Are You Really Prepared?

Are You Really Prepared?

Beginner-friendly firearms and personal protection training for Birmingham-area men and women. Start from home. Finish on the range.

No Firearm Required • No Range Experience Required • USCCA Certified Instructor

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$75 per seat
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Learn the Why at Home. Spend Range Time on the How.

Most firearms classes spend hours of range day in a classroom. We don’t. The laws, mindset, safety principles and protection decisions are covered in a live, instructor-led virtual session from your own home. So when you get to the range, every minute goes to what can only be done there: shooting.

PROTECT What Matters, Every Wednesday, 6 – 8 PM Central

• PROTECT Your Home: situational awareness, avoiding conflict, and planning your home’s security
• PROTECT Your Freedom: what the law says about defensive force, before, during and after an encounter
• PROTECT Your Self: firearm safety and handgun fundamentals, including considerations for women

Live on Google Meet. Interactive, practical and built to reveal your gaps, not to embarrass you.

This Is for You If…

• You’re thinking about buying your first firearm, or you just did
• You own a gun but have never had real training
• You want to protect your family but don’t know where to start
• You’d rather learn the basics before stepping onto a range

Men: this training also prepares you to support the women in your life.

Your First Step Into the BULLSEYE Development Journey

1. Establish the Foundation: PROTECT What Matters (Virtual)
2. Demonstrate Safe Handling: In-person SIRT Training Exercise and Qualification
3. Repeat and Refine: Range Live Fire
   • Indoor, 1-on-1 (Hoover): Tuesdays & Fridays, 4:30 – 6:30 PM. Personal coaching at your pace, right after work.
   • Outdoor, group (Calera): Sundays, two sessions: 12:45 – 2:45 PM or 3:00 – 5:00 PM. Train alongside others.

Trained by a USCCA Certified Firearms Instructor

Al Tucker is the Founder and Lead Instructor of Avoid Escape Defend Academy (AEDA), where responsible citizens learn to think clearly, act lawfully and protect what matters most. His instruction goes beyond marksmanship.

Every class is designed to develop sound judgment, disciplined decision-making, and the confidence to respond appropriately under pressure.

Students leave with more than technical skills — they gain a practical framework for becoming prepared, principled protectors at home, in public and within their communities.

Every AEDA course is built upon four guiding principles:

1. Be Prudent — Think First. Think Completely.
2. Be Proficient — Master your entire protective toolbox through repetition and review.
3. Be Protective — Be READY so you don’t have to get ready.
4. Be Parliamentary — Honor the law in a way that protects your freedom.

We don’t simply train people to carry firearms. We train diligently and specifically to become prepared, principled human beings.

— Al Tucker, AEDA Founder & Lead USCCA Certified Firearms Instructor

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