointy heads in tortured attempts to misinterpret this sentence ever since. Those of us who know how to read the English language have no trouble at all.
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed. The right of the people TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS shall NOT be infringed. The right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. What part of NOT do the illiterates out to subvert the Constitution NOT understand?
The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed.
The Constitution of the state of Pennsylvania (adopted September 28, 1776) allocated more words to make the point even more unmistakable: “XIII. That the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.”
Indeed, the individual right to keep and bear arms for personal defense is based on exactly the same principle as civilian control of the military. One wonders if the ACLU would argue with that.
The Second Amendment, like most other articles in the Bill of Rights, was adopted from the English Bill of Rights of 1689, which, in turn, was based on centuries of English Common Law. English jurist Sir William Blackstone observed that the English Bill of Rights clearly meant that Englishmen possessed “the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defense” and that “having arms suitable for their defense” was one of the five auxiliary rights people possessed “to protect and maintain inviolate the three great and primary rights,” the first of which is “personal security.” Continue reading this article below left column...
A Recently Disarmed England Now Has Twice as Much Violent Crime as the United States.
Unfortunately for the English people, they have been persuaded by their own far-left government and insidious anti-gun activists to allow the English Bill of Rights to be, as they might say, shat upon. Today, the English do not have the right to keep and bear arms for self-preservation and defense. As a direct result, they live in a crime-ridden society that grows worse with each passing day.
The recent 2000 International Crime Victims Survey published by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, a highly respected and accurate measurement of the percentage of people by nation who are victims of violent crimes, ranked England far ahead of the United States (which ranked 8th), and second only to Australia (where English-style anti-gun laws are also in effect) as the most violent nation. A recently disarmed England now has twice as much violent crime as the United States.
The English Home Office, which cooperated in the survey, has refused to publish these findings in England. It’s better not to remind the gullible subjects how empty were the promises of safety and security for which they so eagerly traded away their very real and priceless freedoms and responsibilities.
The great Roman philosopher and senator, Cicero, immortalized armed self-defense as an “inalienable right” more than 2,000 years before the U.S. Constitution did so. Cicero said:
There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.
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In a Democracy, Citizens are Supposed to Act as Partners in Enforcing Laws.
Even people to whom armed self-defense is but a remote abstraction often endorse, without even realizing it, the unquestionable principles underlying the right to carry a gun. Jaron Lanier, writing in Discover Magazine (Feb. 2001), said in reference to new copyright-protection technology – “In a democracy, citizens are supposed to act as partners in enforcing laws. Those forced to follow rules without being trusted even for a moment are, in fact, slaves.”
It is perfectly obvious that we have a natural right to arm ourselves and to kill any criminal or other force that threatens us just as surely as an elephant has a right to kill an attacking lion and a mother bear has a right to kill a wolf grinning suspiciously at her cubs. Animal-rights extremists extend the animals’ right to the killing of humans under such circumstances.
Even the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize and all, said in May of 2001 during a speech about “nonviolent resolutions to conflict” to 7,600 Oregon and Washington high-school students – “But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.” So said the Dalai Lama.
There are criminals among us who are both homicidal and incorrigible. Their parents took a shot at civilizing them and failed. Their school teachers took a shot at them and failed. The odds are overwhelming that government welfare programs and penal institutions took a shot at them and failed. If it ever becomes your turn to take a shot at them, don’t fail.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO CARRY A GUN
Carrying a Gun Has Always Been Both a Right and a Duty
There have been many societies in which not carrying a weapon was a serious and severely punishable crime. This was true in Greece, Rome, Europe, Britain and, though seldom enforced, is still true in certain places in America today. This is as it should be. A citizen who shirks his duty to contribute to the security of his community is little better than the criminal who threatens it, and is better off living in a society that places lesser demands on his capacity to accept responsibility.
Armed Citizens Of the 21st Century - GUN OWNERSHIP SAVES LIVES
- Gun ownership also saves money. Nationwide, each one percent increase in the number of people owning guns reduces crime victim costs by over $3 billion.
- Concealed handgun carry by private citizens reduces violent crimes, including rape, murder, aggravated assault and robbery, throughout the entire community and in surrounding communities.
- When a state passes a right-to-carry law, crime reduction is immediate and substantial, and crime-reduction benefits continue to grow the longer the law is in effect.
- The greater the number of concealed handgun permits issued, the greater the reduction in crime.
