Every August since the early 1990s, Louis Awerbuck, Lead Instructor for Yavapai Firearms Academy, Inc., has come to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana to teach handgun, shotgun, and carbine classes. His students span the spectrum from military and peace officers to vetted citizens.

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