Chiz,
Please reassure your wife that my CCW course is not an intimidation course taught by a bunch of "Rambo Wannabe" bullies.
The way it looks now Justy's wife is going to try and arrange a group of her friends for a private, confidential course. Whenever I conduct private courses no one other than the people from the same group are permitted to attend. That way everyone is at ease with one another and they don't have to be concerned about training with unfamiliar persons. I am confident that Justy's wife would have no opposition to your wife joining her group.
Also, please enlighten your wife that she is under no requirement to apply for a CCW permit. She can participate in the training now, which covers many areas together with safety (first and foremost), handgun parts, ammunition, kids and guns, safe storage, methods of carry, appropriate marksmanship skills, range time, and care and cleaning. There is also tutoring on levels of awareness, being safer at home, in the car, at the office, and while shopping. Use of force guidelines and other legal aspects are also covered in the course as well.
Upon successful completion of the course I will still sign all the official paperwork that pertains to applying for a CCW permit, and she has up to one year to file the paperwork. If she chooses never to file, then so be it. On the other hand, at least she has received solid, fundamental training, and if at some time in the future (within a year) she feels that she would like to file and receive a CCW for her personal protection, she will have everything she needs to bring to Metro.
Please know that this is not an in-and-out one day course with 40 other students. Our courses are held to 10 students maximum. That is how we can offer the individual, one-on-one training that we are known for providing. We are dedicated to each and every one of our students, and we will be there for as long as our students need us to be.
The course is two days of comprehensive training that only travels at the pace of the slowest student in the class, and all of the live-fire drills are conducted outdoors in the open air, in a safe, private, and disciplined environment.
I hope this information will help your wife come to a more contented and informed conclusion regarding firearms training.
Thank you for your interest.
Be Safe.
Joseph Nizzari
Training Director,
Line of Fire, LLC
Professional Firearms Training Group
Line of Fire, LLC