The Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit (ADSS) is proud to announce that Smith & Wesson has signed on as a platinum partner for the October 23-24, 2020 event to be held at the SIG Sauer Shooting Academy in Epping, New Hampshire.

From the beginning, Smith & Wesson firearms were noted for their innovative design, high quality production and reliability. The accomplishments of Smith & Wesson are numerous and its contributions to the history of firearms are vast. Smith & Wesson was an industry leader in 1852 when it was first founded and continues to lead the world today with innovations into the 21st century.

The goal of the ADSS is to bring some of the 57 million Americans with disabilities into the shooting community with an event that provides a day of training followed by an eight-stage defensive pistol match to put their newly learned skills to the test.

Last years event had participants that were dealing with everything from losses of legs and arms and paraplegia to sight injuries that render them legally blind. We have the ability to teach people with almost any disability on target, safely.

Jim Shepherd said of last years event, “This first Adaptive Shooting Summit made its point - adaptations can be made. And we need to all work to be making them. It might not be pretty in its first iterations, but we can make the tools necessary to allow the physically challenged to come to the line, load and make ready with the rest of us.

Instructors can teach that missing an arm or part of your hand doesn’t mean you can’t shoot -or compete. They can teach how to reload magazines, or rack pistol slides using holsters, wheelchair arms or tabletops. Learning those lessons means you can compete - and protect your families in an emergency.”

To learn more about the Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit or to register go to www.adaptiveshoot.com. If you would like to sponsor the event contact Trevor Baucom at trevor@trevorbaucom.com