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Hello all,
My name is Adrian. I'm here trying to reach out to other firearms instructors and individuals who are also looking for firearms instructors.
I'm going to start my journey in the land of firearms instructors soon, first starting with NRA certifications in October and then moving to bigger and better things in my desired area of teaching. Before I continue I'd like to say a bit about myself.
I am fairly (to some, very) young at 23 years old. I've done a contract in the U.S. Army as an indirect Infantryman, worked various odds and ends jobs after my initial contract before shooting back into the Army reserves, and now I'm working in private security. (Fairly short back story...okay so I might be pretty dang young.)
The main reason that I'm attempting to move over into firearms instruction is the fact that over the short few years in jobs that require the use of weapons I've met a lot of people who don't have a clue on what they would do in certain situations when it comes to firearms. And come to think of it, there are plenty of things I don't know either. Expecially when it comes down to the legalities. So my response to that is I not only need to learn it, but I also need to help spread the information. So, self/home defense, concealed weapons, and legalities of using deadly force are the things I want to focus on.
Although since I'll be green in the land of experienced trainers and so on I do want to ask people here what they look for when searching for an instructor? What practices are they most likely to go for a class in? Knowing those types of questions will help me develop a training plan so I can still get the information I learn out there and get the training that people want to them.
And for any instructors out there, I would like to ask for some advice from their end. The pitfalls and the high rises of working as an instructor. Making your own business or working from another.
I look forward to hearing some responses and I'll probably move a lot of this over to another forum just so it's not too much in the welcome area.
Thank you!
My name is Adrian. I'm here trying to reach out to other firearms instructors and individuals who are also looking for firearms instructors.
I'm going to start my journey in the land of firearms instructors soon, first starting with NRA certifications in October and then moving to bigger and better things in my desired area of teaching. Before I continue I'd like to say a bit about myself.
I am fairly (to some, very) young at 23 years old. I've done a contract in the U.S. Army as an indirect Infantryman, worked various odds and ends jobs after my initial contract before shooting back into the Army reserves, and now I'm working in private security. (Fairly short back story...okay so I might be pretty dang young.)
The main reason that I'm attempting to move over into firearms instruction is the fact that over the short few years in jobs that require the use of weapons I've met a lot of people who don't have a clue on what they would do in certain situations when it comes to firearms. And come to think of it, there are plenty of things I don't know either. Expecially when it comes down to the legalities. So my response to that is I not only need to learn it, but I also need to help spread the information. So, self/home defense, concealed weapons, and legalities of using deadly force are the things I want to focus on.
Although since I'll be green in the land of experienced trainers and so on I do want to ask people here what they look for when searching for an instructor? What practices are they most likely to go for a class in? Knowing those types of questions will help me develop a training plan so I can still get the information I learn out there and get the training that people want to them.
And for any instructors out there, I would like to ask for some advice from their end. The pitfalls and the high rises of working as an instructor. Making your own business or working from another.
I look forward to hearing some responses and I'll probably move a lot of this over to another forum just so it's not too much in the welcome area.
Thank you!