- Mass shootings in public places are reduced to virtually zero within four or five years after right-to-carry laws are passed – except in designated “gun- free” zones, such as schools, where self-defense is known to be prohibited.
- The largest drops in violent crime from concealed handgun carry occur in the most urban areas with the greatest populations and the highest crime rates.
- Citizens who do not carry guns benefit equally from the crime reduction which results when other citizens carry guns. The people who benefit most from this “halo” effect are women, children, the elderly and blacks.
- Of all the methods studied by economists, the carrying of concealed handguns is by far the most cost-effective method for reducing crime. Each and every concealed handgun permit issued reduces total economic losses to crime victims by $3,000 – $5,000.
- Accident and suicide rates are unaltered by the presence of concealed handguns.
- The effect of increased penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime is small.
- The Brady Law, other mandated waiting periods, safe-storage laws and one-gun-a-month laws all increase crime, especially rape.
- Background checks, training requirements and age restrictions have no crime-reduction benefits.
In 1987, a year after Glocks were introduced to the U.S., Florida enacted a pioneering “shall- issue” right-to-carry law that has served as the model for the rest of the country. The Florida law affirmed the right of a private citizen to carry a concealed gun and eliminated the abuses so typical of “discretionary” right-to- carry laws that resulted in gun permits being awarded arbitrarily to the political cronies of petty officials, limousine liberals, movie actors, athletes and various other celebrity representatives of the rich and famous crowd, but denied to so-called “ordinary” citizens. The Florida law made it crystal clear that any citizen with basic firearms training and a felony-free record would be issued a concealed-carry permit upon request, period.
Florida’s landmark right-to-carry law was supported by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Sheriffs Association, Florida Police Chiefs Association and other law enforcement groups. And it was supported by Florida voters. The media, however, was predictably vociferous in its opposition to the exercise of Constitutionally guaranteed rights, and in its total submission to the party line of radical anti-freedom, anti-self-defense and anti-gun forces. Headlines predicted vigilante justice and wild-west shootouts on every corner. “Florida will become the “Gunshine State.” “A pistol-packing citizenry will mean itchier trigger fingers.” “Florida’s climate of smoldering fear will flash like napalm when every stranger totes a piece.” “Every mental snap in traffic could lead to the crack of gunfire.”
Such dire and colorful predictions, of course, proved totally false. Nevertheless, that same hysterical fear-mongering and bald-faced lying are used even today every time a new state gets ready to pass an enlightened right-to-carry law. In actual fact, the only notable thing that happened for the first five years after Florida passed its right-to-carry law was that, as homicide rates in the U.S. soared, Florida’s homicide rate fell a dramatic 23 percent. A few of the opponents of concealed carry actually had the courage to admit they were wrong. Continue reading this article below left column...
FBI: Shall-Issue & Right-to-Carry States Lower Total Violent Crime, Homicide, Robbery & Aggravated Assault
Thanks to the intensive lobbying efforts of the NRA, along with the tireless grassroots work of politically aware gun owners, 33 states now have Florida-style laws, which require the prompt issuance to their citizens of legal permits to carry concealed weapons. Well over half of the U.S. population, more than 60 percent of all handgun owners, live in these free states, yet no more than one to five percent ever apply for such licenses.
Notwithstanding the fact that most people do not carry guns, the mere possibility that an intended victim could be armed with a handgun eliminates millions of crimes every year.
According to the FBI, states with “shall-issue” right-to-carry laws have a 26 percent lower total violent crime rate, a 20 percent lower homicide rate, a 39 percent lower robbery rate and a 22 percent lower aggravated assault rate than those states that do not allow their citizens to legally carry guns.
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, Gary Kleck, in Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America (Aldine de Gruyter Publishers, 1991) found that “robbery and assault victims who used a gun to resist were less likely to be attacked or to suffer an injury than those who used any other methods of self-protection or those who did not resist at all.”
Convicted felons reveal in surveys that they are more afraid of armed citizens than they are of the police. And well they should be. Armed citizens kill 2,000 to 3,000 criminals each year, three times the number killed by the police. And only two percent of civilian shootings involve an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal, whereas the error rate for the police is more than five times that high.
