SOS LLC

Helping Everyone Live Prepared...

I am a Combat Veteran, Law Enforcement Officer, Martial Arts Enthusiast and Supervisory Training Specialist for the U.S. Army.

I help people gain new self-defense skills and personal protection knowledge. It isn’t only a commitment, but a passion. I am a dedicated instructor, providing a variety of courses that make learning easy. Check out all the courses my site to learn about what I have to offer, and give me a call to schedule an class.

Leverage Strengths, Minimize Weaknesses, and Act Decisively.

Services

Expand Your Skills, Get the Tools You Need, & Be Prepared.

When take a course with me, you can start using your new skills right away.

I believe in only teaching necessary content, which means everything you learn will be practical and easy to apply.

I am very flexible with course times and schedules, so if you can’t find something that works for you, simply get in touch.

NRA Refuse To Be A Victim

An Award-Winning Crime Prevention Program

The single most important step toward ensuring your own safety is having a personal safety strategy in place before you need it.

The Refuse To Be A Victim program teaches the tips and techniques you need to be alerted to dangerous situations and to avoid becoming a victim. Seminars are open to men and women of all ages.

Hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement officials from across the nation utilize this popular program in their crime prevention and community policing initiatives. Corporations, educational institutions and community centers have also adopted the program.

More than 100,000 people have benefited from these seminars, We hope you choose to let the program help you.

NRA Home Firearm Safety Course

A great way to qualify for the VA CCP

This is a non-shooting course that 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.

This 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, course completion certificate. This course satisfies the training requirement for a Virginia Concealed Carry Permit.

NRA Pistol Marksmanship Simulator Training

Training without anxiety

The course teaches basic marksmanship fundamentals, firearm safety using a simulated pistol with a resetting trigger and laser to indicate where the shots hit. No range is needed with this simulator training course.

It can be held anywhere; a meeting room in a hotel, business boardroom, or in a church hall. With very little equipment, the NRA Pistol Marksmanship Simulator Training Course teaches the fundamentals of sight alignment, trigger control, grip, and breath control. At the completion of the course, an NRA participation certificate is awarded.

Students may attend this course as a basis to decide whether or not they would like to follow-up by taking the full length Basic Pistol Course with live fire, or simply learn to improve their marksmanship skills.

NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course

Solid introduction into firearms

This course is taught in two formats, Instructor Led Only and Blended Learning.

The Instructor Led Only takes place in a traditional classroom and range environment. This course may be completed in a single day format or over several days with smaller blocks of instruction.

The Blended training format provides students the flexibility to complete a significant portion of the course in an eLearning environment, prior to arriving for the classroom and range session with an NRA Certified Instructor.

The course is intended for all adults regardless of previous shooting experience or NRA-affiliation. Topics in the course include: gun safety rules, proper operation of pistols, ammunition knowledge and selection, selecting and storing a pistol, the fundamentals of shooting, and pistol inspection and maintenance.

Go to www.nrainstructors.org – Find the Course in Chester – select NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting – and click search.

During this instructor-led-training portion of the course, Carey Radican, an NRA Certified Instructor will validate comprehension and application of gun safety rules; range protocol; proper handling; loading and unloading procedures; application of pistol shooting fundamentals; stable shooting positions; live fire; and a final shooting qualification.

NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course

Rewarding Results

This course 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 the law-abiding individual’s right to self-defense.

This course is for law-abiding adult citizens 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).

Participants can demonstrate that they have the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes by producing an 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.

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.

Lesson III of this course: Firearms and the Law, and Legal Aspects of Self-Defense, is conducted by an attorney licensed to practice law within the state in which this course is given and who is familiar with this area of the law, or a Law Enforcement Officer.

Federal Firearms License Transfers

FFL Transfers Made Easy

Generally, for a person to lawfully transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person who resides out of State, the firearm must be shipped to a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) within the recipient's State of residence.

SOS LLC can facilitate the transfer of incoming firearms for eligible customers: US citizens with a valid Virginia Driver’s License or VA DMV ID card and proof of current Virginia residency of 30 days or longer.

Once your transfer has arrived to SOS LLC, please allow 24 hours to process your transfer. Once your transfer has been processed we will call to arrange pick up.

SOS LLC makes it easy for a buyer to complete the purchase in the local area, opening up the world wide web of deals for the firearms deal hunters.

SOS LLC charges a nominal fee for providing this service. In addition to the fees listed, the FFL holder may be required by law to collect sales tax, background check fees, or other transfer-related fees.

We recommend that you contact SOS LLC before placing a bid on or purchasing an item to verify the complete cost of the transfer, to verify the legality of the item, and to make sure you qualify to pass any required background checks.

We also recommend before you decide to buy a firearm, that you contact us to see if we can save you money. Many times we can get you a better price, because we can help save the FFL transfer and shipping fees by ordering the firearm direct.

Ready to sign up for one of our courses? Give us a call today to schedule a trial class or an introductory meeting.