Minnesota Carry Classes and Firearms Permit Training, Concealed Carry MN UT Minnesota and Utah

Why Choose Shade's Landing Inc. for your firearm training

We have trained over 6,000 students in the right to carry since 2003 (as of 02/2011).
We are a Minnesota Certifying Organization (we can certify other instructors to teach the MCPPA requirements)
We are a certified by the State of Utah and the Utah BCI to teach Utah carry courses.
We are certified NRA Instructors
- Pistol
- Personal Protection
- Rifle
- Shotgun
- Home Firearm Safety
- Certified Range Safety Officers
Our courseware is approved by and our training and instructors are recognized and validated by the Minnesota DPS, Utah BCI, and Florida's issuing authority
We offer you more for your training dollars:
- We were the FIRST to offer students a multi-state carry course and therefore, we've been doing Multi-State carry training longer than any other instructor in our state (MN).
  - Qualify for multi-state legal carry (36 states with combined licensing)
    - Once certified, choose from a combination of Minnesota, Utah, Florida, North Dakota*, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Pennsylvania or Wisconsin (WI residents only) permits that you can apply for
- We were the FIRST to offer an online / hybrid Minnesota Carry course (first offered July 4th 2009).
  - Helping those with busy schedules to study at their own pace.
Real life survivor/violent encounter/shootout experience is discussed in our courseware
We offer both day and night classes
We offer Women Only classes

Student handouts and text books (NRA classes) that are first class (includes our exclusive CD-ROM reference)

After class support and contact

Unlimited e-mail and telephone support in answering your questions
Students with e-mail addresses receive our carry newsletter which we send out once or twice a month as needed, keeping you apprised of any changes in the law or pending legislation and other stories related to concealed carry.
Former students are welcome to attend all future guest lecturers either at no charge, or for a nominal fee (as little as $10 - depending on what we have to pay to get the guest speaker into our classroom)
Support through our World Class web site: FirearmsAndLiberty.com

We are family owned and operated and as such our family values and name go into everything we do meaning that we hold ourselves to very high standards.
Our students tell us that we offer some of the best courses they have ever taken.
We carry and use firearms everyday. We carry, we hunt, we collect firearms, we target shoot and we compete.

Let's compare us to two of our competitors:

	Competitor 1	Shade's Landing	Competitor 2
Course Cost	$150 for MN and passes off FL as being his multistate (hint you don't need to take a course to get the FL permit)	$85 or $75 prepaid for MN & FL	$100 to $150 & Up for MN
Course length	3.5 to 6 hours This guy wants you read a book before he teaches you what is required by law. Sheesh...	4-5 hour class room plus range time ~ OR ~ 2 -3 hours online and 1 hour plus range in person with our Hybrid Minnesota Carry course! Shade's Landing Inc. is the first in Minnesota to offer an online component for busy people	literature claims only 3 hours for a multistate course (laws on UT and MN typically take an hour each) Ummm.. He is known to serve up a rushed 2 hour course for Minnesota Carry.
Delivery	Classroom	Classroom or online + classroom	Classroom
Quality of the course?	Ask him. He'll tell you himself he thinks he walks on water.	We let our students do the talking.	Don't know- he has not been around long enough to know.
Length of time instructing MN Carry courses?	2005	2003	?? 2009 ?? The domain for his company was registered in January of 2009
Length of time instructing UT courses?	Not certified by Utah	2003 We're one of the first in MN to become certified through UT to teach their courses. And we were the FIRST to offer a true Multistate Course in Minnesota.	?? He just became UT certified on June 27th 2009 ??
Certifications	BCA NRA	Shade's Landing Inc. is certified through the state of Minnesota to train other instructors and provide training to you. We have NRA, Minnesots BCA, Utah BCI, and are recognized by the State of FL, PA, NH, CT and ME as providing training that meets or exceeds their standards.	Certified through another company.
Locations	Eden Prairie	Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Pine City and Isle MN. AND NOW ONLINE!	Lakeville ??
Staff	Just him	A professional staff of four	It appears to be mainly two individuals with a third who assists from time to time.

We accept Master Card, Visa and Discover.

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