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Back 2 Basics Firearm & Safety Training – Riverside, CA
Community-driven, fundamentals-first firearms and trauma-response training
✍️By ZRIntel Editorial Team📍Riverside, California
Back 2 Basics ( is a Riverside, Californiabased training academy founded by Ruben Rosas, a former corrections officer, martial arts coach, and NRA-certified firearms instructor. Launched in early 2016, the program emphasizes foundational safety, comfort, and competence for new gun owners while also offering advanced skills for experienced participants. Rubens multifaceted backgroundcoaching wrestling, little league, and martial arts, combined with his corrections experienceinforms his supportive, no-pressure teaching style: As an instructor, my goal is to make sure you feel safe and comfortable with your Firearm. The curriculum spans handgun, rifle, and shotgun fundamentals, pepper spray and taser certification, Stop the Bleed trauma-medical skills, NRA Basic Safety, and first-aid/CPR. Classes blend classroom instruction with live demonstrations and range time (e.g., a 2-hour classroom followed by 2-hour range session for basic safety). One distinctive offering is the Glock repair and cleaning service, with on-hand FFL transfers handled in-houseensuring students get ownership, maintenance, and safety integrated into their training. Another standout is the trauma-response Stop the Bleed course, where students practice tourniquet application, pressure packing, and wound control drills under expert guidance. The academy prioritizes small class sizes (typically capped around 2025) to maintain individualized coaching. Students take away certificates from NRA Basic Pistol and formal CPR/AED training. Ruben also offers taser and pepper spray certification, appealing to those seeking non-lethal self-defense education. To explore class schedules or book, call 8334222522 or email [email protected].