Courses we offer

Who are we and why select us for training?

Riverside Sporting Gear has teamed with REJ Firearms training to bring you high quality fireams training.

Jon Thompson is the owner of Riverside  Sporitng Gear and Bob Jahn is thie owner of REJ Firearms Training.  We are National Rifle Association (NRA) certified instructors in good standing who have spent years developing our knowledge of firearms and training skills, so we can train you safely and effectively.

Bob and I are active in  the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA).  We shoot year around and have extensive training in competitive and tactical shooting. We will work with you to assure you have the proper knowledge, skills and attitude to safely use a firearm.  Furthermore, quality traing comes with constant instructor pracitce actually shooting.  We beleive that particiaption in sports like IDPA constantly hones your skills.

As NRA Certified Instructors we offer a full range of courses, but will continue to concentrate on monthly Permit to Carry classes with hands on training, videos and PowerPoints to reinforce class materials.

We also have a low cost class for new shooters who want to learn the basics and be safe with their handguns. Handgun selection is a specialty, get the right gun you!

We also offer a beginning and advanced holster class and private classes.

We strongly believe in continuous training and practice. We shoot many different types of firearms and fire thousands of rounds per year.  We are both NRA Chief Range Safety Officers, and are NRA certifed in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun! We are students of internationally known instructors and authors John Farnam, Massad Ayoob and other respected trainers and LEO's. We promise expert real world professional training from educated, articulate instructors who care that you understand the material.

You have many options for handgun training. We offer small classes (generally less than 12 and no larger than 20) and a student rating of over 4.6 on a 5.0 scale. We team teach and have experience training hundreds of shooters.

Students range from brand new shooters to police and Force Recon Marines. References are available, and we support our students during and after the class. Jon is one of the few instructors in the state that acutually hold s formal teaching credential.  Jon holds a Masters Degree in Special Education.Jon is a stocking FFL firearms dealer and discounts are offered to our students and graduates.

Note: REJ Firearms Training is a division of Robert E Jahn, LLC, a MN Limited Liability Corporation, and all training provided by Robert E Jahn is done on behalf of this organization.  Riverside Sporting Gear is a division of Jon Thompson LLC and all training provided by Jon Thompson and his staff is done on behalf of this organization.

Register for our classes at: http://rejfirearmstraining.com/