by Ben Adams | Aug 2, 2016 | ATA Pistol I Reviews, Student Reviews
My husband has been encouraging me to take a concealed carry course for years. As a Marine and a police officer, he knows the importance of self-defense. As a 30-year-old woman, I know that I am at a higher risk, so we had already done quite a bit of training with...
by Ben Adams | Jul 5, 2016 | Announcements, ATA Pistol I, ATA Pistol II, Pistols
If you look on the class description pages for ATA Pistol I + KY CCDW, ATA Pistol II, and ATA Rifle I, then you have probably noticed that the gear list calls for a duty/service-style handgun and then goes on to specify no pocket pistols. You will also note (if...
by Ben Adams | Jun 20, 2016 | ATA Pistol I Reviews, ATA Rifle I Reviews, Student Reviews
[The following review comes from Waylon. He does a pretty good job of introducing himself in his opening paragraphs, but let me add something that he didn’t say: he is an excellent shooter with lots of talent. It has been my privilege to have him in class!]...
by Ben Adams | Jun 13, 2016 | ATA Rifle I, ATA Rifle I Reviews, Student Reviews
[Below is a review from a young man who has grown up around guns and done a little bit of shooting in his life. Pay attention to the part in bold; if you’ve been shooting guns, but you’ve never had any training, then you probably don’t know what you...
by Ben Adams | Jun 10, 2016 | ATA Rifle I, ATA Rifle I Reviews, Student Reviews
[This review comes to us from Bryanna, a 20 y/o lady who had never once in her life fired a gun before coming to train with us at ATA. She was a fantastic student and did extremely well in the class.]My name is Bryanna. Before taking the ATA Rifle 1 class, I had...
by Ben Adams | Jun 7, 2016 | ATA Rifle I, ATA Rifle I Reviews, Student Reviews
[This review comes to us from a young warrior named Zach. I first became acquainted with Zach almost a year ago, and the thing that immediately struck me was his level of maturity and obvious dedication to the warrior path. His discipline in training and his devotion...
by Ben Adams | Jun 1, 2016 | ATA Rifle I, Rifles
Well the first ATA Rifle I class is in the books, and personally, I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. We had a good showing with six awesome Armed Citizens turning out to train. This was a pretty diverse group in terms of prior training, firearms...
by Ben Adams | May 17, 2016 | Announcements, ATA Pistol I, ATA Rifle I
I’ve made one more adjustment to the training schedule for this month, and I just wanted to get the word out in case anybody is interested in coming out now that the dates have changed.The ATA Pistol I + KY CCDW class that was scheduled for Saturday, May...
by Ben Adams | May 10, 2016 | Announcements, ATA Rifle I
We’ve made some minor changes to the class schedule for this month.I’m pulling the ATA Pistol II class on May 22 due to lack of signups. If you guys out there are reading this and want in on that class, then contact me and get signed ASAP up so I can...
by Ben Adams | May 8, 2016 | ATA Pistol I, ATA Pistol II, Level 1: Self-Defender, Pistols
I’ve taken way too long to do it, but I’m finally getting around to writing the first blog post in the Armed Citizen Pistol Qualifications series. This article is going to lay the groundwork for several more that will follow. Today we’re just...
