George Roe and Associates

GEORGE ROE & ASSOCIATES

Firearms Training, Tactics and Defense

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, I WILL ONLY BE CONDUCTING INDIVIDUAL ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION. 

Welcome to my website. Unless you stumbled here by accident, I presume that you are here because you are interested in learning more about the safe use of firearms. But before we talk about you, it’s also reasonable to believe that you want to know something about me, especially if you are considering taking any of my courses.

First, the required firearms training “credentials list.” I am a Certified NRA Instructor with over fifty years of shooting experience. Specifically, I have been trained in, and certified to teach the following NRA courses:

Certified Pistol
Personal Protection In The Home
Personal Protection Outside of the Home
Defensive Pistol
Home Firearms Safety
Refuse To Be A Victim
Chief Range Safety Officer

I am also a State of Missouri and State of Illinois Certified Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor. 

In terms of participating in “top tier” training programs, I am partial to Suarez International and Massad Ayoob. Their philosophy and my philosophy of “reality based training” are identical. For advanced tactical training in both handgun and carbine, I highly recommend Asymmetric Solutions and their Land Warfare Training Facility in Farmington Missouri. 

Next, a bit about my professional background. By education, I am a lawyer. Thus, I think you will find that where there is a discussion in any one of my courses about the legal ramifications of the use of deadly force in self-defense, I know something about what I am speaking.

But most important, I am an educator. I was a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago for some 35 years. I have taught law and ethics to thousands of students and in the process, have won virtually every teaching award the University has to offer, many of them more than once. They include Silver Circle Awards For Teaching Excellence, Educator of the Year, Distinguished Professor of the Year, and others.  I say that this is “most important” not just for me, but for you as a potential student.  As Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch fame said in American Handgunner Magazine,

“When you go to a school it isn’t actually all about what the instructor did in the past or even knows; it’s about what the instructor can teach you.”

Well, teaching is what I do best. So, if you are looking for an instructor to tell you war stories or to bedazzle you on your time watching him shoot, then I am not the guy for you. If your primary purpose is to learn, then you and I can talk.

When it comes to defensive shooting, my philosophy is reality based. Although theory does have its place, that’s not what I spend much time on. I emphasize the most probable cases that you will encounter either on the street or in the home. Special emphasis is placed on how to avoid getting into deadly force encounters to begin with as well as the legal ramifications involved with the use of deadly force. My classes are small. Very small.  Usually I do not want more than about three to five students in a class and quite frankly, I prefer individual one on one instruction.  You are paying me for personal attention, and that’s what you will get.

Now you know something about me and my philosophy of firearms instruction. If you think we can do something together, you can contact me by email at roe.george@gmail.com and tell me about yourself and what you would like to learn. Thanks for visiting. 

George Roe
St. Charles, Missouri

                                      NRA COURSES

                  NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course

Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for owning and operating a pistol safely.

More Details: This course is at least 8-hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; pistol parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; two handed standing positions; cleaning the pistol; and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student Examination, and course completion certificate. Contact me for further details and pricing. 

                   NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course

Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to the safe and efficient use of a handgun for protection of self and family, and to provide information on your right to self-defense.

More Details: This is an eight-hour course. Students should expect to shoot approximately 100 rounds of ammunition. Students will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection In The Home handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, and course completion certificate.

NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home course is for law-abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law, and experienced shooters (shooters able to show mastery of the basic skills of safe gun handling, shooting a group, zeroing the firearm, and cleaning the firearm) to maximize what can be learned from this course. Proof of shooting experience can be one of the following: NRA Basic Pistol Course Certificate, NRA FIRST Steps Course Certificate, NRA pistol competitive shooting qualification card, military DD 214 with pistol qualification, or passing the Pre-Course Assessment. Contact me for further details and pricing.

           NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home Course

Short Description: Comprehensive and intensive in its approach to equip the defensive shooting candidate with the skills needed to survive serious adversity.

