PPA
Instructor Qualifications

Michael Bender
Law Enforcement Officer Firearms Training (WI Department of Justice)

Certified Permit to Carry a Pistol Instructor (UT Bureau of Criminal Identification)

NRA Personal Protection Instructor

NRA Basic Pistol Instructor

NRA First Steps Pistol Instructor

NRA Firearm Safety in the Home Instructor

NRA Distinguished Expert Marksman (Handgun)

NRA Certified Range Safety Officer

Civilian defensive handgun tactics training

US Army training with M14 and M16 combat rifles

Certified Colt Defense Law Enforcement & Military Armorer for Colt M16/AR-15 Rifle

Formal and informal study of Japanese and Israeli martial arts



Born in 1949

Married, with one adult son

Resident of Madison, Wisconsin


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