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Self-paced online courses you can take through Wade's Tactical, 24/7. Carry license classroom training, a twelve-course foundation for new handgun owners, and the two courses nobody thinks about until they need them.
These are online courses, not licenses. Finishing one does not issue you a permit — it gets you the training and the certificate the state wants to see. The Texas LTC course covers the classroom portion only; you still have to qualify on the range, and that part you do with me here in Del Rio. Message me and I'll walk you through it.
Carry licenses
Texas is the one most people here need. Florida and California are for the folks who travel, move, or want more of the map covered.
The classroom portion of the Texas LTC, online and at your own pace, for residents and non-residents. When you finish it, message me and we schedule your range day here in Del Rio to qualify.
Start this course →Florida CWL online training for residents and non-residents — a popular add-on for people who already carry in Texas and want more states covered.
Start this course →The California Carry Concealed Weapons License course, for both residential and non-residential applicants. California has more moving parts than most — message me before you buy if you're unsure.
Start this course →Already hold a California CCW? This is the renewal course, for residential and non-residential licenses.
Start this course →The one I'd start with
Twelve courses, three to four hours, one purchase — the core knowledge every handgun owner should have, bundled into one path.
How handguns work. How to load, unload, store and carry them. How to pick a holster that keeps you safe and legal. And the legal side most people never get taught: buying and selling, transporting across state lines, where you cannot carry, and what to do when an officer walks up and you're armed.
If you're brand new, or you bought a gun during the panic and never got trained on it, this is where to start — then come see me on the range.
Or take them one at a time
Every course in the bundle is also available on its own. Pick off the one you know you're weak on — most people already know which one that is.
The four universal safety rules, the reasoning behind each one, and how to apply them in a house, a truck and on the line. If you only take one of these, take this one.
Start this course →How a handgun actually works — types, components, operation, and how to recognize the common malfunctions before one surprises you.
Start this course →Stance, grip, sight alignment, trigger press, follow-through. The same things I'll be coaching on the range, so you arrive already knowing the vocabulary.
Start this course →Calibers, what's actually inside a cartridge, and how ammunition choice changes the way your handgun runs. Stop buying whatever's on sale.
Start this course →Holster types, materials, retention levels and carry positions. This is the part people cheap out on, and it's the part that keeps the trigger covered.
Start this course →Range types, the protective equipment you need, the rules, lead exposure, and what to expect the first time you walk onto a range.
Start this course →Disassemble, inspect, clean, lubricate, reassemble — step by step. A carry gun that never gets cleaned is a carry gun you're guessing about.
Start this course →Safes, lockboxes and locks compared, plus the practical standards for home, vehicle and travel storage. Take this one if there are kids in the house.
Start this course →How federal and state law handle private sales, dealer transfers, buyer eligibility and background checks — before you meet a stranger in a parking lot.
Start this course →Vehicles, aircraft and across state lines: unloaded transport standards, locked container requirements, and how the Firearm Owners Protection Act applies.
Start this course →Where you may not lawfully carry under federal and state law — federal facilities, airport secure areas, national parks, school zones. This is the knowledge that keeps a law-abiding person out of a felony.
Start this course →When and how to disclose that you're carrying, what an officer may ask for, and how to exercise your rights respectfully. Worth its weight the one time you need it.
Start this course →Be your own first responder
Carrying is one answer to one kind of problem. These cover the rest of it.
Learn what it takes to save a life. No previous medical experience needed. If you carry a gun and not a tourniquet, you've only prepared for half of it.
Start this course →MACE® Level I civilian aerosol defensive spray training, built with U.S. LawShield. A serious option for people who aren't ready to carry a firearm — and a good layer for those who are.
Start this course →All courses on this page are created and delivered by U.S. LawShield. Wade's Tactical is a U.S. LawShield affiliate instructor — buying through these links applies the Wade's Tactical discount code and supports the training we do here in Del Rio. Prices shown are the U.S. LawShield list prices as quoted by Wade's Tactical; check the course page for the current price at checkout.
The online portion is half of it. Message me and we'll put your range day on the calendar.
