We are a small group of hard-working Americans who believe wholeheartedly in the Second Amendment.  We are all NRA and USCCA certified instructors who love to shoot and love to teach.  Rumor has it we are pretty damn good at both!

Dr. Eric Hehl is the owner and Lead Instructor of Top Shot Maryland, LLC. Eric is an NRA Training Counselor, a USCCA Instructor, a Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor, a UTM Force-on-Force Instructor, and a Extreme Long Distance Precision Rifle Instructor. Eric is certified to teach the following courses:

• NRA Basic Pistol
• NRA Pistol Instructor
• NRA Basic CCW
• NRA CCW Instructor
• NRA Basic Rifle
• NRA Rifle Instructor
• NRA Basic Shotgun
• NRA Shotgun Instructor
• NRA Range Safety Officer
• NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
• NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home
• NRA Instructor Personal Protection Inside the Home
• NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home
• NRA Instructor Personal Protection Outside the Home
• NRA Defensive Pistol
• NRA Defensive Pistol Instructor
• NRA Muzzleloading
• NRA Muzzleloading Instructor
• NRA Metallic Cartridge
• NRA Metallic Cartridge Instructor
• NRA Shotgun Shell Reloading
• NRA Shotgun Shell Reloading Instructor
• Home Firearm Safety
• Home Firearm Safety Instructor
• NRA Refuse to Be a Victim
• NRA Basic Instructor Training
• 1,000 Yard Precision Rifle Long Distance Shooting Class
• 1+ Mile Precision Rifle Long Distance Shooting Class
• USCCA Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals Instructor
• UTAH Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor
• UTM Force-on-Force Instructor

Eric has trained law enforcement, active-duty military, Swat Team snipers, long distance precision rifle competition shooters, and countless others how to accurately engage targets no matter what the distance!

Eric received his Ph.D. in 2001 and became an Intelligence Officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency. He later became a defense contractor and an instructor at the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center. Eric produced over 40 classified publications and delivered over 100 briefs including at the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Intelligence Council, the National Defense University, the Pentagon, and various military commands throughout the world. Eric’s team received a National Meritorious Unit Citation from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Eric is currently working as a university professor and has been teaching adults for over 35 years. 

Lt. Col. Kirby Bowling, Ph.D has over 26 years of military and US federal law enforcement experience to include international policing assignments in four countries and as a Reservist, military combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kirby also provided dignitary protection for several senior-level executive personnel and was a SWAT commander and a hostage negotiator during his tenure in southwest US. Competitive shooter winning Top Gun in M-9, gold on the pistol team and bronze on the rifle team. Before instructor duty at the Joint Law Enforcement Training Center, was a range operations officer with annual graduation of 55,000 firearms students sending 10.5 million rounds downrange from the M-9 handgun to 81mm mortar and everything in between.”

Kirby is an NRA Instructor and Training Coucelor, USCCA instructor, and the owner of GAPP Strategies, LLC.