Kleck’s research shows that private citizens use firearms to protect themselves and thwart crime about 2.5 million times a year. Citizens use firearms to prevent mass killings, bank robberies, gang attacks, carjackings, rapes, kidnappings and hostage-takings. They use them to help capture prison escapees and murderers, to come to the aid of outnumbered or ambushed law enforcement officers. Yet only a handful of these 2.5 million life-saving uses of firearms are ever reported in the mainstream press.
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An Armed Society Is A Polite Society.
If a lot more people carried guns, what kind of a society would we have? Certainly not the kind predicted by anti-gun fanatics. Those hysterical doomsayers have been proven absolutely wrong one hundred percent of the time. Would we have a crime-free society? Certainly not. Criminals are as natural and immune to total eradication as fruit flies. But a better-armed society would severely limit the violent damage criminals wreak before they are stopped. Criminals are naturally self-destructive. The reasons they are don’t matter. To assist them in their self-destructiveness is the polite and civilized thing to do. Thus another ageless axiom: An Armed Society Is A Polite Society.
In 1998, John R. Lott, Jr., senior research scholar in the School of Law at Yale University, authored the most comprehensive and exhaustive study of crime and gun control laws ever conceived, based on the largest data set on crime ever assembled. His landmark book, More Guns, Less Crime (The University of Chicago Press, 1998, 2000), now available in an updated second edition, includes thorough analyses of more than 54,000 observations and hundreds of variable factors across more than 3,000 counties in all 50 states for 18 years.
The assiduously researched conclusions reached by Lott immediately set off a wave of panic among anti-gun fanatics and drew organized, systematic personal attacks of the most vicious and dishonest nature, including death threats leveled at Lott and his wife and children. Yet not a single serious academic challenge of Lott’s research, his methodology or his incontrovertible conclusions has ever been successfully mounted. In fact, Lott’s conclusions have reluctantly been called “bulletproof ” even by the liberal mainstream press.
Bottom line, in keeping with the title of his work, the more guns there are in society and the more these guns are carried by private citizens, the less crime there is.
These are some of the reasons why police, who fight crime for a living and are well aware of the realities of street criminals, support right-to-carry laws for private citizens by an overwhelming three-to-one margin. This is an even higher margin of support for right-to-carry than the strong support voiced by the civilian population.
Policemen are nobody’s personal bodyguards. Their jobs are to find and arrest people who have committed crimes, not to prevent such potential crimes from happening in the first place. Clearly, the responsibility for victim-prevention lies with the victim-to-be.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Bowers v. DeVito, 1982) did not mince words when it ruled, “There is no Constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.”
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO CARRY A GUN
What It Means To Carry A Gun
That loaded pistol in your holster is a powerful expression of your Constitutionally guaranteed liberty as an American citizen, your recognition of the solemn duty you have to your fellow man, and your willingness to accept the full weight of a life-and-death responsibility.
When you are prepared to defend yourself, you are equally prepared to defend all of society and all of its guiding principles. Your responsibilities are therefore many – moral, legal and tactical. That is why most people, including lifelong gun owners, experienced hunters and competitive shooters, even in states that freely issue concealed carry permits, do not choose to carry a gun.
Your moral responsibilities are to fire your gun into another human being only when the line of necessity has clearly been reached, and then to fire without hesitation and to full effect. Remember the words of Cicero.
Your legal responsibilities are to justify your actions to those who would call you a criminal at the drop of a hat, and quite possibly to a jury of your peers, most of whom have neither the competence nor the courage to carry a gun in their own defense. Read the findings of the Citizens’ Self-Defense Act of 2001.
Studies show that simply brandishing a weapon saves many lives, but I am personally against the idea of waving a gun around while your adversary thinks. The way to overcome his offensive advantage is to strike without warning.
Your tactical responsibilities are to carry your gun with confidence, to be well trained in your ability to operate it effectively, and to have instilled in yourself an iron will to use deadly force to prevent or end violence committed against yourself or others. Most of this book is dedicated to your tactical responsibilities, because that’s what will save your life.
Violence happens either at random, or directed toward the obviously vulnerable, or toward someone in particular for a reason. You can rest assured it will not happen at the shooting range when you are all suited up in your speed rig with a plan of action worked out for the coming run-and-gun stage. It will happen when you are home sleeping in your bed, shopping at the grocery store, walking out to get the mail, mowing the grass, at dinner, at church, at the theater.
