Civilian CCW

Article ref Close Quarters Handgun class

On December 22, 2025 / Church Security, Civilian CCW, Close Quarter Shooting, Defensive Tactics, Family Defense, First Responders, Handgun retention and disarming, In Fight Weapon Access, Law Enforcement, MUC, Off duty carry, Street Encounter Skills, Tactical Pistol Skills, Training, Weapon retention

Claude Werner, aka The Tactical Professor, was kind enough to do a well written article for the NRA Shooting Illustrated magazine after attending my Close Quarters Handgun class in north Georgia. https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/close-quarters-handgun-training/ Claude’s site is here; https://thetacticalprofessor.net/ I can highly recommend you look at his Patreon page

Class AAR, Oc spray and Low Light training

On November 21, 2018 / AARs, Civilian CCW, Family Defense, Family safety, Home Defense, Less lethal/less than lethal, Low-light, OC Spray, Reasonable Use of Force, Security, Training

The Civilian Gunfighter was kind enough to both attend my recent training at Race Street Range, and to write up a detailed AAR. AAR: Agile Training & Consulting (Chuck Haggard) “Civilian Pepper Spray and Flashlight Use” Course, Upland, PA 11/11/18

Student feedback from a recent class….

On November 21, 2018 / AARs, Civilian CCW, Defensive Tactics, Family Defense, Family safety, Instructor Development, Less lethal/less than lethal, OC Spray, Reasonable Use of Force, Training

It’s always nice to get positive feedback from students after a class is complete. I asked for Donna’s permission to use her comments, from a email she sent me, in this post. I have heard second hand that I can come off as a bit “intense” to

Student AARs, Close Quarter Handgun class with low-light shooting bonus course, Mill Creek club, Nov 21-22

On December 8, 2015 / AARs, Civilian CCW, Defensive Tactics, Family safety, First Responders, Law Enforcement, Low-light, Marksmanship, Reasonable Use of Force, Training

Reposted from PistolForums with permission from the students; So life happened and it’s taken me a hot minute to get caught up, including writing this AAR. Disclaimers: 1- I was the host/sponsor/fixer for this class. 2- Due to an unplanned doctor’s appointment, I had to miss the

Rangemaster Training event, KS, July 2016

On December 1, 2015 / Civilian CCW, Family safety, First Responders, Law Enforcement, Marksmanship, Reasonable Use of Force, Training

Peeps in KS and MO, Tom Givens is going to be local for his most excellent Rangemaster Three-Day Firearms Instructor Development Course, July 8-10, 2016. I can HIGHLY recommend this class. Plan ahead, and started saving your pennies. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/firearms-instructor-development-course-ottawa-kansas-tickets-19757986670

Student AAR, OC spray for the CCW person, McHenry Ill

On October 19, 2015 / Civilian CCW, Family safety, First Responders, OC Spray, Shout Outs, Training

I am posting this AAR by permission from the student, this was originally posted on the Lightfighter forum, http://www.lightfighter.net/topic/aar-agile-tactical-oc-pepper-spray-course-18sep2015-mchenry-il I can highly recommend Lightfighter for any LEOs, military folks and other serious students of firearms and training, it’s one of the few sites on the internets that I frequent.

Just back from PEP3 and

On August 18, 2015 / AARs, Civilian CCW, Gear Reviews, Random Thoughts, Shout Outs, Training

the attendees had a great time. Once again the event was awesome, if you weren’t there you missed a great training opportunity and a good time in general. Link to a bit of the festivities from my friend Tamara Keel; http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2015/08/pushing-envelope.html

AAR, Close Quarters Pistol, at Defense Midwest, 7/26/2015

On July 27, 2015 / AARs, Civilian CCW, First Aid, First Responders, Law Enforcement, Military, TCCC, Training

This was my first class teaching this package, and some learning curve was involved, as always happens when one makes a new training package. I had taught all of the material previously on numerous occasions, but not together as an 8 hour package. The class was

Carry ammo, safety, and readiness, the danger of rechambering your carry ammo too many times….

On July 21, 2015 / Ammunition, AR15, Civilian CCW, Family safety, First Responders, Law Enforcement

I hear from people regularly that they load and unload their guns often, sometimes on a daily basis. With revolvers this is not an issue, with things like semi-auto pistols and AR15s it is a dangerous practice. Example; Ref rechambering ammo into your pistol too many

OC (aka pepper) spray training for the non-law enforcement person;

On July 21, 2015 / Civilian CCW, Family safety, First Responders, OC Spray, Training

OC (aka pepper) spray training for the non-law enforcement person; Training will be held July 30, starting at 6:30pm, at 1315 SW 6St in Topeka. This class will explore the use of OC spray for defensive use by the non-LE person, tactics being taught would be appropriate