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Approved CCW Instructors
You must complete a minimum of an 8-hour course for a new Carry Concealed Weapons (CCW) and a 4-hour course for a renewal. Instruction must be from an instructor from our approved list. You must qualify with each weapon on your license. If you want to add or remove weapons from your license, a qualification is required for all (not to exceed three) weapons you want on the license.
You may take the CCW class prior to receiving written notification of passing the background process; however, this shall be at your own risk in case your CCW is denied. If denied a CCW, neither Placer County Sheriff’s Office nor the training vendor are responsible for costs. The training certificate you receive at the completion of your course is valid for 3 months from date of issuance; this time may be extended if the background takes longer than 3 months through no fault of your own.
Approved Instructors
| A1 Gun Training - North Highlands Michael Kennedy Phone: 916-849-9770 Email: Email A1 Gun Training Link: A1 Gun Training Website |
| AIM Firearms Training - Elk Grove Martin Mapa Phone: 916-704-5189 Email: Email AIM Firearms Training Link: AIM Firearms Training Website |
| Alpha-Safe-CCW Karl G. Nelson Phone: 916-547-4472 or 855-safe-ccw Email: Email Alpha Safe CCW Link: Alpha Safe CCW |
| Americal Dennis Cook Phone: 530-559-1155 |
| American Arms Company James Gotcher Auburn, CA 95603 Phone: 530-830-ARMS Email: Email American Arms Company Link: American Arms Company Website |
| Bad Moon Shooting - Yuba City Steve Carney / Stephanie Carnie Phone: 530-988-8772 Email: Email Bad Moon Shooting Link: Bad Moon Shooting Website |
| Basic Firearms Training - Sacramento Philip Webster Phone: 916-718-0976 Email: Email Basic Firearms Training Link: Basic Firearms Training Website |
| Baxter Firearms Training - Citrus heights Mike Baxter Phone : 916-729-8377 Website: https://alwaysBtraining.com Email: [email protected] |
| BCTS - Roseville Matthew Buechner Phone: 916-295-8489 Email: Email BCTS |
| BDS Technology, LLC - Newcastle Brian D. Stephen Phone: 916-825-1401 Email: Email BDS Technology, LLC Link: BDS Technology, LLC Website |
| Bellicose Firearms Instruction - Grass Valley Karen Cose Phone: 530-272-2465 Email: Email Bellicose Firearms Instruction |
| Best Handgun Training - Lincoln John A. Taylor Phone: 916-295-8489 Email: Email Best Handgun Training Link: Best Handgun Training Website |
| Butters Firearms Instruction - Folsom Kevin Butters Phone: (916) 237-6356 Email: [email protected] Link: http://caconcealedgun.com/ |
| CA Security & Investigation Academy - Sacramento Ken Gosling Phone: 916-399-2010 Email: Email CA Security and Investigation Academy Link: CA Security and Investigation Academy Website |
| CCW Shooters - Yuba City Mike Cordisco Phone: 916-207-7350 Email: Email CCW Shooters Link: CCW Shooters Website |
| Condition Red Solutions Troy Keith Phone: 916-527-4882 Email: Email Condition Red Solutions |
| CORE Training Solutions - McClellan Rnady Fitz Phone: 510-625-1505 Email: Email CORE Training Solutions Link: CORE Training Solutions Website |
| CS Tactical - Elk Grove S. Michael Cecil Phone: 916-670-1103 Email: Email CS Tactical Link: CS Tactical Website |
| DA Fast Delores (Dee) Adams Phone: (916) 838-4926 Email: Email DA Fast |
| Defense Accuracy - San Leandro Denise King Phone: 408-687-3791 Email: Email Defensive Accuracy Link: Defensive Accuracy Website |