The most dangerous places in the world are those called “gun-free safety zones” by their ignorant political creators and known by criminals and psychopaths as “safe-to-kill zones.” Even an adolescent school kid can figure out that an advertised killing field where no one is allowed to shoot back is the safest location in the world to carry out a mass shooting. Don’t even consider going to a place like that unarmed, whether it’s your kid’s school or a national park. If you can’t handle breaking the law, don’t go.
The assistant principal of a high school in Pearl, Mississippi, broke the law. He kept a .45 in his car parked on the school grounds. When a deranged student opened fire, Joel Myrick ran for his gun. Two students were killed because Myrick had to retrieve his gun from his car instead of his holster. But the .45 eventually prevailed, and Myrick stopped the massacre long before police arrived on the scene. God only knows how many lives he saved. But assistant principal Joel Myrick wasn’t awarded any medals. Of the several hundred newspaper and television stories about the incident, only a few even mentioned his name. Almost none revealed the fact that he used a gun to stop the killings.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO CARRY A GUN
A Stranger Steals Your Valuables: What Would You Do?
What would you do if you're minding your own business, and out of nowhere a guy steals your valuables and runs off?
Join Beth Alcazar, Associate Editor of the USCCA, as she addresses possible responses to this scary and all-too-common scenario.
When it comes to carrying a gun in self-defense, you must consider whether that will or will not change the way you respond to a threatening situation. No matter what, it's important to always be aware of your surroundings and to contact the proper authorities to report a crime. Carrying a gun doesn't make you Superman and your CCW permit is not a shield; it's simply a piece of paper that says you are legally allowed to have that firearm on you. But you are responsible to use it appropriately, and only if your life or the lives of others are in danger.
Any stolen valuable is not as valuable as your life... It's never worth it to risk your life or jail time over something as simple as a wallet or a cell phone. Be alert. Be smart. Be prepared. And stay safe!
The mission of the USCCA’s and 5150 HEAT Firearms Training Academy is to Educate 10 Million Gun Owners, Legally Protect 1 Million USCCA Members, Stop 20,000 Crimes, and Save 1,000 Lives.
Concealed Carry
Summary of California Gun Laws
- California State Population: 39,600,000
- CCW Permits Issued: 120,000
- Issued Permit Percentage: 0.27%
- Minimum Age for Issuing CCW: 21 Years Old
- States that Honor California's CCWs: 27
- State CCWs that California Honors: 0
California is a may-issue state based on an applicant’s justified need and suitability. Permits are issued by the county sheriff’s office. The various local law enforcement agencies use their discretion for issuing to varying degrees ranging from virtually no issue to shall issue.
Although there is no comprehensive system of firearms registration in California, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) retains information about the purchaser and seller of all in-state firearms sales and transfers and requires that any firearms imported into the state be reported to the DOJ.
All firearms sales must be completed through a dealer. A permit to purchase, a background check and transaction report to the DOJ are required to buy a handgun. As of January 1, 2019, no person may sell, supply, deliver, or give possession or control of a handgun to any person under the age of 21 years. Beginning July 1, 2019, all ammunition purchases will require a DOJ “point of sale” eligibility check with $1 paid by the consumer.
The open carrying of firearms is governed in California by a set of laws that, at times, conflict with one another. Openly carrying loaded or unloaded firearms in public is generally prohibited in California. However, the sheriff of any county with a population under 200,000 people, or the chief of police of a city within that county, may issue licenses to carry a loaded, exposed handgun. Those licenses are only valid in the county where they are issued.
Concealed carry is only legal with a California Concealed Carry Weapons License (CCWL). The minimum age is not set by statute, however, the minimum age to possess a handgun is 21 years old. A CCWL may include any reasonable restrictions or conditions which the issuing authority deems warranted, including restrictions as to the time, place, manner and circumstances under which the person may carry a firearm. Many areas are off-limits, including schools, courthouses and businesses that sell alcohol for consumption. As of January 1, 2019, concealed carry permits require a minimum eight-hour firearms training course that teaches California firearms laws and gun safety, including firing of a gun in a “live-fire” shooting exercise at a shooting range. California does not issue carry permits to non-residents, with exceptions for non-resident military members permanently stationed in California. In terms of reciprocity, California does not honor any other states’ concealed carry permits.
A U.S. citizen or legal resident at least 18 years old may carry a handgun anywhere within his or her place of residence, place of business or on private property owned or lawfully possessed by the citizen or legal resident. A permit or license is not required for a person to carry within these locations.
