Introduction For those who want to take their skills to the next level, Falcon Personal Security offers training and certification of NRA instructors in: Basic Pistol Rifle Shotgun Home Firearm Safety Personal Protection In the Home Personal Protection Outside the Home Range Safety Officer All instructors’ courses use proven NRA instructional methods. A wise man […]
Author: Dan Lanotte
NRA Metallic Cartridge Reloading
Course Introduction With the rising cost of ammunition,reloading your own ammunition can significantly reduce the cost of shooting. The NRA Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading Course is designed to expose those who are new to reloading to the fundamentals in order that they may develop the knowledge, skill, and attitude to safely develop consistent and accurate […]
Defensive Pistol
The Defensive Pistol course is designed to take shooters beyond the basics of shooting a handgun. This course is two days of shooting, concentrating on drawing the gun from the concealed holster, engaging the target (or targets) and stopping the threat. This course includes about an hour presentation called “Handgun Terminal Ballistics.” This presentation goes […]
Personal Protection Outside The Home
Course Introduction The Personal Protection Outside the Home course continues where the Personal Protection Inside the Home course leaves off. The prerequisite for participating in this course is the Basic Pistol course. While not a required prerequisite for the Outside course, the Inside course presents valuable principals used in this course. The Outside course goes into new techniques of shooting, […]
Personal Protection In The Home
Course Introduction Reports on home invasions and break-ins have become routine news fare. Who among us has thought out what we would do in case of a home invasion or how we should respond should we come home and discover a burglar in the house? Unfortunately, today’s world has become a place where “when seconds […]
NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course
Course Introduction There is more to shooting a pistol or revolver than just picking up the gun and pulling the trigger. The Basics of Pistol Shooting course prepares students to own and/or use a pistol or revolver safely by introducing the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Course Description The course is taught over two sessions, […]
National Geographic Video
Here’s a cool video from the National Geographic via Facebook Balloons Stop a 44-Magnum Bullet by National Geographic Channel.
Report 14: The Jihad Menace
There is a problem affecting the world, and despite many years of trying by many nations, this problem is growing at an alarming pace. The problem is jihadism. Jihad, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is “a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; also: a personal struggle in devotion to Islam […]
Report 13: Why Practice?
In this report, I want to look closer at the reason I so strongly advocate practice. Let’s start by looking at a scenario with which, I pray, none of us will ever personally experience. You are relaxing at home in the evening, and a couple of bad guys break into the house. You grab your […]
Report 12: Civil Unrest and Jihad, a Linkage?
As a departure from my normal type of report, I am inspired to take keyboard in hand to bang out an editorial. This is not going to be a comprehensive discussion of the situation that has taken place in Ferguson, MO over the past couple of weeks but rather my thoughts on the causes and […]