Welden Andersen began his firearm training in 1958 when at 12 his best friend invited him to join the Junior NRA and come to the shooting events at the Marine Corp shooting range in San Diego, CA.

When Welden was 17 and just out of high school, he volunteered for the U. S. Marine Corp where his previous training helped him score the highest rating of expert in both pistol and rifle.

Fast-forward to 1997 and the kidnapping at gunpoint of his 24-year-old son by a young woman and her younger male accomplice. He was finally released and physically unharmed but emotional scars continue today for the Andersens.

Also, in 1999 a gunman began randomly shooting and killing people at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library in downtown Salt Lake City including an unarmed Church Security officer who died at the scene.

 

From these 2 events Welden learned a valuable lesson of life and death.

The day may come for any of us where the choice of whether we live or die may totally be in the hands of criminals unless we have trained ourselves to prepare for that day.
 

Purchasing a firearm and getting a Concealed Firearm Permit were the next steps in Welden's preparation for the unthinkable. Then came a wide range of Professional Firearm training courses, competitions to sharpen skills, and testing for the NRA and Utah Dept of Public Safety Firearms Instructor certifications. Welden then founded Self-Defense Solutions, L.L.C. in 2004 to assist everyday citizens with firearms training. With a passion for teaching, Welden has empowered others in gaining the confidence and skills they will need in today's ever-increasing violent world.

Self-Defense Solutions should be your choice for excellence in firearms training.

Training. Your life may depend on it.

Welden's experience and training

• Former Marine with Expert ratings in Pistol and Rifle
• Utah Certified Firearms Instructor
• NRA Instructor for Basic Pistol, Personal Protection in the Home and Metallic Cartridge Reloading
• Nationally Certified IDPA Safety Officer
• GLOCK Safety Officer for Utah matches
• Salt Lake County Sheriff's Citizens Police Academy graduate
• FBI Citizen's Academy graduate
• Utah Highway Patrol Citizen's Academy graduate
• Suarez International trained in Pistol Marksmanship, Combative Pistol Concepts I and II, Close Range Gun fighting, Interactive Gun fighting/Force On Force, Combat Pistol Instructors School
• Front Sight Firearms Training Institute Honorary Ambassador Life Member with Distinguished Graduate Certificates in Defensive Handgun, Practical Rifle and Tactical Shotgun. Other courses include Precision Rifle (Sniper) I and II, Advanced Tactical Handgun, Advanced Integrated Handgun, Empty Hand Defense, Edged Weapons
• Warrior SOS (Jeffrey Denning, Ret. Air Marshall) trained in Advanced Defensive Handgun and Rifle tactics
• Combat Tactical Academy (Glen Fullmer of Layton SWAT) trained in Advanced Tactical Handgun
• Unified Police Dept courses in Handgun, Pepper ball guns, TASER and OC Spray
• Randy Watt, assistant chief Ogden Police and SWAT trained in Glock Gun fighting
• John Whitman Krav Maga Alliance weapons training in gun defenses, tactics and training drills
• Sejoscha Agiri (Joshi) German Krav Maga Federation training in weapons defense
• Provo SWAT (Threat Management Group) trained in Edged Weapons Defense I and II
• Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman trained in The Bullet Proof Mindset: Preparing the mind for Combat
• Jeff Tueller Defensive training in Hostile Control and Weapon Disarmament
• Utah Polite Society board member and event assistant
• Unified Police Dept Citizen's Advisory Board executive member

Training.

Your life may depend on it.

 

Phone: (801) 599-2146