DTI - Defensive Handgun with John Farnam
September 13th - 15th 2019
Day 1 - Lecture (2:30 min)
Day 2 & 3 - Range
$725.00
- Lecture on Friday evening is 7:00pm-9:30pm
- Saturday Range Class is 9:00am-5:00pm, with a low-light exercise 7:00pm-9:00pm
- Sunday Range Class is 9:00am-5:00pm
Class Tuition: $725.00 (online registration), $750.00 (Cash or Check) + $75.00 Range fee payable to BoondocksFTA the day of the class.
The DTI Defensive Handgun Course is designed to prepare the responsible, adult gun owner to handle, maintain, safely store, and use their firearm safely, responsibly, correctly, and effectively, so that they are able to successfully handle nearly any personal protection situation. The course will consist of classroom lecture/demonstration and live-fire exercises on the range.
- Situation Awareness
- Threat Evaluation
- Classroom instruction includes: The Force Continuum
- Courtroom Savvy
- The Physio/Psychological Aspects of Lethal Encounters
Live-fire exercises on the range include:
- Threat evaluation
- Risk identification and reduction
- Lethal threat containment and management
- Precision shooting
- Discretionary shooting
- Low-light shooting (with and without a flashlight)
- Cover and movement
- Performing under stress
Tactical training is conducted in a realistic manner, stressing correct use of cover, movement, challenges, and other important individual tactics. In addition, students will practice close and extremely close encounters and weapon control. This two-day course is usually offered on a weekend with a low light shooting session at the end of the first day.
Appropriate calibers include:
- 9mm NATO (a.k.a. “Parabellum,” “Luger”)
- .38 Special, .380 AUTO
- .357 MAG, SIG
- .40 S&W
- .45 ACP, GAP
Safety Gear:
- Clear and/or tinted shooting/safety glasses. Clear for low-light/night training. Glasses should fully wrap around the face.
- Hearing protection. Muff-style and/or ear plugs. Electronic muff-style hearing protectors are very advantageous.
- Baseball cap or other hat with visor/brim.
This “stand alone” course is a good choice for the person who has just received their CPL/CCW permit and wants to take their preparedness to the next level or the person who carries a gun regularly (armed citizen/off-duty cop) concealed and needs to enhance their personal security skills. That said, it is NOT A BASIC CCW COURSE! In many states, the basic CCW certification course is about safety while this course is about FIGHTING with a pistol. The course covers equipment selection, concealment locations, proper weapon selection, lifestyle commitments, wound ballistics, combative mindset, garment removal techniques and “running” a combative handgun. The live fire segment covers the essentials of combative pistolcraft, the combative pistol draw, movement, seated shooting and other related techniques. The course is designed to make you rethink your covert strategies.
The ability to present your firearm and make accurate hits sooner is the focus for the first day of class. The fundamentals of grip, trigger, sights, and follow through will be explored in a series diagnostic drills focused around the process of drawing the firearm efficiently.
This is an intense, four-day, 40-hour immersion course in the “rules of engagement” for armed law-abiding private citizens. The course emphasizes legal issues, tactical issues, and aftermath management.
Topics will include interacting with suspects, witnesses, responding police officers, threat recognition and mind-set, and the management of the social and psychological aftermath of having to use lethal force in defense of self or others. Also covered is preparing beforehand for legal repercussions and minimizing your exposure to them. Situations in the home, at the place of business, or “on the street” will all be covered. Range work will include instruction in the use of the defensive handgun under extreme stress. Drawing from concealment, two-handed stances, shooting from cover, one-handed stances with either hand, speed reloading, and more are taught with an overall emphasis on fast, accurate shot placement.
This is an intensive full three-day course (24 hours total) that teaches candidates: