Angelo Agonoy
Owner, Founder & Lead Instructor

Angelo Agonoy is a pastor, teacher and professional protector. He attended bible college before serving congregations in Southern California and in the Las Vegas valley. Throughout his pastoral ministry he has served in the areas of youth and young adult ministry, substitute teaching, youth athletics and director of safety and security.
In addition to his ministry, he is a Wilderness Emergency Medical Responder and emergency care instructor. He is certified to teach wide variety of topics ranging from basic CPR/AED and Stop Life Threatening Bleeding to much longer and advanced curriculums such as Wilderness First Aid and Emergency Medical Response. He also has experience teaching tactical emergency casualty care, emergency management and disaster response.
Angelo is an experienced security professional who has worked in a variety of security roles including government contract work, executive protection, corporate security and church security. He often works in teams to secure stadiums and convention venues. He has had the privilege to serve on security details protecting a wide assortment of clients including executives, professional athletes, celebrities and members of the U.S. Congress.
He has over a decade of firearms experience as a self-defender and armed professional. He has personally logged over 1,000 hours of professional firearms training from industry names including Front Sight, the National Rifle Association and Strategos International. He worked full-time as a firearms instructor, range master and member of the medical response team at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, which was at one time the world's largest privately-owned firearms training school before filing corporate bankruptcy in 2022. While at Front Sight, he trained thousands of law enforcement officers, military personnel and responsibly armed citizens in a number of weapon platforms including defensive handgun, tactical shotgun, practical rifle and even sub-machine gun and select-fire weapon systems. He's taught child firearms safety, youth marksmanship, child safety and wilderness survival.
In his spare time, Angelo loves spending time with his wife and best friend, Judy, and their children. In addition to training, he is an avid outdoorsman that enjoys hiking, canoeing, fishing, backpacking and snowboarding. He loves his church community and can be found serving his church preaching, singing or teaching.
Training Background
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1,000+ hours of professional firearms training
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100+ hours of professional security training
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200+ hours of firearms instructor training
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500 hours of first aid and medical provider training
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14-week training law enforcement training academy
Organizations Trained With (not an exahaustive list)
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National Rifle Association
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USCCA
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Front Sight Firearms Training Institute
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Patriot Academy
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Guncraft Training Academy
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Aegis Authority
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Shots Fired
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Strategos International
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Las Vegas Gunfights
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American Red Cross
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American Health & Safety Institute
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National Outdoor Leadership School
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FEMA Emergency Management Institute
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North American Rescue
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Southern Desert Regional Police Academy (College of Southern Nevada)
Certifications & Licenses
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Nevada CCW Permit
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LVMPD Authorized Nevada CCW Instructor
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NV PILB Licensed Certified Firearms Instructor
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National Rifle Association
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Range Safety Officer
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Basic Pistol Instructor
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Personal Protection Inside the Home Instructor
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Protection Outside the Home Instructor
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Front Sight Firearms Training Institute
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Law Enforcement Defensive Handgun Instructor (NV P.O.S.T. Course Certification #P2740004, Agency #0274)
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NOLS
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Emergency Medical Responder
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Wilderness First Responder
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Health & Safety Institute
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First Aid/CPR Instructor
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BLS Instructor
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Advanced Bleeding Control Instructor
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Wilderness First Aid Instructor
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Emergency Medical Response Instructor
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AVERT
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AVERT Active Shooter Response Instructor
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AVERT Instructor Trainer
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