Appropriate Use of Force Training from Massad Ayoob - LAX (Jan 29 & 30, 2010)

[Alex Haddox]

MAG-20 - Armed Citizens' Rules of Engagement

Date Saturday, January 29 - Sunday, January 30, 2011
Instructor Massad Ayoob
Location
DoubleTree LAX
1985 E. Grand Avenue
El Segundo, CA 90245
Pacific-Palisades conference room

Pre-registration is required!

http://www.alexhaddox.com/mag20

Course Description
A two-day, 20-hour immersion course in rules of engagement for armed law-abiding private citizens, emphasizing legal issues, tactical issues, and aftermath management. Topics will include interacting with suspects, witnesses, responding police officers, threat recognition and mind-set, management of social and psychological aftermath after having had to use lethal force in defense of self or others and preparing beforehand for legal repercussions and minimizing exposure to them. Situations in the home, at the place of business, or "on the street" will all be covered.


About Massad Ayoob
Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement editor of AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of more than a dozen books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including "In the Gravest Extreme," widely considered to be the authoritative text on the topic of the use of lethal force.

The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob is one of approximately ten Five Gun Masters among the 10,000-member International Defensive Pistol Association, and was the first to earn that title. He served 19 years as chair of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching for those groups, he has also taught for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and the International Homicide Investigators seminars.

Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and has been a fully sworn and empowered, part time police officer for 36 years. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through Massad Ayoob Group. He has appeared on CLE-TV delivering continuing legal education for attorneys, through the American Law Institute and American Bar Association, and has been retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. Ayoob served for two years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appears in each episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman's Channel).

 

[Frank Ettin]

From personal experience I can heartily recommend this class. I don't know of anyone who covers the legal and social aspects of the use of force by private citizens in self defense quite as well as Massad Ayoob. I think that anyone who keeps a gun for self defense would find this a useful and illuminating class.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

No personal experience, but it is at least as, if not more, important to know when (or not) to shoot as how to shoot. Also, in magazine articles, he has stated that if you take his class, are involved in a shooting and followed procedure yet are still in legal trouble, he will appear without charge (other than travel expenses) as an expert witness or consultant.

 

[jeepguy]

can you buy a dvd of this course. if not it might be something for his team to consider, as i think this would be good information to know.

 

[Alex Haddox]

A quick reminder this seminar is only a few days away!

Seats are still available.

 

[Frank Ettin]

This is really a great opportunity. Not only is the material first rate and very important for anyone who owns a gun for self defense, but Mas is also an engaging and entertaining lecturer and teacher. You will learn important stuff and enjoy doing it.

If I were free, and if I didn't dislike L. A. quite as much as I do, I'd consider making the trip down. Even though I've taken LFI-1 (now called MAG40 -- this is essentially the classroom portion of that class), I don't think a gun owner can go over this material too many times.

 

[Snowy Rivers]

I am a LFI 2 graduate and have Co taught an LFI one class with Mas here in Oregon back in 1992.

His materials are very good and his classes are well worth the time to take.

I will not debate anything that many of his detractors come up with. Much of it is done for the same reasons politicians go at one another.

I have not spoken with Mas in about a year now so not sure what all new stuff he has.

Great speaker.

Back in the day, we held class until about 10 and then shot until noon and then did Autopsy videos through LUNCH yesssss, I am not Bs ing.
Some class after lunch then more shooting.

LFI 2 was weapons retention, shotgun and some other drills and a lot of handgun.

If you ever meet Mas, you be sure and ask about the Buckaroo from Oregon that took a Desert Eagle 44 mag through LFI 1 back in 1990 (fall)

This will indeed bring a smile to his face.

We had a Buttload of fun during that class.

I took 500 rounds of IMI ammo and we shot up all but about 1/2 box

Don't miss a chance to take an Ayoob class.

Here is a Piccy that I have in my personal scrap book of the session.
Mas is doing a demonstration using my DE

Just some fun stuff

Snowy

 

[threefeathers]

Take it if you can. I'm sponsoring Mas for the complete MAG 40 and MAG 80 in back to back courses in Sierra Vista, AZ this March. That is on his website and you are all welcome.