| Defense Shot - Eldorado Hills John Daniels Phone: 530-206-6377 Email: Email Defense Shot Link: Defense Shot Website |
| Defensive and Firearms Safety Training - Roseville Ketan V. Ranchhod Phone: 916-303-3746 Link: Email Defensive and Firearms Safety Training |
| Defensive Triad - Rocklin Chris Gulbrandson Phone: 916-765-5661 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.defensivetriad.com |
| Delta Romeo Firearms Training LLC - Fair Oaks Darren Riddiough Phone: 916-462-7158 Email: [email protected] Link: www.deltaromeoft.com |
| Dennis Bartoldo - Lincoln Phone: 916-645-1609 |
| Discreet Firearms & Training, LLC Wendell Bobst Phone: 916-677-9240 Email: Email Discreet Firearms Link: Website |
| Essential Self Defense - Robbins Joseph Theis and Chris Taylor Email: [email protected] Phone: 916-997-1293 |
| Feather River Firearms Training - Yuba City Tom Oakes Phone: 530-300-5427 Email: Email Feather River Firearms Training |
| Firearms Training Institute - Browns Valley David Mathews Phone: 408-506-1884 Email: Email Firearms Training Institute Link: Firearms Training Institute Website |
| Firearms Training International - Auburn David W. Hoing Phone: 916-458-0378 Email: Email Firearms Training International |
| Five Star Firearms and Training Gary Thomas Phone: 530-559-2469 Email: Five Star Firearms and Training Link: Five Star Firearms and Training Website |
| Focus on Defense - Auburn Leslie Nye Phone: 916-798-9100 Email: Email Focus on Defense |
| Force Options Troy Moore Email: [email protected] Phone: 916-300-5252 |
| FoxHole Tactical - Lincoln Josh McClanahan Phone: 530-906-9141 Email: Email FoxHole Tactical Link: FoxHole Tactical Website |
| Get Qualified Firearms Training Academy - Placerville William Gaede Phone: 530-306-6132 Email: Email Get Qualified Firearms Training Academy |
| Glasgow Personal Defense Consulting Glenn Glasgow Rocklin, CA Phone: 530-400-4784 Email: Email Glasgow Personal Defense Consulting |
| Grant Macomber - Applegate Phone: 530-878-1733 Email: Email Grant Macomber |
| Gun Owners of California Make Ready Firearms Training - Folsom Samuel A. Paredes Phone: 916-717-0908 Email: Email Gun Owners of California Make Ready Firearms Training Link: Gun Owners of California Make Ready Firearms Training Website |
| Gunlady 1911 - Elk Grove Mandy Autrey Phone: 916-607-0845 Email: Email Gunlady 1911 |
| Handgun Shooting Academy - Plymouth Cary Talbott Phone: 916-296-5125 Email: Email Handgun Shooting Academy Link: Handgun Shooting Academy Website |
| Integrated Tactics Phone: 916-792-1157 Alternate Phone: 916-871-3194 Email: Email Integrated Tactics |
| Itus Defense David Jackson Phone: 916-837-5225 Email: Email Itus Defense Link: Itus Defense Website |
| John Glenn - El Dorado Phone: 530-626-7111 Email: Email John Glenn |
| Kennedy Consulting - Lincoln - Rancho Cordova Jon Kennedy 9701 Fair Oaks Boulevard Suite 100 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 Phone: 916-847-3169 Email: Email Jon Kennedy |
| Kinetic Training Systems, LLC - Rocklin David Kang Phone : (916) 230-7086 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kinetictrainingsystems.com |
| Kevin Dickson - Foresthill Phone: 916-871-0106 Email: Email Kevin Dickson |
| Lagomarsino’s Firearms Institute - Sacramento Wesley Lagomarsino Phone: 209-401-0907 Email: Email Lagomarsino’s Firearms Institute Link: Lagomarsino’s Firearms Institute Website |
