Carry Permit Classes & Advanced Training
Master firearm safety and marksmanship with our experienced instructors
7 Reasons to Take Your TN Handgun Carry Permit Class with Goodlettsville Gun Shop
We teach the fundamentals that matter. Our instructors have spent years in the field, and they know what works. You'll learn to handle a firearm with respect and precision, nothing more and nothing less.
Goodlettsville Gun Shop instructors have been teaching Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit Classes longer then any other school, instructor, or facility in Tennessee.
Our classes start at $75 for the basic handgun carry permit class. We haven't changed our prices since 1993.
Goodlettsville Gun Shop instructors are the most qualified and trained instructors, (NRA, State of Tennessee Dept. of Safety, and TN Law Enforcement Post Firearms Certifications, Gunsite, Glock, Smith&Wesson, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency), with the best legal track record in the state.
Goodlettsville Gun Shop has never had a student involved in any negative encounter with Law Enforcement or been involved in a shooting.
Classes are held in our store in Goodlettsville and we can travel to your area depending on availability of firing range facilities.
We give you all your state certification paperwork at the end of class that day. Unlike other schools that ask you to pick up your paperwork at a later date or they can mail it to you.
We strive to help you pick out the gun that's right for you and help you save money with your firearms choice. We guarantee to beat any local competitors price on firearms!
*We also specialize in advanced training. Classes like Advanced Urban Carry & Tactics, NRA Home Defense, Church Safety/Defense, and Corporate Active Shooter/Defense. Fees $100-$500 per student per class. Ammunition not provided.
Training law enforcement since 1990
Instructors clear a jam, safety first!
Specializing in teaching novices & women
Training and Benefits
The Tennessee Handgun Training Program provided for this class will include the following training and benefits:
Four hours of classroom training on the subject matter as provided by the Tennessee Department of Safety's requirements. This course will include lecture, as well as graphically presented material. You will be tutored as necessary to pass the written test requirements.
Four hours Range exercises, including "live fire" practice to insure that you achieve the necessary skills not only to pass the practical qualification test, but to feel confident that you have achieved a level of competency that will prevail in the case of a practical application of the skills you have learned.
Materials and Supplies Furnished to Complete Course:
Firearm if you don't have one: ammunition is the responsibility of the student
Textbooks and various other educational materials
Targets used for qualifying
All safety equipment
Eye & Ear Protection provided during range exercises (we also carry these items for sale in the showroom)
Certificate of Completion upon successfully meeting the requirements for the award as provided for by State Law.
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