PROTECT WHAT MATTERS
How Prepared Are You To Protect What Matters?
Discover Your Personal Protection GAPS — And Know What To Do Next…
In One Training Day.
Protect Your Home.
Protect Your Self.
Protect Your Freedom.
Personal Protection Begins Long Before YOU Ever Step Onto A Firing Range.
AEDA Personal Protection Training Day
AEDA Personal Protection Training Day is a beginner-friendly educational experience designed to help ordinary people become more aware, informed and confident about protecting themselves, the people they love and the freedom they value.
During one Training Day, you can participate in up to three USCCA miniCLASSES covering three essential areas of personal protection:
- Protect Your Home — Build the knowledge necessary to make more responsible and confident decisions about protecting your home and family.
- Protect Your Self — Develop greater understanding of personal protection, self-defense and handgun fundamentals, with instruction specifically addressing women’s needs and considerations.
- Protect Your Freedom — Understand what matters before, during and after a defensive encounter so your actions don’t unnecessarily jeopardize your freedom.
Students who want to continue beyond the classroom may also choose an optional AEDA Range Live Fire experience. Details are provided below.
No Firearm Required. No Range Experience Required.
You do not have to own a firearm, bring a firearm or participate in Range Live Fire to benefit from this Training Day.
Your PROMOTIONAL TRAINING DAY REGISTRATION of $25 reserves your seat for the complete classroom experience, including optional instructor-facilitated hands-on learning opportunities throughout the day.
Attend the miniCLASSes that serve you — 1, 2 and/or all 3.
The promotional pricing does not diminish the value or quality of the training you’ll receive.
It represents me investing in you first — giving you an opportunity to experience the training, discover what you’re capable of and recognize where greater readiness may be needed.
The GOAL is simple:
Teach YOU something that reveals a GAP or vulnerability in your current level of READINESS and PROTECTION.
Guide YOU toward the confidence and competence necessary to begin closing that GAP.
Give YOU the option to begin training immediately — first in the CLASSROOM and, if you’re ready, on the RANGE.
PROTECT Your Home
miniCLASS 1A
How do I responsibly and confidently protect my home and family?
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)
PROTECT Your Self
miniCLASS 2A
What should women (and men) understand to ensure personal protection, along with handgun fundamentals?
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.
PROTECT Your Freedom
miniCLASS 3A
What must I understand before, during and after a defensive encounter to protect my 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)
YOUR GREATEST THREAT MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
The greatest threat to your freedom isn’t always the person in the alley, parking lot or across the room. Sometimes, it’s the version of you who enters a difficult moment unaware, unprepared and uncertain about what to do next.
The Small, Yet Significant Shift
Protecting your freedom means preparing that version of you before the moment arrives.
PROTECT What Matters
Protecting what matters requires more than owning a firearm or knowing how to use one.
It requires developing
- the AWARENESS to recognize what matters,
- the JUDGMENT to know what the moment requires and
- the READINESS to respond appropriately when it does.
We call the person committed to developing those capabilities:
The Ultimate Protector.
AEDA Personal Protection Training Day is one opportunity to begin developing your Ultimate Protector Identity.
OPTIONAL: AEDA RANGE LIVE FIRE
Ready To Apply What You’ve Learned?
Your Personal Protection Training Day is complete whether or not you choose to participate in Range Live Fire.
If the classroom education and hands-on experiences increase your confidence — and you’re ready to apply what you’ve learned on the range — you can continue with the optional AEDA Range Live Fire experience.
You’ll receive supervised hands-on application and real-time corrective feedback as you practice the fundamentals introduced throughout the day.
AEDA Range Live Fire | Approximately 2 hours
Start Time: 1:30pm or 2:30pm (depending on Classroom End Time)
Don’t Own A Handgun?
That’s okay. We’ve got you covered.
Firearm and ammunition: Provided by AEDA
Eye and ear protection: Provided by AEDA
Bringing your own handgun?
You’re welcome to train with an approved personal handgun.
You must provide the appropriate factory-new ammunition for your firearm.
For Safety Purposes: Remanufactured and reloaded ammunition are not permitted.
See our Handgun Owner Guidelines if you want to train with your personal handgun.
What’s Your Investment?
Classroom Only $25 (Promotional)
Hands-On Instruction During miniCLASSes
No Range Live Fire
Classroom + Range Live Fire: $125
Hands-On Instruction During miniCLASSes
2 Hours Range Live Fire
Ear Protection (AEDA-Provided)
Eye Protection (AEDA-Provided)
Firearm (9mm) for Training (AEDA-Provided)
Ammunition for Training (AEDA-Provided)
Up to 25 Rounds for Training (AEDA-Provided)
Double Tap Range Fee: $25 paid directly to the facilityClassroom + Range Live Fire Total Investment: $150
Live Fire is completely optional and limited to 10 students