Spartan Firearms Training Group

Instructor # 1983572 | Spartan Firearms Training Group, LLC

Certified with the USCCA since 6/25/2024

Certification Renewal Date 7/9/2025

USCCA Certifications

  • Concealed Carry & Home Defense

My Biography

Spartan Firearms Training Group, LLC (SFTG) is a special forces veteran-owned business operating in Carroll County, Maryland.

Frank and Paul Duffy (father and son) founded SFTG in 2016 with the mission of providing Maryland citizens with opportunities to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights safely and legally. We have been true to that mission.

Our certifications include:

  1. Validated as a Veteran-Owned Small Business
  2. USCCA certified instructor
  3. National Rifle Association Pistol and Rifle Instructor Certification
  4. Washington, DC Certified Firearms Instructor
  5. Maryland State Police Firearms Instructor
  6. Utah Concealed Carry Instructor
  7. Executive Protection Certification We have concealed carry permits from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Utah.

Francis (Frank) is a veteran of the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (the Green Berets). he served as his A-team’s medical sergeant with a cross-training in weapons. He graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger and Special Forces Combat Diver Schools. He is also a certified Executive Protection Specialist and a g\Graduate of Gunsite Academy’s defensive shooting course. He is certified by Washington, DC as a firearms instructor.

Paul has had over 16 years of tactical firearms training. He maintains several instructor certifications and is a certified range safety officer. He owns multiple small businesses, and is a competitive sport shooter and hunter.

Our personal training is provided by veterans of America's elite military units: Green Berets, Rangers, Navy Seals, and Marine Raiders. We take what we learn from those elite warriors and pass it on to our customers. We have been told repeatedly by our customers that we have some of the best firearms training in Maryland.

We have more than eight years of tactical firearms training at the Academi firearms training facility in Moyock, North Carolina (formerly known as Blackwater) including:

  1. Basic, intermediate and advanced handgun
  2. Basic, intermediate and advanced carbine
  3. Basic tactical shotgun
  4. Precision rifle marksmanship training
  5. Single and multiple person dynamic building entry and room clearing
  6. Self defense in the home
  7. Tactical evasive driving
  8. Force on force and use of force training

We have elite warrior veterans who work for us, including a Ranger-qualified Army Green beret, a veteran of a Ranger regiment, a veteran of a SOCOM task force, a Marine who is now a lead firearms instructor and supervisor for the U.S. Secret Service, a veteran of Naval Special Operations, and a sniper who works for the Baltimore City SWAT. We also hire occasional instructors who are active and retire police officers.