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CONSUMER ALERT – Florida Concealed Carry Classes Conducted At Local Hotels

Information provided as a community service.

Beware of CONCEALED CARRY CLASSES conducted in rented hotel rooms!

What those who conduct such classes at local hotels do not want you to know:

  • They are NOT local providers or instructors.  They are from out of town and in most instances, from out of state.
  • They do NOT provide any handgun instruction or training.
  • There is NO live-fire range time or training.  If the class is conducted in a rented hotel room, you fire one paint cartridge at a paper target taped to a cardboard box.  No hotel is going to allow you or anyone to fire a real gun inside the hotel.
  • They may not be licensed to conduct business where they are conducting classes.

Before registering for a concealed carry class and paying your money, do your homework, ask questions.

  • What firearm training is provided in the class?  Will you be taught how to correctly use and fire a firearm?
  • What range does the provider use for the training?
  • How many rounds of ammunition will you fire during your training?
  • What are the instructor’s credentials?
  • Is the certificate of training issued recognized by the State of Florida for applying for a Florida concealed carry weapons license?
  • Is the class provider licensed to conduct business in the city and county where the class is conducted?
  • What is the class provider’s business address?  Who do you contact if there is a problem with your paperwork after you complete the class?
  • Is there a local phone number to call?
  • Is the class provider licensed and insured?
  • Will the class instructor or provider attempt to sell you insurance?  Ever been to a timeshare presentation?
  • Will the class instructor or provider attempt to sell you books or other materials?

If you do not ask the questions above, you have little to no regard for the training you receive and your hard earned money.  

You can ask the questions above and get the concealed carry/firearms training you want or pay the out-of-town providers once and pay again to get a class and training that provides you necessary training to make you confident and proficient in the use of a firearm to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones.

Not all concealed carry classes are alike.  There is a definite difference.  Do your homework, ask questions and shop around.

CONSIDERING A CONCEALED CARRY CLASS?

When you are serious about defending your life and the lives of your loved ones, In-Gauge of Polk County should be your only consideration for concealed carry and handgun training.

We don’t want to train everyone who wants a Florida concealed carry license. We only want to train those who are serious about defending their life with a firearm and want to know how to do so correctly.

If you only want the minimum required class for applying for a Florida concealed carry license, we suggest you to take a gun shop class or one of those conducted in a rented hotel room.

If you want to learn how to safely and correctly use your firearm to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones, in public or at home, then contact us for participation in either our basic or advanced concealed carry handgun or defensive shotgun classes. All our firearm training classes meet or exceed the State of Florida’s training requirement for applying for a Florida concealed carry weapons license.

When you are serious about defending your life and the lives of your loved ones, In-Gauge of Polk County should be your only consideration for concealed carry and handgun training.
If you want to learn how to carry and use a handgun to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones, enroll in one of our either basic or advanced handgun training classes.

Our next available, comprehensive, 5-hour Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training Class is

Class schedule & registration

The cost of this 5-hour handgun/concealed carry license qualification training class is $75.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at 863-206-1996.

The fully illustrated, official NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting training manual available for purchase in every ‘advanced’ Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training class.

In-Gauge of Polk County teaches you how to use your firearm to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones. There is no substitute for NRA firearms training.

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Active shooter defense training for those who don’t want to be a sitting duck . . .

In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training

The cost of our 5-hour, handgun training / concealed carry qualification class that includes one hour of instructor led, live-fire range training that trains you to safely handle and fire a handgun. Even if you have already taken a ‘concealed carry class’ you will learn more in this class than you ever knew existed regarding the carrying of a firearm in public, guaranteed. This class trains you to do more than how to pull a trigger. This class trains you how to handle, load, unload and fire your gun to hit your target.

$75 – We provide a the handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition or you can bring your own.

ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING COURSE – This is an advanced level handgun training course. This course trains to do more than just fire a handgun. This course trains you to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones. If you are going to carry a concealed firearm in public, this is a must have course.

