Posts by Chad Winkler
What’s New for 2021
The Boondocks FTA™ Beginner Handgun class is a half-day course designed to introduce women to the basics of using a handgun for self-defense. Topics will cover gun safety, loading and…
Read More...Training Saves Live (Self-defense & Salvation)
self-de·fense – the defense of one’s person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent…
Read More...Range Report
In November, four friends from as far away as Kansas, bit the bullet and traveled to Boondocks FTA™ for 4 days of firearms training. The group took two days of…
Read More...2020 Election
While the 2020 Election isn’t official yet, come 2021 we will likely dealing with a new administration in the White House. In today’s politically divided climate, half of America is…
Read More...Train From Home!
USCCA’s New Protector Academy On October 15th the USCCA Launched their new Protector Academy. This online training academy is available to all USCCA Members and includes over 200 different training…
Read More...The 357 Drill
In May of 2020 I was fortunate to slide into an open spot for Tom Givens’ Rangemaster Master Firearms Development Course. If you’re not familiar with Tom, he spent 20…
Read More...Fear, Familiarity & Fighting with a Firearm
The pandemic and protests of 2020 have caused citizens to rethink their safety and firesrms training classes around the country are filling up fast. While some of these students are…
Read More...Pandemic, protests, politics driving US gun sales
Last month I got an email from a reporter with Agence France-Presse (French Press Agency). They wanted to do an interview with me at Boondocks FTA about the recent surge…
Read More...For Guns
In late 2012, I applied to become a home-based Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) Dealer. After about a year of training people who were looking to get their carry permits, I…
Read More...Prepare for the Pattern
Prepare for the Pattern! Recently, violence erupted again after an officer involved shooting in Kenosha, WI. Before any evidence was even released about the details of the shooting, violent protests…
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