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About Us

Guardian Educators LLC is operated by Kirk Price (PopPop Firearms Training) and Mark Jackson (LTC Firefighter). With over 60 years of education in the secondary and post-secondary arenas, these two instructors know intimately how to deal with students, faculty, staff and administration on a daily basis. 

 

Both instructors have a strong background in firearms and both have been "carrying on campus" for over a decade. Individual instructor background qualifications are listed below.

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Kirk Price

  • Texas DPS Certified - Texas School Safety LTC instructor

  • Texas DPS Certified - LTC instructor

  • (Texas DPS Instructor I.D. - 02567532)

  • (N.R.A. Instructor I.D. - 251851689)

NRA Instructor in the follow areas:

  • Basic Pistol

  • Defensive Pistol

  • Basic Rifle

  • Basic Shotgun

  • Personal Protection in the Home

  • Personal Protection Outside the Home

  • Carrying a Concealed Weapon

  • Refuse to Be a Victim

  • Also certified NRA Chief Range Safety Officer

CRASE Instructor (Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event)

25 years in secondary/post-secondary education

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Mark Jackson

  • Texas DPS Certified - Texas School Safety LTC instructor

  • Texas DPS Certified - LTC instructor

  • (Texas DPS Instructor I.D. - 02540493)

  • (N.R.A. Instructor I.D. - 214567632)

NRA Instructor in the follow areas:

  • Basic Pistol

  • Carrying a Concealed Weapon

37 years in secondary/post-secondary education

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