A True Gun-Guy

Ryan Cleckner served as a special operations sniper team leader with the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Ranger Bn. (1/75) on multiple combat deployments. Ryan is a graduate of the premier Special Operations Target Interdiction Course (SOTIC), among other military training courses, and has taught snipers and police sharpshooters from around the world. He is the best-selling author of the Long Range Shooting Handbook, he writes firearm related articles for RECOIL Magazine, GunDigest, and TheTruthAboutGuns.com, he hosts the Going Ballistic podcast and the Trigger Words Podcast, and he has a number of instructional YouTube videos on long range shooting.

A Firearms Industry Expert

Ryan is a firearms attorney and a firearm industry executive. He managed federal government relations for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, he was a Vice President of Remington Outdoor Company (Remington Arms and Ammunition, AAC, DPMS, Bushmaster, Dakota, Marlin, and more) overseeing all firearm compliance matters, and he was a voting board member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer’s Institute (SAAMI). In addition to running RocketFFL and RocketCCW, he is also an attorney with the country’s premier firearm compliance program, FFLGuard.

A Firearms Industry Expert

Ryan is a firearms attorney and a firearm industry executive. He managed federal government relations for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, he was a Vice President of Remington Outdoor Company (Remington Arms and Ammunition, AAC, DPMS, Bushmaster, Dakota, Marlin, and more) overseeing all firearm compliance matters, and he was a voting board member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer’s Institute (SAAMI). In addition to running RocketFFL and RocketCCW, he is also an attorney with the country’s premier firearm compliance program, FFLGuard.

A Passion for Teaching

Ryan loves to teach. He taught for years as a sniper instructor and as adjunct faculty teaching outdoors-realted courses at a local college. In addition to his firearms compliance courses and FFL guides available through RocketFFL and his online firearm safety training for CCWs at RocketCCW, he continues to teach firearm-courses, write books and articles, host the Going Ballistic Podcast, and create videos. He also teaches Constitutional Law at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL.

With a Virginia Non-Resident CCW, you can legally carry in 32 states – over half the country!

The best part? You can meet all of the training requirements online with RocketCCW!

The Virginia Concelaed Weapons Permit is available to residents of ANY state.  In fact, you never even have to step foot in the state of Virginia.

After taking the RocketCCW course and applying for and receiving your CCW in the mail, you’ll be able to carry in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Lousiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine!

With RocketCCW, you can get ALL of your required CCW training online and from the comfort of your own home… or someone else’s home, or the range, or anywhere else you have a computer or smartphone and internet access!

Our online training program meets the requirements for the Non-Resident Virginia CCW.  After taking our course and passing the test, you’ll receive a RocketCCW training certificate that meets the requirements to get your CCW.. without ever having to go to a classroom or the range!

Our online training course includes an application guide that walks you through each step of the application process!

The online CCW course is the MINIMUM training required.  We strongly suggest that you get more training so that you are more profecient with a firearm.  RocketCCW offers follow-on training courses!

With RocketCCW, you can get ALL of your required CCW training online and from the comfort of your own home… or someone else’s home, or the range, or anywhere else you have a computer or smartphone and internet access!

Our online training program meets the requirements for the Non-Resident Virginia CCW.  After taking our course and passing the test, you’ll receive a RocketCCW training certificate that meets the requirements to get your CCW.. without ever having to go to a classroom or the range!

Our online training course includes an application guide that walks you through each step of the application process!

The online CCW course is the MINIMUM training required.  We strongly suggest that you get more training so that you are more profecient with a firearm.  RocketCCW offers follow-on training courses!

The Virginia Non-Resident CCW is available to any U.S. person, in ANY state, as long as they meet the following requirements:

• Take and pass the RocketCCW Online Course
• May lawfully possess a firearm under federal law (e.g. not a felon, not convicted of domestic violence, etc.)
• Not convicted of two or more misdemeanors within the last five years.
• Not declared insane, mentally incompetent, or treated in a mental institution within the past 5 years
• Not convicted of a DUI or for public drunkenness within the past 3 years
• Not convicted of assault or of brandishing a firearm within the past 3 years
• Not convicted of stalking

There are two ways to get your Non-Resident Virginia Concealed Handgun Permit:

Option 1)  You can find a local range, gun-shop, or “instructor” to teach you.  Hopefully, their location isn’t too far away.  You can then ask to see the instructor’s credentials to ensure that they are approved by Virginia, that their certifications meet the requirements, and that they are valid. Hopefully, the instructor actually knows how to teach in a professional and engaging manner.  Next, look through their calendar to see when the next available training course is and hope that it’s fairly soon, that it’s not already full of other students, that it’s on a day that you can make it, that it won’t take-up your whole day (or days), and that it’s affordable (less than $100?).

—OR—

Option 2)  You can take a FREE* 20-minute course from RocketCCW, that is taught by an approved, certified, and professional instructor, wherever and whenever you want.

There are two ways to get your Non-Resident Virginia Concealed Handgun Permit:

Option 1)  You can find a local range, gun-shop, or “instructor” to teach you.  Hopefully, their location isn’t too far away.  You can then ask to see the instructor’s credentials to ensure that they are approved by Virginia, that their certifications meet the requirements, and that they are valid. Hopefully, the instructor actually knows how to teach in a professional and engaging manner.  Next, look through their calendar to see when the next available training course is and hope that it’s fairly soon, that it’s not already full of other students, that it’s on a day that you can make it, that it won’t take-up your whole day (or days), and that it’s affordable (less than $100?).

—OR—

Option 2)  You can take a FREE* 20-minute course from RocketCCW, that is taught by an approved, certified, and professional instructor, wherever and whenever you want.