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+1 949-305-6586
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11 Spectrum Pointe Dr, Lake Forest, CA, 92630 |
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2.2 miOCTA
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10:00 am – 8:00 pm
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Local time (Lake Forest) | 15:48 Sunday, 1 June 2025 |
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Wednesday | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Thursday | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Friday | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Saturday | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Sunday | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Specialties
Artemis Defense Institute is a simulation based training facility focusing on firearms training along with less lethal options. The systems used at the facility was once only available to law enforcement and military agencies but has opened it doors to civilians in Southern CA.
History
Established in 2013.
The actual journey begins in July 2012… after many iterations, the basic business model for the Artemis Defense Institute was designed… A design which included the passion for guns, knowledge and teaching. By late August, a trip out to Tempe, Arizona was warranted, where the couple Steven and Sandy would go and demo the VirTra Systems for the first time. There was instant chemistry!
«We knew the business platform could prove to be successful if we planned and executed accordingly.» They brought the first of their purchases: VirTra 100 home in late November. For the next three months the 12×8 screen filled their family room where they were visited by friends and family members who would test and trial the systems. By late December, the deposit to the building was made, the permit process through the city started and Virtra Systems given the order to build a new VirTra 180 and 300… and the execution component of our plan… initiated.
Meet the Business Owner
Steven and Sandy L.
Business Owner
Steven’s shooting career began at the age of eight as a boy scout. An avid hunter and long distance shooter, he holds multiple NRA instructor ratings and has been an active member of the State Bar of CA since 1995. His understanding of civil/criminal liabilities and the limitations of lethal/non-lethal use of force has been instrumental in the development of the ADI curriculum. Steven has also focused his training protocols to highlight the psychological and physiological responses to threat mitigation.
Sandy has long been a passionate advocate for education and learning. Her years of experience as the owner of a tutoring company, her degree in Industrial Organization as well as her background in hotel management lends her ability to develop the business model for which the Artemis Defense Institute was founded upon. Sandy’s non-shooter status was a conscious effort in order to cultivate the program in which non-shooter could find as an entry into home self defense and the sport