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I don't think anybody here disagrees with that last part, but getting the Sheriff's dept. involved is not a good idea. I am all for people getting training and plenty of it.
One of the best instructors anywhere lives in Florence. His name is Joe Kalil. Joe is an airline pilot and retired Army combat pilot. He is an instructor for the Federal Air Marshals program. He is qualified to teach anything there is to teach about guns. Joe is one of those instructors that don't exist in Boone Co. Joe runs "Defensive Handgun Training". Here is a link to his website:
http://www.defensivehandguntraining.com/about/ View Quote
I have taken a few courses with Joe and strongly agree, he is an excellent local instructor. Joe is also an elected JOP and does a lot of work in the area building relationships with all 3 counties (Boone, Kenton and Campbell) Sheriffs. The only "issue" per say with Joe's classes is that because he has a full time day job as a pilot plus a family life, his courses are only available on a limited basis and fill up very quickly.
Also keep in mind, we are not too far away from one of the nations best training facilities,
Tactical Defense Institute. Not an inexpensive place to go but you will not find better training anywhere.
As far as having the Sheriff offer courses? I really don't have much of an opinion one way or the other on that particular issue but IMO, what we really need in this area isn't more training options, its more options for places to train.
You can take all the classes you want but if you don't have a place to practice what you've learned, that training goes to waste. Right now, unless you have private property to shoot on, there is no place to practice defense shooting in this area.
We desperately need a good outdoor range in N-KY, Particularly a place with shooting bays where individuals can practice defensive shooting and run drills with a pistol, shotgun and/or rifle. Without that IMO, I see little need for additional training classes.