More Details: The course teaches students the knowledge, skills and attitude essential for avoiding dangerous confrontations and for the safe, effective and responsible use of a concealed pistol for self-defense outside the home. Students have the opportunity to attend this course using a quality strong side hip holster that covers the trigger, or a holster purse. From a review of safe firearms handling and proper mindset to presentation from concealment and multiple shooting positions, this course contains the essential skills and techniques needed to prevail in a life-threatening situation. 

The NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home is divided into two levels (basic and advanced). Level one is a nine-hour course and offers the essential knowledge and skills that must be mastered in order to carry, store, and use a firearm safely and effectively for personal protection outside the home. Upon completion of level one, students may choose to attend level two, which is an additional five hours of range training and teaches advanced shooting skills. After the classroom portion, students should expect to spend several hours on the range and shoot approximately 100 rounds of ammunition during level one. Level two involves five additional hours on the range and approximately 115 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition requirements are minimum and may be exceeded. Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure and the appropriate course completion certificates(s), NRA Basic Personal Protection Outside The Home (identifies strong-side hip holster or purse use) certificate, and NRA Advanced Personal Protection Outside The Home certificate.

The NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home is for adult individuals who are not disqualified from possessing a firearm as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law and are of good repute and possess defensive pistol skills presented in the NRA Basics of Personal Protection In The Home Course. Participants must also understand the basic legal concepts relating to the use of firearms in self-defense, and must know and observe not only general gun safety rules, but also those safety principles that are specific to defensive situations. Prospective participants can demonstrate that they have the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes by producing an NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course Certificate, or by passing the pre-course evaluation. Contact me for further details and pricing.

                               NRA Home Firearm Safety Course

Short Description: Non-shooting course and teaches students the basic knowledge, skills, and to explain the attitude necessary for the safe handling and storage of firearms and ammunition in the home.

More Details: This is a four-hour course for safe gun handling that is conducted in the classroom only. Students are taught NRA’s three rules for safe gun handling; primary causes of firearms accidents; firearm parts; how to unload certain action types; ammunition components; cleaning; care; safe storage of firearms in the home; and the benefits of becoming an active participant in the shooting sports. Students will receive the NRA Home Firearm Safety handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Basic Firearm Training Program brochure, and course completion certificate.  Contact me for further details and pricing.

                               NRA Refuse To Be A Victim® Seminars

Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for developing a strategy for ones personal safety.

More Details: The seminar includes classroom instruction on a variety of crime prevention strategies, from criminal psychology to automobile crimes to cyber crime. Seminars can vary in length, and may be modified to suit the needs of a particular audience. This is not a firearms instruction course, and does not include instruction in physical combat self-defense. Seminars teach about common weaknesses that criminals may take advantage of, and teaches a variety of corrective measures that are practical, inexpensive, and easy to follow. Strategies include home security, carjack avoidance techniques, cyber safety, and use of personal safety devices. A complete seminar may last as long as eight hours and include the entire lesson plan, but a modified seminar may be as short as 90 minutes and address a specific topic. Students will receive the Refuse To Be A Victim student handbook, NRA Refuse To Be A Victim® brochure, NRA Become A Refuse To Be A Victim® Instructor Brochure, Refuse To Be A Victim® Firearms Supplement, and a course completion certificate.

 NON-NRA COURSES

           DEFENSIVE PISTOL SHOOTING AND TACTICS 

Description: Defensive shooting is not bullseye shooting. If you find yourself in a street defense situation, there are probably three things that will be true: the attack will be sudden, it will be very up close and personal, and it will be violent. This is a live fire class that is long on reality and short on theory. It concentrates on encounters that are 21 feet and less, oftentimes much less. We will discuss how to avoid getting into the situation in the first place, then, what happens when you can’t avoid the situation. Last, we will consider the legal implications of the use of deadly force in self defense. Class time is approximately eight hours. This class is not for new or totally novice shooters. (For those, please see the NRA Basic Pistol Course.) Participants will take a pre-shoot assessment of basic gun handling and safety skills.Contact me for further details and pricing.

