Citizens Defensive Pistol

This course is designed expressly for the armed citizen who carries a concealed handgun, or the plain clothes or off-duty police officer. The goal is to develop the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to carry and use a concealed pistol ethically, responsibly, and with confidence.

Topics include:

• Mental awareness and techniques for gaining advantage in life-threatening confrontations
• Proper defensive mindset and personal tactics
• Concealing a pistol properly and clothing considerations
• Effective gun handling techniques designed to work under stress
• Rapid presentation from concealed carry during an attack (and safely concealing it)
• High speed accuracy at close ranges and precision shooting at mid ranges
• Rapidly and reliably fixing pistol malfunctions and reloading techniques
• Shooting effectively with one hand, with either hand
• Tactical anatomy
• Proper skill development practices

Class prerequisites: Completion of a state Handgun Carry Permit class or another comparative pistol shooting class. You should also have some experience safely handling, drawing and holstering a pistol. If you have questions about suitability of the course, please email us at [email protected] or text us at 615-801-8007.

Students who complete the course will receive a completion certificate.

What you will need to take the course:

• A quality pistol recommend minimum of 9mm or .38 Special. We recommend full or compact sized guns for this class. Sub-compact guns are much harder to shoot all day. A second gun like the first one is a good idea in case the first one breaks
• A quality strong side hip or appendix holster – either form fitted leather or kydex, the holster must completely cover the trigger guard, allow a full firing grip with the gun in the holster and remain open while the gun is drawn. PLEASE NO flimsy nylon or cloth holsters
• A quality Belt, designed to securely attach the holster to the belt and support the weight of a fully loaded pistol
• At least 300 rounds of quality factory ammunition suitable for practice. Bring more if you have it and we’ll have even more fun. 
• 3 magazines or speed loaders with 2 appropriate pouches for the spare magazines
• Clothing appropriate for concealing a firearm (vest, jacket, windbreaker, over-shirt, polo shirt, etc). Holsters must be worn concealed.
• Eye protection and hearing protection (we recommend electronic) and a ball cap or brimmed hat to keep brass from going behind your eye protection.
• Rain gear (we train rain or shine), bug dope, and sun screen
• A cooler with soft drinks, water, snacks and lunch will be needed, for lunch on site. We will not be leaving the range for lunch.

You can bring a revolver to this course, but we strongly recommend against it as they tend not to last a full day of intensive shooting.

If you need help putting the above items together please contact us before the class. [email protected]

Your primary instructor will be Aqil Qadir, assisted by Monique Clarke of Lioness Defense Firearms Training.