The ShootingClasses.com blog is your online destination for firearms safety training tips, concealed carry insights, and shooting education for every experience level. Students can find expert guidance on safe firearm handling, CCW requirements, and training best practices, while instructors can explore tools and strategies to grow their classes and connect with more students. Stay up to date with the latest firearms safety information, concealed carry news and shooting training resources, all in one place.
Author: Tara Dixon Engel
If you’re a woman and new to firearms, there’s a good chance people have definitive opinions about the type of gun you should carry. Here's why they're wrong.…
Author: Andy Bolgiano
The firearms we use can cause life threatening injuries. After a penetrating injury, time is not on our side. Learn how to be prepared with medical gear.…
Author: Bill Orndorf
In firearms training, you don't know what you don't know. So how do you stay on the cutting edge of new ideas and improve your skills as a instructor?…
Author: Bruce Corey
When you register as an instructor with ShootingClasses.com, one of the many benefits is an instructor URL. This web address, which links to your instructor profile on ShootingClasses.com, is a versatile marketing tool for your business.…
Author: Bill Orndorf
To build a successful firearms training business (or any business), you must set measurable goals. Over the last three decades, I’ve learned a few things that might help your business ventures. These things have certainly helped me.…
Author: Dave "Boon" Benton
In defensive use, it’s important to know how to keep your pistol running. Naturally, a pistol will stop running if it’s out of ammo and requires reloading. Other times, there’s an interruption in the pistol’s cycle of operation.…
Author: Kris "Tanto" Paronto
ShootingClasses.com makes it easy for shooting instructors to run the administrative side of their classes and helps students find and compare potential firearms instructors. In this video, Kris "Tanto" Paronto, former US Army Ranger, Benghazi attack hero and partner of ShootingClasses.com, discusses the benefits ShootingClasses.com brings to both instructors and students.…
Author: Dave "Boon" Benton
Don't take the local four-hour concealed weapons permit course and think you'll be prepared to defend yourself and your family. It's important to understand the phases of Defensive Firearms Training, which properly prepare you to be competent and safe.…
Author: Bruce Corey
Running a successful firearms instructor business is about more than just your ability to hit the mark out at the range. It’s about hitting the target with your marketing efforts as well. Unless you can make people aware of your business, even the best instruction will ultimately go to waste.…
Author: Israel Matos
One of the most popular gun courses offered by many firearm instructors across the country is a CCW certification course. Since many of the customers you will encounter may be looking for this type of instruction, it’s critical that you understand the right way to price a CCW class.…