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Estimated round count:  300 rounds. 
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                            INTRODUCTION TO GUNFIGHTING
 
So now you have your concealed carry license. Good for you. Now you are ready to defend yourself and your loved ones against attacks from any manner of miscreant. Or are you? Let’s look at some facts about handgun training.
 
The vast majority of basic handgun classes teach only two aspects of actually shooting the weapon: safety and marksmanship. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m all for the ability to safely and accurately shoot a handgun, or any other gun for that matter. The only problem is that probably is not enough to save your life if the situation really heads south. Let’s look at some numbers from a study put out by Beretta.
 
55% of all gunfights take place at a range of 0-5 feet.
20% of all gunfights take place at a range of 5-10 feet.
20% of all gunfights take place at a range of 10-21 feet.
75% of all gunfights take place at a range of 10 feet or less.
 
So where does that leave us? If you read my introductory page, you know that I am a fan of “reality based” training. From the numbers above, you can see that 95% of all shoots take place at a range of 7 yards or less, and usually a great deal less, 3 yards and under. As such, I don’t spend a lot of time on extremely remote hypothetical 100 yard “what if” situations. Rather, I spend my (your) time on the most probable scenarios you may actually confront, and how to not just survive them, but how to win. Safety is a given. No compromises there. As for marksmanship, the mission is to stop the threat. I am not looking for pretty, but rather for effective. 
 
So what then is gunfighting? Gabe Suarez of Suarez International made the following comment:
 
“I want my people to understand that we are not talking about some clinical exercise but rather an ugly bloody fight to the finish where someone will likely die.”
 
Most basic handgun training is exactly what Gabe described: a clinical exercise. If you ever do have to defend yourself with a handgun, in all probability you will not be standing in some stall, taking careful aim at a stationary target 21 feet away, (much less the 45 to 75 feet that some instructors want you to practice at.) No, the chances are that your encounter will be very sudden, very violent, and extremely up close and personal. That is the situation that this course is designed to handle. It may not always be pretty, but it is effective.
 
This is very much NOT a course for novices. At the start of our range portion, you may be asked to demonstrate basic safe gun handling and marksmanship skills. IF YOU FAIL TO SATISFACTORILY DO SO, YOU WILL POLITELY BE ASKED TO SIT THIS OUT. 
 
Topics: Classroom

The law and the use of deadly force.
The ethics of using deadly force.
Choice of handgun and carry equipment.
The myth of ‘stopping power”.
Combat mindset.
 
On the Range

Review of basic skills
Drawing from concealment.
Loading and unloading techniques.
Point shooting, flash sight, and aimed fire techniques.
Two handed shooting, strong hand, support hand shooting.
Close retention shooting.
Multiple threat environments
Moving off the X.
Cover and concealment.
Essential CQB hand to hand techniques.
 
This is designed as a two day course. About 50% of our first day will be spent on part one, classroom topics. The remainder of our time will be on the range.
 
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                           LAW AND THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE

When it comes to understanding the law governing the use of deadly force there is a massive amount of misinformation out there. Go to any of the popular defensive firearms forums and you will get all types of advice which usually begins with, “Well, I not a lawyer, but…” Well I am a lawyer. And, if you read my opening web page you know that I am also a firearms instructor. This course is designed to meet the needs of other instructors who may want to supplement their firearms courses with a lawyer’s view of the law as well as for groups, clubs and ranges wanting to offer their members or customers a more in depth understanding of the law regarding the defensive use of firearms. Topics discussed include:



The length of the course is tailored to the needs of the client.  For instructors and organizations wanting a concise overview of the topics for their students or members, I will work with you to provide whatever scope and depth of information you desire. For those wishing an in depth understanding of the topics, the full course runs approximately eight hours.

                        
                                     PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

Private instruction is available. Equipment and time are determined by your specific needs. Contact me for further details and pricing.