Armed Citizens' Rules of Engagement
Taught in person by Massad AyoobA two-day, 20-hour immersion course in rules of engagement for armed law-abiding private citizens, emphasizing legal issues, tactical issues, and aftermath management. Topics will include interacting with suspects, witnesses, responding police officers, threat recognition and mind-set, management of social and psychological aftermath after having had to use lethal force in defense of self or others and preparing beforehand for legal repercussions and minimizing exposure to them. Situations in the home, at the place of business, or "on the street" will all be covered.
No prerequisite; background check must be presented first morning of class. This is a classroom program; no live fire. See equipment list under Read More link below.
TUITION: $400
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About the instructor:
For nearly two decades, the Firearms Academy of Seattle, Inc. has hosted Massad Ayoob in the Pacific Northwest, making his exceptional training courses accessible to area residents.
- Nationally recognized as an authority on use of deadly force
- Sought-after expert court witness
- Fully-sworn police officer, involved in law enforcement since 1972
- Holds numerous state and national titles for pistol competition
- Chairman of firearms training for the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
- Trainer for police and private citizens in variety of skills and topics including use of deadly force, armed and unarmed combat, threat management for police, and advanced officer survival
- Appears selectively as court-appointed expert witness in areas of dynamics of violent encounters, weapons, self defense, police training, and survival and threat management tactics and principles
- Author of many books, monographs and articles too numerous to list; author and key instructor in eight instructional videotapes
Seminar equipment list--
Notetaking materials, pens, notebooks, laptop computer (no recording equipment, please)
Lunches and any beverages you'd like throughout the day
Additional chair cushion or pillows -- though our folding chairs are padded, they can get uncomfortable
Your license to carry a concealed handgun or or other background check to present upon check in first morning of class. You will not be permitted to attend the class without this. If it is a problem, please call us well in advance to discuss background check options.
