Firearms Training
Below ARE the training classes to be offered by Paul and Susan Piscator.
Register today for all of our training opportunities. These courses are definitely top notch, and you can never know too much about the safe handling of a firearm!
Concealed Carry Level I Concealed Carry Level II
Concealed Carry Level I
Program
Level I provides the requisite skills, shooting fundamentals and essential information for those who have a Concealed Carry Permit and are carrying for personal protection. The program examines and provides examples for carrying concealed, safely accessing the firearm from concealment, and safe deployment of the firearm. Justification, accountability, and moral aspects of defensible use of deadly force is discussed. Information regarding how stress effects the conscious and subconscious mind while responding to a threat will be covered. What to do and say after deployment of the firearm in a defensible situation is addressed.
Requirement to Attend the Course Request A Criminal Record Check or a letter stating you are a member in good standing in your community from any community official, or Current Concealed Carry Permit. Meeting one of these requirements is for the safety of those in attendance.
Course Content
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Required Student Equipment: Eye Protection Hearing Protection Billed Cap Carry Handgun Holster200 – 250 Rounds of AmmunitionSchedule:Saturday, April 21 & May 5, 2012 Sunday, June 3 & 10, 2012Saturday, September 8 & 15, 2012Saturday, November 3 & 10, 2012 Course Length: 1 & 1/2 daysCourse conducted between 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM on day oneand 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM on day two Handouts: Reference and Lecture Material; Gun Safety Rules Brochure; Chapter 5, General Principles of Justification Criminal Code of Pennsylvania and Student Certificate Registration Fee: $125.00 $25.00 refundable deposit required with registration application |
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Concealed Carry Level II
Program
Concealed Carry Level II course takes you to the next level of personal protection. The program addresses responding effectively under stress, utilization of skills in a stressful encounter, body alarm reactions under stress and physiological and psychological aspects of pre and post encounters. During the course the student will begin developing a combative mindset and a better understanding of what is involved in stopping the threat.
This program incorporates avoidance of confrontations in the context of a defensive environment.
The course incorporates 35% classroom lecture and 65% shooting
Requirement to Attend Course*
Criminal Record Check or a letter stating you are a member in good standing in your community from any community official
or current Handgun Permit
*Meeting one of the above requirements is for the safety of those in attendance
Course Content
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Required Student Equipment:Eye Protection Hearing Protection Billed CapHandgun – recommended what you will carryHolster
Two extra Magazines or Speedloaders 500 Rounds of Ammunition Schedule: Saturday, July 28 & August 4, 2012 Course Length: 2 days 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM each day Handouts: Reference information and lecture material Certificate of Completion Registration Fees: $175.00 $50.00 refundable deposit required with registration application. |
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For further information on these courses and other programs available, please contact Paul Piscator, S&W Certified Instructor at (610) 847-5396 or padona@epix.net
Below are the training classes to be offered by our
NRA Certified Instructors
Basic Firearms Training Courses
| NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course
Saturday, April 28, 2012 John Meka Phone: (610) 865-6309 Email: jmeka@verizon.netFill Out a Registration Application Today! |
Course OverviewHellertown Sportsmen’s Association will host a National Rifle Association Basic Pistol Shooting Course on the dates listed. Each course is scheduled to run from 8 am. to 5 pm.The course will emphasize the safe and proper handling and use of pistols through knowledge, skill and attitude. Participants will learn firearm safety, pistol parts and operation, fundamentals of pistol shooting, care and cleaning, storage options, purchasing guidelines and live-fire exercises on the Bullseye range. NRA Certified Instructors will conduct the course and an examination must be passed for completion.The course fee of $125.00, includes all student handbooks, brochures, notepads, handouts, ammunition, and the course completion certificate. Registration forms will be available at the monthly meeting and at the Bullseye range. Space is limited and a $25 deposit to order NRA materials is required with the registration. |
Non-Firearm Training Courses
| NRA Refuse To Be A Victim Seminar Saturday, March 3, 2012For More Information Contact: Bill Jackson Phone: (610) 759-1061 Email: RefuseinLV-PA@yahoo.com |
Course OverviewHellertown Sportsmen’s Association will host the National Rifle Association Refuse To Be A Victim Seminar on the dates listed. Each course is scheduled to run from 8 am to Noon. This four hour seminar teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for developing a strategy for ones personal safety. The seminar includes classroom instruction on a variety of crime prevention strategies, from criminal psychology to automobile crimes to cyber crime. This is not a firearms instruction course, and does not include instruction in physical combat self-defense. Seminars teach about common weaknesses that criminals may take advantage of, and teaches a variety of corrective measures that are practical, inexpensive, and easy to follow. Strategies include home security, carjack avoidance techniques, cyber safety, and use of personal safety devices. Students will receive the Refuse To Be A Victim student handbook, NRA Refuse To Be A Victim brochure, NRA Become A Refuse To Be A Victim Instructor Brochure, Refuse To Be A Victim Firearms Supplement, and a course completion certificate. Certified Instructors will conduct the course.The fee of $20.00 includes all student handbooks, brochures, and the course completion certificate. Space is limited and a $20 deposit to order NRA materials is required with the registration. |
Firearms Training Instructors
Paul Piscator
S&W Certified
Firearms Instructor
Paul Piscator is a Smith & Wesson Certified
Firearms Instructor and Reduced Light Training Instructor. He is a Basic Firearm
Training Instructor, Home Firearm Safety Instructor, and Personal Protection
Instructor for the NRA. Paul is also a StressFire Instructor graduate from LFI
and Instinctive Point Shooting Instructor from Rayburn Law Enforcement Training.