California is a Castle Doctrine state. Any person using force intended or likely to cause death or great bodily injury within his or her residence shall be presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury to self, family or a member of the household when that force is used against another person. The person against who force was used must not be a member of the family or household and have unlawfully and forcibly entered the residence. The person using the force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry occurred. There is no duty to retreat, and the law applies at a person’s residence, place of business or other real property.
FYI: On March 29, 2019, a federal judge upheld his earlier decision blocking a California law barring gun owners from possessing high-capacity magazines, (more than 10 rounds). However, Judge Benitez issued a stay, and the law criminalizing the importation or sale of the high-capacity magazines was reinstated on April 5, 2019, pending the attorney general’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Those who have imported high-capacity gun magazines into California in the week since he declared the state’s ban on the weapons unconstitutional do not have to give up their weapons or be criminalized for owning them.
The Keys to Having a Safe Home
Although home invasions are increasing across America today, keeping a safe, secure home is not difficult. You don’t need fancy, expensive equipment, and you do not need to dedicate your life to this single purpose. In fact, over-thinking and over-spending generally only serve to distract the responsibly prepared citizen even further from that which is most important.
They distract us from the important fact that our personal self-defense mentor and close friend Lt. Col. Dave Grossman teaches, which is this truth: What is in the mind of the protector is much more important than what is in his hand.
We strongly encourage you to print out and read this report immediately. In the following pages, We intend to cause you to plan and equip you with both critical components of effective home defense: the mental, and the physical.
By the time you finish reading this, you will have answered the difficult questions, and you will have solid direction on how to proceed with your home-defense preparations.
Stay safe... Always, Tim Schmidt & Ken "KC" Clements
Home Defense Fundamentals Course
Learn how to Develop a Personal and Home Protection Plan: Define a personal protection plan • Why conflict avoidance is so important • Evaluating your home’s security • Home alarms • Home defense • Mental exercises.
Colonel Cooper's Color Code of Situational Awareness: Developing a Combat Mindset. Used by soldiers and CIA agents alike, The Color Code of Awareness will help you see danger before it strikes and may just save your life.
Self-Defense Firearm Basics: Universal safety rules • Understanding revolvers • Understanding semi-automatics • Understanding magazines • Ammunition components • Is caliber all that matters? • Ammunition care and storage • Home defense shotgun fundamentals • Defining gauge • Shot size • Shotgun chokes • The AR-15 platform • AR-15 components.
Defensive Shooting Fundamentals: Defensive shooting versus marksmanship • Proper grip • Shooting platform • Aligning the muzzle to the target • Unsighted fire, point shooting • Flash sight picture • Sighted fire • Trigger control • Rubber band exercise.
The Legal Use of Force: Defending the home • Defending property.
Violent Encounters and Their Aftermath: When we’re left with no other choice • When the right to use deadly force ends • The immediate aftermath • Phone calls to make • When the police arrive • Statement to the police • Preserving evidence • Miranda rights • During and after your arrest • Advice for your lawyer.
Gear & Gadgets: Tactical flashlights • Mounted lights • Considering a laser sight • Guns safes and storage.
Basic & Advanced Skills: Creating a training program • Dry firing • Fundamental drill discussion • Discussion of what’s next.
Classes usually go a little overtime. Please allocate about 30 - 45 minutes in case extra time is needed.
Course fee includes: USCCA Home Defense Fundamentals Course, 245 page textbook, "Concealed Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals" (a $32 Value!). Course Completion Certificates will be awarded to all participants who successfully complete the course.
BONUS: Introductory ultra safe NRA approved Laser Pistol Training!
Tuition: $149 per student * Gift Certificates Available!
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Firearms Marksmanship & Safety are Perishable Skills
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. Vince Lombardi
Many people don't realize it, but firearm marksmanship and safety are perishable skills that must be continuously renewed and reinforced through “proper” practice and training. Every expert firearms instructor recommends regular range time or dry-fire training to both improve and maintain safe, speed & accuracy and the skills needed to ward off deadly attacks... Check back often!
Concealed Carry Fundamentals
Concealed Carry Fundamentals is a comprehensive course for anyone considering owning or carrying a firearm for self defense. In this class you will learn conflict avoidance, situational awareness; shooting fundamentals; the physiology of violent encounters, legal aspects of using deadly force (including knowing what to do in the aftermath); and a complete guide on gear, gadgets, and ongoing training. Following the course, training and live-fire exercises are conducted on the range.
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