At a Glance
Built a leading armed-citizen and instructor program while tracking his students’ real defensive shootings.
Schools
- Rangemaster, Memphis, Tennessee (1996)
- Rangemaster Tactical Conference (1998)
Accomplishments
- About 25 years in law enforcement and security work
- Trained over 46,000 students at the Memphis range
- Students involved in more than 70 defensive shootings, nearly all prevailed
- Tennessee (1998) and Mississippi (1999) IDPA state champion
Books
- Fighting Smarter (2000)
- Concealed Carry Class: The ABCs of Self-Defense Tools and Tactics (2020)
- 25-year career in law enforcement
- 1996 Rangemaster
- Rangemaster Firearms Training Services
- Author of over 100 magazine articles in S.W.A.T. Magazine, Combat Handguns Magazine, Concealed Carry Magazine, Soldier of Fortune, Peterson Handguns Magazine, and others
- 1998 Tennessee IDPA State Champion
- 1999 Mississippi IDPA State Champion
- Former Member IDPA Board of Directors
- Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network, Inc.
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