Home Defense Fundamentals

Home Defense Fundamentals

Home Defense Fundamentals 4-Hour Course Protecting your home involves more than owning a firearm. Home Defense Fundamentals is a four-hour course designed to help responsible gun owners develop a practical, well-thought-out plan for protecting themselves and their families during a home emergency. Students will examine the unique considerations of home defense, including prevention and preparation, secure firearm storage and access, identifying potential threats, family communication, emergency planning, and the legal and ethical considerations surrounding defensive force. The course combines classroom instruction with practical exercises and firearms fundamentals applicable to a home-defense environment. Students will learn how factors such as low light, confined spaces, family members, safe directions, and interaction with responding law enforcement can affect their decisions. Topics Include Building a layered home-security plan Developing a family emergency and communication plan Selecting and safely staging a home-defense firearm Safe storage versus rapid accessibility Understanding defensive ammunition and overpenetration considerations Identifying safe directions and areas of concern within the home Defensive firearm handling and ready positions Use of handheld and weapon-mounted lights Target identification and decision-making Calling 911 and communicating with responding law enforcement Legal and ethical considerations of defensive force Practical home-defense scenarios and decision-making exercises Course Length: 4 Hours Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate Recommended For: Responsible firearm owners who want to develop a safer, more deliberate home-defense plan. Students should leave the course with more than shooting skills—they should have the foundation of a home-defense plan they can continue developing and practicing with their household.

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Home Defense Fundamentals Sat, Nov 21, 20269:00 AM – 3:00 PMAbbie PadillaWichita12 spots left$125.00
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Home Defense Fundamentals

4-Hour Course

Protecting your home involves more than owning a firearm. Home Defense Fundamentals is a four-hour course designed to help responsible gun owners develop a practical, well-thought-out plan for protecting themselves and their families during a home emergency.

Students will examine the unique considerations of home defense, including prevention and preparation, secure firearm storage and access, identifying potential threats, family communication, emergency planning, and the legal and ethical considerations surrounding defensive force.

The course combines classroom instruction with practical exercises and firearms fundamentals applicable to a home-defense environment. Students will learn how factors such as low light, confined spaces, family members, safe directions, and interaction with responding law enforcement can affect their decisions.

Topics Include

  • Building a layered home-security plan
  • Developing a family emergency and communication plan
  • Selecting and safely staging a home-defense firearm
  • Safe storage versus rapid accessibility
  • Understanding defensive ammunition and overpenetration considerations
  • Identifying safe directions and areas of concern within the home
  • Defensive firearm handling and ready positions
  • Use of handheld and weapon-mounted lights
  • Target identification and decision-making
  • Calling 911 and communicating with responding law enforcement
  • Legal and ethical considerations of defensive force
  • Practical home-defense scenarios and decision-making exercises

Course Length: 4 Hours
Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended For: Responsible firearm owners who want to develop a safer, more deliberate home-defense plan.

Students should leave the course with more than shooting skills—they should have the foundation of a home-defense plan they can continue developing and practicing with their household.

Home Defense Fundamentals

Home Defense Fundamentals

Nov 21, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Wichita · Abbie Padilla
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