Personal PROTECTION Training Day Registration
Date: September 26, 2026 (Saturday)
Arrive By: 9:45a (CST)
Classroom Training: 10:00a – 2:30p (CST)
Range Live Fire: 2:30p – 4:30p (CST)
What To Bring: Commitment To Learn, Participate and Grow
What To Wear: Click Here
Bringing Your Own Handgun: Click Here
Location: Double Tap Training Grounds (300 Horton Cove Road, Calera, Alabama 35040) – Link
Choose Your Training Experience
OPTION 1: Personal Protection TRAINING DAY — $25 (Promotional)
Up to 3 Beginner-Friendly miniCLASSES
Classroom Only $25 (Promotional)
Hands-On Instruction During miniCLASS Sessions
No Range Live Fire
miniCLASS 01: PROTECT Your Home
How might you think more intentionally about the environment you’re responsible for?
Learn how preparation and awareness can help you recognize potential problems earlier, make better decisions and develop a more thoughtful approach to protecting yourself and your home.
You’ll explore:
- Recognizing and avoiding potential conflict
- Developing stronger situational awareness
- Observing and evaluating your environment
- Planning more intentionally for home security
USCCA miniCLASS | Approximately 55 minutes
Start Time: 9:00am or 10:00am (depending on Classroom availability)
miniCLASS 02: PROTECT Your Self
How does the individual develop the knowledge, safety and confidence to become more capable within the home environment (as well as away from home)?
Learn how safe firearm handling, handgun fundamentals and purposeful practice can help build the knowledge and confidence necessary to make a handgun a more familiar and responsibly understood personal-protection tool.
You’ll explore:
- Identifying your personal reasons for learning about firearms and personal protection
- Understanding essential firearm and handgun safety principles
- Developing the fundamentals necessary for more confident handgun shooting
- Connecting what you’ve learned to practical, responsible application
USCCA miniCLASS | Approximately 90 minutes
Start Time: 10:30am or 11:30am (depending on Classroom availability)
MEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE, TOO.
This session offers men an opportunity to better understand the firearms-learning experience from a woman’s perspective. Men can discover new ways to PROVIDE support and understanding to the women they love and protect.
Her confidence doesn’t have to look like yours. Understanding the difference can make you a better partner in her readiness.
miniCLASS 03: PROTECT Your Freedom
How might you ensure that your decisions under pressure, don’t unnecessarily cost you, the freedom you’re trying to protect?
Learn how understanding reasonable force, deadly force and the legal principles governing defensive actions can help you make more informed decisions about when force may — and may not — be justified.
You’ll explore:
- Understanding the distinction between reasonable force and deadly force
- Recognizing the rules that govern the lawful use of deadly force
- Understanding how defensive-force considerations can differ inside and outside the home
- Distinguishing the defense of people from the defense of property
USCCA miniCLASS | Approximately 55 minutes
Start Time: 12:30pm or 1:30pm (depending on Classroom availability)
OPTION 2: TRAINING DAY + RANGE LIVE FIRE — $125
Everything above + the optional Range Live Fire experience.
NOTE: A $25 Range facility / use fee must be paid to Double Tap just before the safety briefing.
Classroom + Range Live Fire: $125
Hands-On Instruction During miniCLASS Sessions
2 Hours Range Live Fire
AEDA-Provided
Ear Protection
Eye Protection
Firearm (9mm) for Training
Ammunition for Training
Up to 25 Rounds for Training
Double Tap Range Fee: $25 paid directly to the facilityClassroom + Range Live Fire Total Investment: $150
If you’re bringing your own firearm, please see our Handgun Owner Guidelines before arriving.
What To Expect: The AEDA Training Experience
ARRIVE uncertain.
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DISCOVER your “readiness” gaps.
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EXPERIENCE the tools.
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EXERCISE your judgment.
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APPLY what you’ve learned.
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RECEIVE personalized correction.
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MEASURE what changed.
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LEAVE knowing what comes next.