He is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers
Association (ILEETA).
Susan Piscator, RN
S&W
Certified Firearms Instructor
Susan Piscator is a Smith & Wesson
Certified Firearms Instructor and Reduced Light Training Instructor. She is also
an NRA Refuse to be a Victim Regional Counselor, Basic Firearm Training
Instructor, Home Firearm Safety Instructor, Personal Protection Instructor and
Refuse to be a Victim Instructor. Susan is a StressFire Instructor graduate from
LFI and Instinctive Point Shooting Instructor from Rayburn Law Enforcement
Training. Susan Piscator is a Registered Nurse who is extensively involved in
crime avoidance strategies.
John Meka
NRA Training Counselor
John
Meka is an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, NRA Training Counselor, and NRA
Certified Instructor for the First Steps Pistol and Rifle Orientation, Basic
Pistol Shooting, Basic Rifle Shooting, Home Firearm Safety, Personal Protection
in the Home and Refuse to be a Victim. He is the Chief Range Officer of the
LVPRL. John is a long-time volunteer at the National Rifle and Pistol Matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio where he serves as a Block Officer and Tower Talker. He is also
a trainer for the Boy Scouts of America where he has been a Staff Member and
Director of the Adult and Junior Leader Training Courses.
Chris Miller
NRA Certified
Instructor
Chris Miller is an NRA certified instructor for Rifle,
Pistol, Home Firearm Safety, Reloading and a Range Safety Officer. He is a
retired history and government teacher of the Bethlehem Area School District –
1967-1999. He also served as rifle coach in 1980-1985 and won the League
Championship for the 1981-1982 season. Line coach in Seabees 1986-1991. He has
been a hunter of small game and whitetail deer since 1957. Chris is also a
member of the Lehigh Valley 9-12 group and a member of the 2nd Amendment
Committee and Candidate Action Committee.
Bill Jackson
NRA Certified
Instructor
Bill Jackson is an NRA Certified Instructor for
Pistol, Home Firearm Safety and a Range Safety Officer. Bill is also a Certified
Instructor for Refuse To Be A Victim, a crime prevention and personal protection
program. He is also the Committee Leader of the 2nd Amendment Team for the 9-12
Project/Lehigh Valley Tea Party. Bill’s professional life in the sales and
marketing arena has included developing and running extensive training
programs.
Articles From the Instructors
Decision Making Under the Threat of Assault
Paul Piscator
Smith & Wesson Training Instructor
NRA Certified Instructor
International Association Counterterrorism & Security Professionals
Decision making is not only the physical act of responding to a threat but most importantly the mental process or judgmental procedure to appropriately respond and not jeopardize taking someone(s) life inappropriately. Responding properly is initiated though experience. Training is another way to reduce human error and to accelerate the acquisition of higher judgmental decision making skills. We must recognize the fact that we now control success or failure in our hands governed by our experience and knowledge. If we err in our decision while under stress an innocent life may be taken. It has happened. Training should include scenarios to reflect good judgment and discretional use of force. Training needs to reflect the way you will need to defend yourself and others in your accompaniment. The fundamental concept is to keep thinking, reassessing, adjusting and reassessing again. Lessons learned will be reflected or transferred in the way you respond. Training scenarios introduce situational evaluation, risk management and decision making, giving the trainee more control over the situation ensuring a successful outcome. We reflect on our past decisions to make current decisions.
Standing in front of a target shooting at the “10 ring” and seeing how accurate you can become is good fundamental practice of the basics. We all do it including myself. Unfortunately when the threat is two arm lengths away you will not have time to study the sight picture. Use of cover, if available, threat identification in dim light, creating distance, communicating to those with you, shooting from difficult positions while protecting others and functioning under stress is what defensive shooting is all about. You will not be thinking about your stance, extending your arms to get a good sight picture in relation to your target while the threat is advancing and practically on top of you. Defensive situations are about critical decision making, responding appropriately and competently without escalating unnecessary force or responding inappropriately.
