Donadio Defense

WE PROVIDE THE 16 HOUR WEAR & CARRY TRAINING FOR MARYLANDERS SEEKING TO LEGALLY CARRY A FIREARM​

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Wear & carry training starts again the week of February 19th 2023

After you complete the classroom you will meet at the shooting range for 2 sessions of live fire or 3 live fire date will satisfied the 16 hour training requirement.

Live fire at Schrader's Wear & Carry Live Fire Information AugustPlease make every effort to be on time. Please don't inconvenience other students. We meet inside the clubhouse. Make sure to bring more WATER than you think you will need. Gatorade and flavored drinks are not sufficient by themselves to correctly hydrate in these extreme heat. Bring snacks. Fully charge your cell phones. Remember to bring all of your ammo with you also. There is none to buy at this range. Better to have too much ammo than too little. We recommend only wearing a tee shirt (It gets very hot on the range)We have been having really great days on the range and have been accomplishing a lot with students of all level of experience. We look forward to more sessions. Be ready to be able to do the following on your own during the live fire sessions. You will be doing these tasks all day by your self. (A) Load and unload your pistol. Loading magazines (B) Lock the side of the pistol open (C) Cycling of the slide in order to load or unload your pistol (D) Follow directions of the Instructor and remain focused (E) Safely handle your pistol and always keep the pistol pointed down range. Things to remember: 1. We shoot in the rain (We need training to be ready in all weather environments) We also shoot in extreme heat. It will be very hot on the range. Begin hydrating well before the training. 2. You should buy a holster for your pistol. A hardshell one for outside the hip with a finger release locks suggested. Training with a pistol by picking it from a tabs not really training you to your full potential. We will provide links for some examples of a holster and ammo pouch upon your request. We recommend holsters that will be good to use under a business suit or jeans with cover shirt. An in the belt holster is probably not the best thing for this training. You will not get the full advantage of learning how to draw, shoot and re-holster correctly. You will also increase the chance of an accidental discharge of your weapon with an in the belt holster. Its ok if you don't have a holster or ammo pouch. Just keep in mind to one day get one. 3. You are required to pay for the cost of the use of the range which is $15 per hour. 4. You need to bring at least 250 NEW rounds of ammo for your gun. Do not buy reloaded ammo, we will not put it in our guns. You are welcome to use it in your guns if you like. They do not sell pistol ammo at the range YOU NEED TO BUY IT PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING SESSIONS. 5. We have ear and eye protection for you if you don't have it. 6. Please remember that time is extremely precious . Please make certain that if we are going to meet, please do not cancel. Prioritize this training. We are prioritizing you, so please prioritize us. There is very limited range time. We are hearing that there will be appox. 800,000 applications getting put in for wear and carry. The longer we wait to get this done, the more applications will be in front of yours thus making the process potentially a year long (who knows) 7. Bring lots of food, water, and whatever you need to remain focused in the shooting range for 5 hours. 8. Please respond to this posting and rsvp times that you plan to attend live fire sessions. We will mark you to confirm the dates. 9. Please bring the best tactical pistol you have. The pistol you would use for self defense. (preferably made or designed in the last decade or so.) There is no need to bring 2 or 3 guns. (it will only confuse things). Best to focus on using the best gun in your inventory for this training. If for some reason you have no pistol, you may use our Glock 17, 9mm. Today's tactical pistols have no safety and no hammer, if your pistol has one or both of these, then it is already obsolete in the world of tactical shooting (no offense intended). We highly recommending getting a Glock, S&W Shield, a Springfield XD or a pistol that is right up there with those pistols. Unfortunately, revolvers are no match for our criminal opponents that are now carrying high end pistols with high capacity magazines (17 shots)(see Baltimore City police facebook page for guns they are taking off criminals these days). It's just food for thought. No worries if you come with a revolver. We love shooting them too. We will get you up to par with a revolver also. 10. We are hearing that appointments for fingerprinting are now a 2 week wait. Make an appointment for your prints around the time you will be done with the live fire training. 16 hours. A student recently told us that the QAC Sheriffs office also need to have appointments for fingerprints. I would call before showing up there. 11. We cannot qualify you with less than 16 hours of training. We are mandated by the Maryland State Police to provide the training and we are legally required to provide the full 16 hours of training and the qualification live fire course. It's the law. We can not use the 16 hour from the wear & carry towards the 4 hour HQL. They are two separate licenses and you must do the 16 hours of training for the wear & carry permit and an additional 4 hours for the HQ for a total or 20 hours of training for both. 12. You will be on the range shooting with multiple other shooters also obtaining their wear and carry permit. It is loud, hot, uncomfortable and sometimes hot brass can contact your skin in the course of shooting. Like with the hobby of horse ridding, you can fall off the horse, you can also get bumps, cuts, burns and bruises while shooting. 13. Please no pictures. We don't want our picture taken and other students need to have their privacy respected, please no videos or photos, we really appreciate it. We also do not have time to provide a photo shoot during the precious shooting time. We need all focus on safety and listening to the commands of the range official and on shooting. 14.This 16 hour training is not a PAY & PASS COURSE. You can fail. Here are a few ways to fail. 1. Not shooting a qualifying course (You will get many chances) 2. Not completing the required hours for training. Failure to follow commands and habitually unsafe gun handling conditions for yourself, Instructor and other students. 15. DO NOT bring anyone with you that is not a registered student in the wear & carry training. DO NOT bring any pets with you.

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