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River Valley Training is located in the Mankato river valley area of southern Minnesota. Instructor Rick Bruels has been doing state certified firearm safety training for the state of Minnesota since 1993 and NRA firearm training since 2002. With the 2005 changes in the Minnesota permit to carry laws and training requirements, River Valley Training was formed to meet these new standards.  We were the second training organization approved by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension under these new standards. Our courses are based on proven training techniques and have since evolved to better meet the needs of our students and the requirements of obtaining a permit to carry.

River Valley Training is a Minnesota approved and recognized training organization for a permit to carry and is listed on the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
 (BCA) website.

Instruction is also provided that meets the Federal LEO's Safety Act of 2004 - HR 218 as listed in the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Firearms Training Standards to acquire the Federal carry permit outlined on the Minnesota POST Board web site.

Instructor Rick Bruels carries NRA instructor certification in several areas of instructions, and because of this, he is recognized and his courses accepted by several other states as approved training for applying for a permit to carry a firearm for self defense.

Instructor Rick Bruels is certified by the NRA as - 
                                                                                - NRA Pistol Instructor
                                                                                - NRA Rifle Instructor
                                                                                - NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home Instructor
                                                                                - NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor
                                                                                - NRA First Steps Pistol Instructor
                                                                                - NRA First Steps Rifle Instructor
                                                                                - NRA Refuse To Be A Victim Instructor
                                                                                - NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
                                                                               
   plus other NRA disciplines
 
Rick's training background includes attending -
                                                                                - Final Option  Advanced Concealed Carry Course
                                                                                - Blackwater   Advanced Skills Handgun
                                                                                - Suarez International  Close Range Gunfighting
                                                                                - Front Sight  4 Day Defensive Handgun - Graduate 
                                                                                - Massad Ayoob  Advanced Stress Fire 
                                                                                - Massad Ayoob  Judicious Use of Deadly Force     
                                                                                - John Farnam  Defensive Handgun              
                                                                                - John Farnam  Advanced Defensive Handgun & Shotgun
                                                                                - John Farnam  Urban Rifle
                                                                                - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman  The Bullet Proof Mind
                                                                                - ShivWorks  Extreme Close Quarters Concepts
                                                                                - and continues to further his training

Rick is an International Defensive Pistol Association competitor, competing on a state level in handgun competition with local, state and regional championships to his credit.

With the NRA certifications, the Minnesota certification, plus many others, our courses are recognized by Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona and several other states.when applying for their permit to carry.