Following up on yesterday’s post of Yamil Sued’s translation of Col. Jeff Cooper’s four rules of firearms safety into Spanish, I dug around a bit more and found English and Spanish language versions of California’s Firearm Safety Certificate Study Guide. The study guide includes California’s SIX basic rules of gun safety. As you can see, … Continue reading
My son is hosting an exchange student from Argentina for a month and asked about the possibility of a trip to the range. I said, “Of course, that would be fun.” And immediately began thinking about introducing him to safe firearms handling. My first thought, of course, was to begin with Col. Jeff Cooper’s four … Continue reading
As I noted in my last post on apprenticeship as a path into the private citizen firearms training community, Gunsite Academy calls its apprentice instructors “Provosts,” following the founder, Col. Jeff Cooper. The term “provost” here is curious – but significant — because the most common use of the term, according to the Oxford English … Continue reading
Several years ago, the very smart Kathy Jackson published an article on her Cornered Cat website called “How to Become a Firearms Instructor.” Hers is a practical guide rather than an analysis, but is still quite useful for my purposes in trying to understand the private citizen firearms training industry because she distinguishes between “two … Continue reading
One final thought on Tom Givens’s Rangemaster Instructor Development and Certification course before I move on to considering apprenticeship, credentials, and branding in the private citizen gun training industry. Listening to the Primary & Secondary ModCast #93 on how to find an instructor, the Rangemaster course was singled out as a high quality instructor certification … Continue reading
The growing number of private citizens interested in the use of firearms for self-defense both fosters and is fostered by the rise of the civilian gun training (cottage) industry. The civilian firearms training industry helps to solve the problem of teaching individuals with little or no personal (e.g., family, military, or law-enforcement) background in firearms … Continue reading
This page provides convenient access to links to all my posts about Col. Jeff Cooper and Gunsite Academy, in reverse chronological order (i.e., newest first). Why Gunsite Apprentice Instructors Are Called “Provosts” The Apprentice – Private Citizen Firearms Instructor Edition Final Reflection from Gunsite on Being Pro-Gun vs. Pro-Truth The Gunsite Experience: “Dinner and a … Continue reading
