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THE PREPARED CITIZEN™ BOOK

The Prepared Citizen

Curtis R. Harwell


Owning a firearm doesn’t make you prepared.


This book is the written standard behind the class. Almost 200 pages. Digital. Instant access on your phone, tablet, or computer.


Mindset. Safety. The house. The family. The law. What to practice when you are not on the range.


CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK


What you get

- How to think before you need the gun

- Safe handling, storage, and the habits that keep people alive

- Home and family preparedness

- Situational awareness you can use on a Tuesday

- What live fire should look like after you leave the academy

- When the firearm is the wrong answer


Who it is for

New owners. People who already carry. Anyone who wants the standard in writing.


Who it is not for

It does not replace a class. It does not issue a permit. It does not make you practiced.


Academy students

If you trained with The Carry Guy, your price is $20. Everyone else pays $29.99.


Get the book — $29.99


Academy student price

The Prepared Citizen is $29.99.


If you trained with The Carry Guy, your price is $20.

That price is for academy students only. It is not a sitewide sale. It is the student copy of the same book — the written standard after class.

Ask at the range, or use the student link you received after training.

Everyone else pays $29.99.


SEE • DECIDE • SURVIVE  


Are you ready?

BOOK REVIEWS

WHAT READERS SAID


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"This isn't just a firearms book. It's a preparedness guide for responsible citizens. I recommended it to my entire family."
— Robert M., Florida


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"Professional, well organized, and packed with information I can actually use. Every responsible citizen should have a copy."
— Chris B., Georgia


WHAT'S INSIDE

• Firearm safety fundamentals

• Situational awareness and the defensive mindset

• Carry fundamentals and equipment

• Defensive decision-making and conflict avoidance

• Home and vehicle readiness

• Responsible firearm travel

• Training plans and continued skill development

• Checklists, diagrams, chapter reviews


Almost 200 pages. Digital PDF. Searchable on phone, tablet, or computer.


Get the book — $29.99


FROM CURTIS R. HARWELL

Preparation isn't about living in fear. It's about accepting responsibility before life asks you to.

For more than three decades I have trained responsible citizens from all walks of life. This book is the knowledge, experience, and principles I have shared with those students — written so you can use it at home, not only on a range.


My hope is that it becomes a reference you return to as you become a more prepared, responsible, and confident citizen.


— Curtis R. Harwell

Founder & Lead Instructor, The Carry Guy Firearms Shooting Academy


Get the book — $29.99


Owning a firearm doesn't make you prepared. This does.


SEE • DECIDE • SURVIVE 

Get the book — $29.99

THE PREPARED CITIZEN™ BOOK

You already trained with me. The book is the written standard after class.


Public price is $29.99.
Your student price is $20.


Same book. Academy students only.


STUDENT CHECK OUT LINK: https://www.jotform.com/build/262104826428153


Do not wait on this the way you wait on a public sale. This price is for people who already put in the hours.

— Curtis


Why grab the student copy

  • Class ends. The book stays on your phone.
  • It covers the hours we cannot put into one Saturday.
  • Mindset before the draw. That is the part people skip at home.
  • Storage, the house, the family — written down, not remembered from a handout.
  • What to practice next week when nobody is watching you.
  • When the gun is the wrong answer.
  • The same standard you heard on the line, in order, so you can go back to it.
  • You already paid for the instruction. This is the written half at the student price.
  • $20 for you. $29.99 for everyone else. Same book.
  • Reviews from people who bought it have been strong. You do not need another pep talk. You need the pages.


You trained. Take the book at the student price and keep using what we started.

Look Inside the Prepared Citizen Manual™

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