Mr. Buford Tune

Dear Buford:

Since my county of residence is Davidson, I’m sure it will not surprise you to hear that the process of securing my Commission for Concealed Carry has finally come to a successful end, some four months after beginning the process. I have just returned from picking up my permit card.

While making the drive to the academy and back, I was prompted to mentally review the elements of the process that has taken so many months. I must tell you what stands out as the most satisfying and successful part of the experience was the training you provided in your handgun safety course.

Since attending your school, I have had many occasions in discussions with interested friends, to pass along the philosophy, the rules of engagement, and some of the savvy advice I learned from you during the classroom training. I consider the information you provided in the 8 hours of interesting lecture and discussion to be the best training I have yet encountered in my considerable experience with firearms. I suspect I remember so much of that training because you managed to make the material as interesting as you did.

And I must compliment you equally on the training provided by you and you staff during range qualification. You taught tactics and procedures I have never before encountered in my contacts with some of the most highly regarded combat shooters in the country.

As you know, I make my professional living appearing on national television as the expert on firearms and I work hard at living up to that role. After some four years as a firearm journalist, it is not easy for anyone to show me something I have not seen or learned. But you have done it, and I commend you for passing along your experience and your skill.

There is no question I would strongly recommend APPS training to anyone who wanted to improve his or her defensive handgun skills. And I will definitely be back to requalify with you in 1996.

I wish you and the staff the very best of success in continuing to train knowledgeable and effective shooters. There is no better way to preserve our Second Amendment Rights.

Cordially,