CPL CLASS

INTRODUCTION • Agenda • Statistics and Trends

DEVELOPING A PERSONAL AND HOME PROTECTION PLAN: • Defining a personal protection plan • Why conflict avoidance is so important • Situational awareness • The color codes of awareness • Areas to avoid • Cover, concealment, and an exit strategy • How a permit to carry fits

SELF-DEFENSE FIREARM BASICS: • Universal safety rules • Clearing a semi-automatic • Clearing a revolver • Defining a gun’s action • Understanding revolvers • Understanding semi-automatics • Modern, striker-fired handguns • Understanding magazines • Ammunition components • Is caliber all that matters? • Other measurements • Ammunition care and storage • Common ammunition malfunctions • Clearing semi-auto malfunctions

DEFENSIVE SHOOTING FUNDAMENTALS: • Defensive shooting versus marksmanship • Proper grip • Shooting platform • Aligning the muzzle to the target • Unsighted fire, point shooting • Flash sight picture • Sighted fire • Trigger control • Rubber band exercise

THE LEGAL USE OF FORCE: • Defining reasonable force and deadly force • Detailed definitions of deadly force rules including scenarios • What prosecutors will want to know • Defending the home • Defending property Michigan CPL Laws

VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS AND THEIR AFTERMATH: • Understanding fight or flight • Effects of adrenaline and endorphines • Recognizing a threat • Issuing commands and evaluating options • When we’re left with no other choice • When the right to use deadly force ends • The immediate aftermath • Phone calls to make • When the police arrive • Statement to the police • Preserving evidence • Miranda rights • During and after your arrest • Advice for your lawyer

GEAR AND GADGETS: • Holster retention • Hip holsters • Paddle holsters • Pocket holsters • Inside the waistband holsters • Belts • Tactical flashlights • Guns safes and storage

BASIC AND ADVANCED SKILLS: • Creating a training program • Dry firing • Fundamental drill discussion • Discussion of what’s next