  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training

Contact us for complete firearms training:

  • Concealed carry: Basic & Advanced
  • Pistol: Basic & Advanced
  • Shotgun
  • Rifle
  • Home Defense
  • Active Shooter
  • Church Guardian

The cost of our basic, minimum standards 3-hour, concealed carry class: $50 All materials included. There are no hidden costs. Completion of this class qualifies the participant for applying for a Florida concealed carry license. (No firearm training included in this class.).

It should be understood that ‘concealed carry classes‘ do NOT teach handgun use, handling or firing. For the most part, they only teach the State laws pertaining to the carrying of firearms and other weapons and where you can and cannot carry a weapon in the state of Florida.

For complete class information, dates and times, and to register for this class, go to: Register For A Class

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You took a concealed carry class, now what?

We do not want to train everyone who wants to own and carry a firearm. We only want to train those who are serious about owning and carrying a firearm.

When you are serious about defending your life and the lives of your loved ones, In-Gauge of Polk County should be your only consideration for concealed carry and handgun training

  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • In-Gauge of Polk County’s Active Shooter Training
  • Concealed carry class at the Marriott
If you want to learn how to carry and use a handgun to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones, enroll in one of our either basic or advanced handgun training classes.

Our next available, comprehensive, 5-hour Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training Class is

The cost of this 5-hour handgun/concealed carry license qualification training class is $75.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at 863-206-1996.

The fully illustrated, official NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting training manual available for purchase in every basic Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training class.

In-Gauge of Polk County teaches you how to use your firearm to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones. There is no substitute for NRA firearms training.

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A Little Something For The New Gun Owner In Your Life . . .

We train you to defend your life and the lives of your loved ones.

In-Gauge of Polk County has gift certificates available for ALL firearms, concealed carry and self-defense training classes.

These gift certificates are the perfect gift for the person in your life who is hard to shop for, who has recently purchased or received a new firearm and has yet to receive formal training.
ALL our firearms training classes qualify the student for applying for a Florida concealed carry license.
The class title does NOT have to state “concealed carry class”.

Gift certificates are available for as little as $35, for our 3 hour, minimum standards concealed carry class.

In-Gauge of Polk County has been conducting incomparable concealed carry classes, in Polk County, for over 6 years. During such time, we have trained over 5,000 law abiding citizens how to defend their lives and the lives of their loved ones. We receive numerous word-of-mouth referrals, with students traveling from as far north as Atlanta, Georgia and as far south as Fort Lauderdale and Naples to attend our classes.

In-Gauge of Polk County is represented at more retail sporting goods stores than any other forearms training group in central Florida.

However, we have not done a good job in getting the word out that we conduct more than basic ‘concealed carry’ classes.

Although our basic, 5-hour concealed carry training class (CCW 101), is head and shoulders above and beyond any other ‘concealed carry’ class conducted locally and far exceeds the minimum standard for applying for a Florida concealed carry license, we consider it a basic, orientation, self-defense, training class.

Ask that same agency or any gun shop concealed carry class provider if they train you in:

  • drawing from a holster or a pocketbook,
  • the various methods of carrying a concealed firearm,
  • the clearing of firearm malfunctions and jams,
  • the utilization of cover and concealment or
  • the tactical use of a shotgun for home defense.

In-Gauge of Polk County, an official NRA firearms training provider does.

Contact In-Gauge of Polk County by phone at:
863-206-1996
By email at: gift.cert.ingauge@gmail.com

Gift certificates can be purchased for individual classes or training packages. Purchases can be conveniently made through Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gift-certificates-available-concealed-carry-firearm-training-classes-tickets-129877451955 or on our website using PayPal.

A full list of firearm and self-defense classes can be found on our website at: https://ingaugeofpolkcounty.com/course-titles/

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VIP Concealed Carry Class

This class is for the distinguished individual that wants a class different from a run-of-the-mill, concealed carry class conducted at a gun shop, gun show or in a rented hotel room.

