TRAINING PHILOSOPHY AND PROGRAM GOAL

OUR PHILOSOPHY

The mission of our firearms training is to prepare an officer to use firearms in a fight against an adversary in what usually begins as a spontaneous attack initiated by the adversary. Our firearms program is not about shooting. It is about fighting. When the concept of fighting is taken out of firearms training, we have forgotten the purpose of our training.

OUR PROGRAM GOAL

The goal of our firearms training program is to instruct officers and military members in time-tested, relevant, and realistic combat shooting methods that have proven to work in the dynamic, high-stress environment of close-quarters combat. The combat shooting methods taught must also be consistent with the results of the best research currently available. It is essential that the combat shooting methods be validated in the conditions present in combat not just on the range. GUNFIGHTERS LTD. IS NOT A TARGET SHOOTING SCHOOL. The curriculum taught is specifically designed to increase your gunfighting skills. You are not being trained to defend yourself against paper and cardboard targets. You will be trained in methods that you can use to defend yourself in close-quarters combat against a determined and aggressive adversary. Target shooting methods simply don't make it in that environment.

General

I have developed a training protocol that is applicable to handgun, shotgun and tactical rifle usage in the context that each of these weapon systems are deployed in real world encounters. The objective of our training is to prepare an officer to effectively respond to a lethal threat when any and/or all of the following are present:

-- The incident is usually spontaneous
-- The suspect has the initiative and the officer is reacting to a lethal threat
-- The officer experiences extreme life-threatening stress and perceives his/her life is  in jeopardy
-- The Sympathetic Nervous System is activated
-- The officer does not have fine and/or complex motor skills during high-stress situations
-- The distances involved in the shooting will generally be at close range (within 7 yards of the suspect)
-- Close-quarters combat shootings are generally extremely fast, occur under poor visibility, and the officer is  not behind cover.

If you want to more effectively operate with your weapons under the conditions outlined above, I have training that will help you accomplish that goal.