finished my instructors class in december . talked to a safety officer at the local range and said they would be happy to have another instructor, wrong. someone over ruled him and now i am here with no place to teach. invested time and money for equipment and class. so, am i stuck or can i teach no firing classes?
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Where are you?
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Southaven ms
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Can you find out why the safety officer was over ruled? Might be some issue of insurance or rules of the range that you might can appeal. Perhaps a RSO cert of some type? (Not saying you need it, just might ‘need’ it for that range.)
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The lead instructor , who also teaches classes and is basically in charge, said the had enough instructors.
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Ahh… Perhaps you could ‘rent’ the range and bring your own students in? Good luck, it can be hard to find a range that allows much beyond standing and firing from the line.
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Thanks
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Welcome to the family brother @Danny32 and you are blessed to be here.
Is there only one range in your area? Perhaps a drive is in order? If I were teaching formal classes I would definately stick with an official range. I would never assume the liability of taking students out to some BLM or Forest Service Land. One on one, maybe, but not a class.
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That’s a bummer man. When I was in the DSF instructor course, there were 11 other guys in the class. Only myself and one other guy had land for a range. And, the other guy had no range even built out yet.
A good handful reached out to me to co-instruct or use my range. I don’t need any instructors but did tell them they could rent my range if they needed to. None have yet, saying they aren’t able to get students without a home range.
I had my range built, a website, FB, LLC, and insurance prior to taking my first instructor course.
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I am in the same boat. I frequent different ranges in my area and keep in touch but no room for a newbie. I have even seen that a couple ranges are back logged on the classes but yet nothing. I am even willing to move.
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