Susan Smith
Instructor # 1404315 | Get Trained, LLC
Certified with the USCCA since 7/28/2019
Certification Renewal Date 7/28/2027
USCCA Certifications
- Concealed Carry & Home Defense
- Women's Handgun & Self-Defense
- Range Safety Officer
My Biography
Susan Smith is the owner of Get Trained, LLC and is a USCCA instructor certified in Concealed Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals, Women’s Handgun & Self-Defense Fundamentals, and as a Range Safety Officer. She is also a Rangemaster Certified Instructor. Her NRA certifications include Pistol Instructor, Rifle Instructor, Home Firearm Safety Instructor, and Chief Range Safety Officer. Through The Complete Combatant, Susan has earned instructor certification in Deliberate Coaching, where she was voted Top Coach by her peers, and is also an Image Based Decisional Drills Certified Advanced Instructor. She is a TWAW (The Well Armed Woman) certified instructor and is also a Glock Certified Armorer.
Susan leads two chapters of Armed Women of America (AWA), a national organization that exists to help educate, equip, and empower women to be their own self-protectors. She also serves as the Florida State Leader of AWA.
Susan is passionate about coaching, teaching, and mentoring others. In addition to teaching firearms classes, she is sought after, by both men and women, for private one-on-one firearms instruction and lessons.
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This class covers the basics of firearms training, including concealed carry and home defense fundamentals.
With successful completion of this class, you will receive a certificate that can be used to obtain your Florida Concealed Weapon or Firearm License.
This class greatly exceeds the requirements for the Florida Concealed Carry license. You will leave this class with a good foundation in safe gun handling skills.
You will learn how to safely draw from an outside the waistband holster, using USCCA's 5-step draw technique. Successful completion of this class will prepare you to take other classes where holster draw is a required skill.
This class consists of in class training and practice before moving to the range to practice with live fire in a tightly controlled environment.
This is an beginning holster draw class, incorporating the 5-step holster draw from an outside the waistband holster. Successful completion of this class will give you the knowledge, practice, and confidence to take other classes in which previous holster draw experience is a prerequisite.
This class is Module 1 of 3, and is a great starting point for the woman who knows little or nothing about firearms.
The idea of owning a firearm can be an overwhelming (maybe even scary) concept. What are the best options? Which one is right for me? How do I learn the RIGHT way? This is the class for you! This course is specifically designed for and caters to women getting into firearms for the very first time in a totally unbiased and safe space.
No intimidation.
No judgement.
No question turned away.
Come start your journey to becoming an educated and responsible gun owner.
This class is Module 2 of 3, and is a great continuation for the woman who is seeking to take her firearms journey to the next level.
Women’s Intermediate Pistol builds on the skills of the Module 1 class. Women’s Basic Pistol course is not a prerequisite for this course, but it is highly recommended that the Module 1 course be completed prior to this course as this training builds upon the basics taught and practiced in Women’s Basic Pistol.
While this class is not a defensive pistol class, you will be introduced to the right mindset for self-defense, and the drills we use will challenge your skills with the goal of bringing you up to the next level. The topics, discussions, and exercises will help you better understand firearms and safe shooting, so you can be more comfortable and confident with your training.
We will cover the following: • Universal Safety Rules (review from Level 1) • Handgun selection: pros and cons to different models • Ammunition and ballistics • Common malfunctions and clearance techniques • Introduction to holsters and concealed carry • Cooper’s Color Codes (different levels of awareness) • Shooting Fundamentals Review • Intermediate live-fire exercises (multiple shots, malfunction clearances, reloading) • And more!
This is third module of 3 in the Women's Handgun & Self-Defense Fundamentals series. This is not an introductory class.
Take your skills to the next level. Learn how to draw from concealment, how to reload and the importance of stepping off the line. Will discuss clearing malfunctions and how to work drills and improve on your own.