Church Security & Protectors: Open to any church goer

Prerequisite: none

Lead Instructor/Chief Range Safety Officer: John P Michaels

Additional Instructor/Range Safety Officer: Laura Michaels

Cost: $150 with FREE repeats

Maximum Class Size: 22

Completing this course will get you a 50% discount on Handgun Level 2

8:00am-5:00pm

This course combines the gun safety rules from Handgun level 1 with the solid gun handling fundamentals of Handgun level 2 as well as the strategies from the "Countering Mass Shooters: The Future of Church Security" workshop. It includes hands-on work using dummy ammunition as well as laser training aids. While this course was originally designed for church security teams, it's open to all church goers.

Gun Safety—foremost and always!

Gripping the semi-automatic correctly

Loading the semi-automatic (from holster) and racking slide properly

Holstering correctly and safely

Presentation (draw stroke) from holster

Changing magazines (reloading) the semi-automatic (5 types of mag changes)

Reholstering correctly and safely

Clearing stoppages and malfunctions (6 ways to clear 3 types of malfunctions)

Trigger control and reset

Checking for any additional threats

Shooting single and multiple targets

Introduction to "Move and Shoot"

Understand the mindset and warning signs of a mass shooter

How anyone can help prevent and identify mass shooters

Ways to minimize damage to innocent people

Emergency first aid

Recovering as a church

Developing standard operating procedures

Run simulations with laser pistols and laser rifles

You will need:

Reliable semi-auto, with at least 3 magazines (we have some available to borrow)

Belt or "paddle" holster (we have some available to borrow)

Sturdy belt--preferably 1 1/2" wide

Double magazine pouch or two single magazine pouches (we have some available to borrow)

We have put some recommendations of the above items in our recommendations page in "The Vault" under "Resources"

If you don't yet have a pistol and gear, just borrow ours for free

Notes:

It is unfortunate, but there is a lot of variability in reliability among semi-automatic handguns. Glock is the "gold standard" in reliability, with the Smith and Wesson M&P line, Sig, and Springfield XD models also having excellent reliability reputations. Recommendations: Glock

For holsters, Safariland offerings are particularly good: ALS #6378, GLS models, and #5198 are all excellent choices and reasonably priced.

For magazine pouches, the Safariland model 71 (single pouch) accommodates almost all magazines, and, again, very reasonably priced.

Approximately 9 hours

Prerequisite: none

Background checks will be done on all registrants

This course is taught at churches in several towns/cities. Please select which town/city you would like to attend to see available dates for that location or contact us to request a session at your church! Minimum of 5 new students to hold a class and must be open to members of other churches.

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