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Netzapper · June 15, 2005, 08:23 PM

I'm about to get my CCL, and so have decided that I should probably take some formal defensive instruction before I actually begin to carry.

I'm looking for a multi-day course that teaches concealed-carry related issues including presentation from concealment, point/close-range shooting, threat assessment, use of cover, shooting in non-optimal conditions (prone, suppine, injured), and at least a little theory about the split-second strategies that you might employ in a civilian, defensive gunfight.

I'm not looking for a spy-training, "tactical" school. I don't need to learn how to shoot while repelling from an invisible Apache, scaling the walls of an authentic Scottish castle, or confronting a force of terroristic scuba divers. I'm talking plain, no-nonsense defensive training.

I live in Philadelphia, and do not have access to a car. I'm pretty much limited to places I can get to by plane, train, and bus. I guess that if it were close, I could rent a car.

Anybody have any suggestions of places to look into?

June 15, 2005, 08:23 PM	#1
Netzapper Senior Member Join Date: April 1, 2005 Location: Gilpin county, CO Posts: 261	Defensive pistol school near Philadelphia? I'm about to get my CCL, and so have decided that I should probably take some formal defensive instruction before I actually begin to carry. I'm looking for a multi-day course that teaches concealed-carry related issues including presentation from concealment, point/close-range shooting, threat assessment, use of cover, shooting in non-optimal conditions (prone, suppine, injured), and at least a little theory about the split-second strategies that you might employ in a civilian, defensive gunfight. I'm not looking for a spy-training, "tactical" school. I don't need to learn how to shoot while repelling from an invisible Apache, scaling the walls of an authentic Scottish castle, or confronting a force of terroristic scuba divers. I'm talking plain, no-nonsense defensive training. I live in Philadelphia, and do not have access to a car. I'm pretty much limited to places I can get to by plane, train, and bus. I guess that if it were close, I could rent a car. Anybody have any suggestions of places to look into?