Pistol Courses and Certifications

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Basic Pistol Defense Course

Basic Pistol Defense Course teaches firearm safety, care, different pistol types, shooting fundamentals, common errors, and cleaning. This is the NRA CCW that takes you from basic knowledge to confidence to carry.

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Basics of Pistol Shooting

The NRA's Basics of Pistol Shooting (BOPS) course offered by Mordecai Defense Academy. The two-day course (one day classroom, one day range) covers firearm safety, nomenclature, maintenance, ammunition basics, and shooting skills.

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License to Carry Course (LTC)

The Texas License to Carry (LTC) offers numerous benefits, including reciprocity in many other states, easier firearm purchases, and enhanced legal safeguards for self-defense. It also allows licensed individuals to carry in more locations with fewer restrictions than permitless carry, such as universities and most state and local government buildings.

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Texas-sized Pistol Self Defense Course

This five-day "Texas-sized Pistol Self-defense Course" aims to teach participants how to safely handle, carry, and use a pistol for self-defense, building confidence and reducing fear.

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Advanced Pistol Defense Course

Improve the skills you learned in NRA CCW in this three day course and acquire new tools to be safer in public, more accurate when in contact, and how to survive multiple contacts at once.

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