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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's class is very beneficial and covers every aspect you could possibly want to learn about handguns. If [a topic] is not originally set in the curriculum, he is more then happy to include it if you have questions about it. His class is for the person who wants to learn, not the person that just wants to take the class and get the permit as quick as possible."
- Sam*
* name changed for privacy
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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