For people who are considering armed self defense but
have not yet thought through what it takes to do that we have developed a
two to three hour non-shooting class to bring into focus a variety of
topics that should be considered in making that decision.
If you represent a group of at least ten people (neighborhood association, social
club, senior group) who would be interested in attending this class and 1. You can provide a venue to seat the number of people attending the class and 2. You can provide power for my laptop and projector then you can request this presentation free of
charge. For more information see the first
class offering, Should I or
Shouldn't I, call at (404)592-2767 or contact us at, Contact.
Stone Mountain Firearms Training Service was established
in April of 2010. We provide NRA certified courses for
basic and advanced handgun training. We also offer classes not sanctioned by the NRA and individual coaching. Our focus is on assisting those
who are new to handgun ownership and armed self defense acquire the
necessary knowledge, skills and attitude to be responsible and competent
in the exercise of their Second Amendment rights.
The function of this website is to publicize our class
schedule and to provide an information resource for the shooting public
in the Atlanta area on topics related to firearms. We are not
reimbursed by anyone for the links we provide on the References page.
Those links are there simply because we find the content of those web
sites to be informative or the products to be very, very good. As with
anything you read on the internet you should verify any information that
goes against what makes sense to you before you use it in making
important decisions. SMFTS is not responsible for the content of any
web site linked from these pages.
Our business is located in Stone Mountain, GA
(Atlanta area). Most group classes and live fire sessions will be held within a couple of miles of Stone Mountain Park.
With a business like this one sooner or later the subject of gun control and the Second Amendment is bound to come up. I want to make our position on that debate clear from the start.
We believe that the Second Amendment means what it says
in plain English and that the intent of the founding fathers was that it
applies to individuals. Evidence of that view is available in the
Federalist Papers and other statements made in print and in lively debates by the founders of the
country and in our view should be clear to any fair minded person based on an examination of the record and common sense. Check out this website to see what the founders thought about an armed populace. You might notice in reading the material on that website that the founders insisted not only that people be armed but that they also be proficient in the use of firearms. If anyone can find evidence that those men felt that the Second Amendment does NOT apply to private citizens please use the Contact Form to send me a reference.
People today can debate how the Second Amendment should be interpreted today but they cannot logically argue based on the record against its intent at the time the Constitution was ratified. Just for the record the Bill of Rights does not grant us rights. What the Bill of Rights does is to limit the power of government. It was was created by the representatives of the people (most of whom at that time actually tried to represent their constituents) in order to gain enough support to form a workable government. Without those ten amendments (all of which address
individual rights and place limits on the federal government) the
Constitution would not have been ratified at all.
Nor in our view is the Constitution a flawed document (currently popular terminology). The founding fathers had enough foresight to provide a means for changing the Constitution should it prove to be lacking at some point in the future. We can still do that today by amending it just as has been done seventeen times in the past. Perhaps we would be better off today specifically but not exclusively with respect to the Second Amendment if elected officials at the national level were to adhere to their oath of office and actually support and defend the Constitution rather than ignore it.
