N J Firearms Academy

Another DEEPLY DISSATISFIED Customer from GROUPON
Traveled an hour each way from Manhattan, only to get A) no response via phone, B) no answer via email, C) no information whatsoever on their website.
I went to TWO separate locations and couldn’t find anyone. I had an appointment – I paid in full.
My question to Lateif and the rest of the crew – how do you operate a business that rips people off so badly? How will you fix this?
RESPONSE TO LATEIF:
I actually DID speak with someone the day before my appointment!
The call was at 5:54 PM for 4 minutes (check your logs), I had to literally read out my email to the guy because he couldn’t be bothered to look up my info himself.
I confirmed over the phone AFTER I filled out the forms and the roster AND GOT CONFIRMATION.
This is UNPROFESSIONAL, PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!

My husband took my stepson to the intro to handguns course (with 1hr fire range time) for his 12^th birthday (12 is the minimum age required to participate).
They had a great time. The intro course was very informative to them and allowed the to learn the hand gun basics. Ammo and use of the handguns were included in the price and total time spend at the Bayonne location was approximately 2 hours. A certificate that the course was completed by both of them is also being mailed to our house which they are also pretty excited about.
All in all it was money well spent and they had a great time. My brother collects guns and often goes shooting but has never taken a course and after hearing about it from us he is looking forward to signing up for it himself.
The only complaints that my husband had was that they wouldn’t allow pictures for safety reasons which he understood but was sad he couldn’t capture the memory. The second complaint was that because the course/​time on the range is done with a group he did not get as much time actually shooting the guns as he would have liked.
Overall however it was great experience and he would go back.

Bought a 2 hour introduction to firearms from Groupon. Location in N. Bergen was a little odd, as it is through a bar/​banquet room and hard to locate, but was given good directions from the academy.
Class was about 6 people; got roughly 1 hour of instruction and 1 hour of range time. Great experience. Safety was paramount, and instructor was very knowledgeable. Having grown up with firearms (rifle/​shotgun not handgun) I decided to take the 8 hour NRA Handgun course. I was the only one who showed up, and instructor still worked with me one-​on-​one for 8 hours. Amazing experience, got to meet a few employees and regulars. Awesome facility and reasonably priced!

They use Shooting range in Bayonne as their location, open for public only Friday, Saturday & Sunday
It’s indoor and small place.
People are friendly.
I just don’t like the air circulation. I prefer outdoor range with fresh air.
They have variety of weapon for shooting, that all matters.

A group of friends and I tried the $ 65 2-​hour basic handgun class/​range time. Most classes are held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We went on a Friday afternoon when the traffic is heaviest leaving NYC and we missed our 3PM appointment; we actually got to the range at 5PM but luckily we were still accommodated! It was a quick 20 minute tutorial of basic handgun rules and etiquette and then we were quickly brought into the range. We alternated between 4 different ports, each holding a different firearm with 5 – 7 rounds each time. It was a lot of fun and a very pleasant experience! I highly recommend this for first-​timers!
Note: You must fill out a «training application» on their main website prior to arriving and it does not work on a mobile device (fill it out on a desktop!)

I purchased 2 hours firearms course and I was disappointed with how disorganized they were. First, the class started 35 minutes late with no explanation or apology. The classroom is just the entrance room where it’s one wall from the shooting range and it was hard to hear the instructor over loud noises. The instruction was only 25 minutes long and then a 10 minutes bathroom break. You can learn more from a YouTube video than going to their instructional course. However, the shooting range is worth it since you can try 4 different guns with 5 rounds each.