From the Instructors

  House of Worship Training How is your House of Worship Team's Health? Are they trained to do more than look for an active shooter?  Where is the focus on the security for your congregation, youth groups, and leaders? Do they do ongoing training with a Certified Instructor?  Do you have enough Volunteers for your Greeter/Usher/Security Team? Do you have armed security?  Have they qualified with a Firearms Instructor for Insurance Purposes? Are they Insured in the event they need to use their firearm?  Personally Insured or does the House of Worship Insurance Cover these volunteers?  At Shamar's Shield, a division of Gunpowder & Lead Firearms Training, we help re-establish the Greeter/Security/Usher Team, and make it manageable.  We offer a few programs.  1) Ongoing Training for 1 year, including 4 In-person HOW training, 26 Zoom meetings for your team to train on subjects, 2 days at the range and 2 days in the HOW for Reality-Based Training utilizing SIRT (inert weapons),

 What goes into a certification?  One must complete a basic firearms safety course and have extensive knowledge and experience handling firearms and shooting techniques.  One must also meet the basic qualifications for you to obtain a firearms certification, one must first complete a basic safety course and have extensive experience handling firearms and shooting techniques. Additionally, you must meet the basic qualifications for the certification program of your choice, which may include age, background, and work experience. After this, you must apply for specialized firearms instructor training courses, which can be completed online or in person through organizations such as DOD, DCJS, NACFI, NRA, or USCCA. Once you've completed the training, you must pass the certification exam and apply for your instructor license or certificate. After obtaining certification, you must purchase insurance to teach anyone, and it's important to locate a club that will allow you to teach ther