Concealed Carry Weapons Permit Training

VTac is committed to providing quality training for your New Mexico Concealed Handgun Carry Course. Our instructors are highly qualified, experienced firearms instructors who place safety in the classroom and on the range as their top priority. VTac recognizes not all participants have experience with firearms. That's why our instructors tailor their one-on-one instruction with each student to meet the student's learning needs. When you take a CCW (concealed carry weapons) permit training course with VTac, you'll be prepared to submit your application to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS) and you'll have the confidence to carry your handgun concealed to give you the tactical advantage if you're ever in a situation that requires you utilize a handgun to protect yourself or others.​

• Gain the skills to become proficient in handling a firearm​

• Carry a concealed handgun legally and confidently

• Protect yourself and your family in a self-defense situation

• Learn to become more situationally aware of potential threats

• Gain the tactical advantage in a self-defense situation

In accordance with the New Mexico Concealed Handgun Carry Act [29-19-1 NMSA 1978], VTac's Concealed Carry Weapons Permit training course is a minumum of fifteen hours in length and provides instruction regarding:

• Knowledge of and safe handling of single and double-action revolvers and semiautomatic handguns;

• Safe storage of handguns and child safety;

• Safe handgun shooting fundamentals;

• Live shooting of a handgun on a firing range;

• Identification of ways to develop and maintain handgun shooting skills;

• Federal, state and local criminal and civil laws pertaining to the purchase, ownership, transportation, use and possession of handguns;

• Techniques for avoiding a criminal attack and how to control a violent confrontation; and

• Techniques for nonviolent dispute resolution.