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About Andrew
Andrew is the founder and executive director of the Minnesota Association of Defensive Firearm Instructors (MADFI). He wrote its state-approved instructor curriculum, and has personally trained and certified more than 80 instructors.Andrew is also a certified NRA instructor in Basic Pistol and Pistol First Steps, Home Firearm Safety, and Personal Protection in the Home, and is a NRA-certified Range Safety Officer."Andrew has designed and does deliver an excellent class. He cares that his students learn and become proficient in safely handling and using handguns."
- Marty L.
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He is also certified by the state of Utah as a Concealed Firearm Instructor.
He has been teaching Minnesota carry classes for more than three and a half years. You can find some "reviews" of Andrew's classes here, here, here, here or here, or visit the "What Students Say" page for student reviews.
About the class:
The Minnesota Permit to Carry a Pistol class will allow you to apply for a Minnesota Permit to Carry (as well as permits from several other states). Assuming you are not disqualified for being a felon, gang member, illegal alien or drug addict, you will be issued a permit within a month of submitting the application.The permit to carry class centers around my own curriculum, based on a variety of authoritative sources. It covers the legal, moral and practical aspects of carrying a firearm in Minnesota. The topics covered include:
- Choosing to carry
- Basic pistol knowledge
- Legal self defense
- The lethal force encounter
- Stress effects
- The aftermath
- Legal carry (application, limitations, travel)
- Practical carry (holsters, routine police encounters)
- Tactical Carry (concealment, malfunctions)
- Range exercise