Church security training

Church Security Training: 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

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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.