| Liberty Firearms Training Jean Pagnone Phone: 916-730-4534 Email: [email protected] Link: www.LibertyFirearmsTraining.com |
| Locknload Concealed Carry Training - El Dorado David E. Lungren 1061 Suncast Lane El DOrado Hills, CA 95762 Phone: 916-705-2258 Alternate Phone: 916-566-2800 Email: Email Locknload Concealed Carry Training Link: Locknload Concealed Carry Training Website |
| NorCal Tactical Jose Chavez Phone: 530-713-7470 Email: Email NorCal Tactical |
| Northern Firearms Instruction - Redding Theodore Lidie Phone: 530-999-1822 Email: Email Northern Firearms Instruction Link: Northern Firearms Instruction Website |
| One on One Fierarm Instruction - Rocklin Joseph Truesdale Phone: 916-494-9663 Email: Email One on One Fierarm Instruction Link: One on One Fierarm Instruction Website |
| Peabody’s Gun Range - Placerville Geof Peabody Phone: 916-644-0991 Email: Email Peabody’s Gun Range |
| Precision Edge Firearm Training Paul Parsons Phone: 916-757-5516 Email: Email Precision Edge Firearms Link: Precision Edge Firearms Website |
| Protection Plus Tactics, LLC - Loomis Don Ratkowski Phone: 916-303-6658 Email: Email Protection Plus Tactics, LLC |
| R3 Valor Link: R3 Valor Website |
| Raven Tree International - Rocklin Lee McGriff Phone: 916-415-0282 Alternate Phone: 916-276-8817 Email: Raven Tree International Link: Raven Tree International Website |
| RMC Firearms Instruction - Lincoln Robert Cristoni Phone: 916-747-3817 Email: Email RMC Firearms Instruction |
| Ron Etchells - Loomis Phone: 530-906-3807 Email: Email Ron Etchells Link: Ron Etchells Website |
| Sacramento Gun Club - Sacramento Kendall Jones Phone: 916-246-2010 Email: Email Sacramento Gun Club Link: Sacramento Gun Club Website |
| Sacramento Secuirity Training Center - Sacramento Ian Willis Phone: 916-229-6002 Email: Email Sacramento Security Training Center |
| Safety First Firearms Training - Roseville Mike Bullington Phone: 916-532-0020 Email: [email protected] Link: www.safetyfirstfirearmstraining.us |
| Seale Enterprises - Yuba City Chris Seale Phone: 530-632-4101 Email: Email Seale Enterprises Link: Seale Enterprises Website |
| Security & Firearms Training Academy (SAFTA, Inc.) - Sacramento Phone: 916-500-1442 Email: Email Security & Firearms Training Academy Link: Security & Firearms Training Academy Website |
| Security Academy at McClellan Phone: 916-333-5308 Email: Email Security Academy at McClellan |
| Shooters on the Line - Folsom David Rollins Phone: 916-337-1753 Email: Email Shooters on the Line |
| Sierra CCW - truckkee Robert Grossman Auburn, CA 95603 Email: Email Sierra CCW Link: Sierra CCW Website |
| Solution 68 - Elk Grove Mike Rayfield Phone: 916-753-1865 Email: Email Solution 68 Link: Solution 68 Website |
| Steven Tsuyuki Steven Tsuyuki Phone: 650-773-1954 Email: email Steven Tsuyuki |
| Straight Shot Consulting - Placerville Ken Greenwood Phone: 530-306-6390 Email: Email Straight Shot Consulting |
| The Gun Range Sam Yohannes Phone: 916-972-1484 Email: Email the Gun Range Link: www.TheGunRange.biz |
| The Range - Grass Valley Phone: 530-273-4440 Email: Email The Range Link: The Range Website |
| Vandagriff Consulting Foresthill, CA Phone: 530-320-8858 |
| Warrior Concealment Firearms Training - Cameron Park Roy Dickinson Phone: 916-934-3423 Email: Email Warrior Concealment Firearms Training Link: Warrior Concealment Firearms Training Website |
| Weber Firearms Safety - Nevada City Gary Weber Phone: 530-274-7664 Email: Email Weber Firearms Safety |