This class is for the distinguished individual that wants a class different from a run-of-the-mill, concealed carry class conducted at a gun shop, gun show or in a rented hotel room. A class different from a concealed carry class that is no more than an over crowded certificate mill.

This class includes actual hands-on, live-fire range use of a defensive handgun, firing multiple rounds of genuine, live ammunition under the direction of an official, NRA certified, advanced firearms instructor.

Register for this class by clicking on the link below . . . . .

SUNDAY, DEC. 20th 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Class Conducted At:

  • Cost:  $75
  • Very Limited Seating
  • Pre-registration Required

Gander Outdoors – Bartow

Class Incudes:

  • Printed materials in fashionable, collectable portfolio
  • A professionally conducted PowerPoint presentation
  • Live-fire range instruction using defensive caliber handgun
  • Live-fire range instruction using live, defensive caliber ammunition
  • Printed certificate of training good for applying for a Florida concealed carry license issued upon successful completion suitable for framing
  • Opportunity to have Florida concealed carry license application processed within  48 –  72 hours.  (Includes fingerprinting, photo, electronic submission to Tallahassee.)
  • Limited class size

For class registration, use this Eventbrite link or call: 863-206-1996

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Polk County, Lakeland, Winter Haven, self-defense, concealed carry, focused fire, shooting lessons, gun training, gun classes, concealed carry, conceal weapon, online class, lead feather, online permit, gun shop, gun show, gun permit

VIP Concealed Carry Class

This class includes actual hands-on, live-fire range use of a defensive handgun, firing multiple rounds of genuine, live ammunition.

This class is for the distinguished individual that wants a class different from a run-of-the-mill, concealed carry class conducted at a gun shop, gun show or in a rented hotel room. A class different from a concealed carry class that is no more than an over crowded certificate mill.

This class includes actual hands-on, live-fire range use of a defensive handgun, firing multiple rounds of genuine, live ammunition under the direction of an official, NRA certified, advanced firearms instructor.

Register for this class by clicking on the link below . . . . .

SUNDAY, DEC. 20th 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Class Conducted At:

  • Cost:  $75
  • Very Limited Seating
  • Pre-registration Required

Gander Outdoors – Bartow

Class Incudes:

  • Printed materials in fashionable, seasonal portfolio
  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Live-fire range instruction using defensive caliber handgun
  • Live-fire range instruction using live, defensive caliber ammunition
  • Printed certificate of training good for applying for a Florida concealed carry license issued upon successful completion suitable for framing
  • Opportunity to have Florida concealed carry license application processed within  48 –  72 hours.  (Includes fingerprinting, photo, electronic submission to Tallahassee.)
  • Limited class size

For class registration, use this Eventbrite link or call: 863-206-1996

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING from all of us at In-Gauge of Polk County

In-Gauge of Polk County wishes everyone a safe and healthy Thanksgiving.

In-Gauge will be taking a few days off to spend time with our families and loved ones.

In-Gauge will be back in full operation, conducting classes November 29th. Sorry that class is full and closed. The next available CCW 100 class is Sunday, December 6th.

Concealed Carry – Minimum Standards (CCW 100) classes are conducted every Sunday afternoon through December 20th. Pre-registration is required for all classes. No walk-ins are permitted.

Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training (CCW 101) classes are conducted every Saturday through December 19th. Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training (CCW 101) classes both qualify the student for applying for a Florida concealed carry license and train the student in the proper and safe use of a firearm for self-defense.

The next available Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training (CCW 101) class is Saturday, December 5th. Only a few seats remain. Pre-registration is required. These classes are kept small to allow for interactive instruction.

These are not ‘hotel’ conducted classes. These classes involve real handgun training on a live-fire gun range. Not one paint cartridge fired at a paper target taped to a hotel room wall.

Handgun/Concealed Carry License Qualification Training (CCW 101) includes one hour of instructor led, live-fire range training instruction in the use of a handgun for defenses purposes.

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