Jenni Gard
Instructor # 2043468 | Paladin Protection Academy Inc.
Certified with the USCCA since 9/22/2020
Certification Renewal Date 10/9/2026
USCCA Certifications
- Concealed Carry & Home Defense
- Women's Handgun & Self-Defense
- Emergency & First Aid
- Concealed Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals - Training Counselor
- Countering the Mass Shooter
- Children's Firearms & Safety Fundamentals
- Non-Lethal Program - Certified Instructor
My Biography
I've been expanding my firearms experience since 2013 when I inherited my first firearm. Since then, I explored various firearms (trying a lot of different guns!) to find the right one for me and expand my collection. As I learned more, I found myself teaching my friends and family more about being a responsible gun owner and after earning my CCL, I continued my education with the CCHDF course and ultimately became an instructor.
I believe that education and practice are the keys to being a responsible gun owner and cater my classes to meet each students' needs. I've found that women often face unique challenges in living the armed lifestyle and enjoy working with female students to overcome those challenges.
I've also worked as a first responder since 2005, maintaining CPR/AED/First Aid certifications, including training hundreds of individuals in those skills.
I'm looking forward to working with you!
Current Classes Available
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Fulfills the requirements to apply for a WI Concealed Carry License that allows the student to carry in 31 states once approved. The course instructs on, and practices the student's comprehension of, firearm safety rules; safe firearm and ammunition use, handling, transport, and storage; legally permissible possession, transportation, and use of firearms, including use of deadly force; and techniques for avoiding and controlling violent confrontations.
This is a WOMEN-ONLY class, led by a female instructor, that will introduce you to the basics of being a responsibly armed female.
The course includes 5 hours of classroom time where you'll learn about the different types of firearms, proper grip and stance, the range experience, and awareness principles before heading to the range where you can try a variety of different handguns and calibers all under the direction of our experienced instructors.
Fulfills the requirements to apply for a Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Florida Concealed Carry Licenses that allows the student to carry in 36 states once approved. The course instructs on, and practices the student's comprehension of, firearm safety rules; safe firearm and ammunition use, handling, transport, and storage; legally permissible possession, transportation, and use of firearms, including use of deadly force; and techniques for avoiding and controlling violent confrontations.
It covers the relevant self-defense and carry laws for Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Florida.
A range qualification will demonstrate safe gun handling and accuracy.
This class will cover the USCCA Emergency First Aid Fundamentals curriculum in its entirety. In this class students will learn to treat injuries ranging from gun shot wounds to heart attacks. In addition, Paladin Protection Academy takes a hands on approach to the training. Using AHA certified CPR dummies and defibrillator trainers, wound cubes, tourniquets, Israeli dressings, and many other devices. Students will learn to apply life saving techniques in a hands on environment as well as learn to build their own IFAK and medical bag to keep on hand.
Upon successfully completing this course, you will become USCCA Certified Instructor, uniquely authorized to teach the USCCA course, Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals. This course has become the gold standard across the United States for law abiding Americans seeking to obtain their concealed carry permit. As a USCCA certified instructor, you will be trained and equipped to provide world-class instruction to students. You will have access to our world class classroom materials (including a full set of PowerPoint presentations and classroom videos). During this two-day training course, you’ll be taught by a USCCA Training Counselor on a number of valuable topics, including: The top ten instructor mistakes, and how to avoid them; teaching best practices; and running a safe live fire range. You’ll also have a chance to demonstrate your knowledge of the USCCA training material through seven short presentations to a group of your peers, as well as running a live fire range, guiding your peers through the safe completion of the USCCA course of fire. After completion of this course, you’ll not only be intimately familiar with the USCCA training methodology and materials, you’ll be a far better instructor and presenter, regardless of the topic of choice.