We are a home-based, veteran-owned business.

Our Mission

At Utah FAST our mission is to:

  • Provide the best firearms, ammunition, and other products.
  • Make sure our services are as fast as possible while still ensuring they meet our strict level of professionalism and quality.
  • Provide the highest quality firearms instruction available whether you are new to firearms or an experienced shooter, in a safe and positive learning environment. We promote your personal growth and education by providing expert instruction in firearm safety, use, accuracy, and carry and personal self-defense training. We encourage on-going training to ensure you maintain the skills of a responsible firearm owner and to increase your self-confidence in your self-defense skills.

Utah FAST was founded by individuals with extensive backgrounds, vast experience, and a profound passion for firearms. Our organization is deeply dedicated to providing top-notch firearm training programs tailored to suit the needs of beginners, intermediate, and advanced/experienced shooters. We firmly believe that continuous training is essential for skill enhancement, and in line with this belief, we have made it our primary goal to offer high-quality training at an affordable cost. We understand the financial constraints that many individuals face when considering training programs and have consciously designed our courses to be more accessible, ensuring that individuals can benefit from our expertise without the burden of high costs.

Utah FAST is also the proud owner of:

  • Utahcarrylaws.com The BEST and only website that provides everything you need to know to carry a firearm in Utah.
  • Utah Carry Laws Facebook Group The BEST place on any social media platform that answers all your Utah and Federal gun law questions.
    With over 3,700 members – Join Today!

5000+

Students Trained

100+

5 Star Ratings

4

Instructors

Owner / Primary Instructor

Steven has been working for the Department of Homeland Security since 2017 and has an extensive background in firearms and training. He served 11 years in the military:

  • Marine Corps – Active Duty 1999 to 2003 with the 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, Bravo Company (MOS 1833). Areas of operation include; Camp Del Mar (21 Area), Camp Pendleton, CA | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, CA | Mountain Warfare Training Center, Pickel Meadows, CA | Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan | Jungle Warfare Training Center in Higashi, Okinawa, Japan | Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Japan | Sattahip Naval Base, Thailand | Marine Service Support Regiment, Thailand | Ban Chan Khrem, Thailand
  • Marine Corps – Reserves 2004 to 2007 with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Charlie Company (MOS 0313) and Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) Instructor. Areas of operation include; Tbilisi, Georgia | and Tan Tan, Morocco.
  • Utah Army National Guard – 2009 to 2012 with the 1457th Engineer Battalion, 118th Sapper Company, 2nd Platoon (MOS 12B). Areas of operation include; Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) – 2010 to 2011 at FOB Salerno, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Response Force (HRF) – 2011 > Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, and Structural Collapse Operations

In 2004, while in the USMC Reserves, Steven started working in the security industry with a federal halfway house and as an armed private security officer in the Salt Lake Valley. Through his work, as an armed security officer, mobile patrol officer, supervisor, and project manager, he found the quality of training needed improvement. He started teaching security officers as the primary instructor for the contract security company he was working for, creating a new training curriculum and upgrading the company’s policies and procedures. Throughout his career, his passion for expanding his knowledge in training and teaching abilities led to starting this company, Utah Firearm and Security Training, LLC (Utah FAST) in early 2015, and started teaching concealed carry classes and private security officer licensing. His knowledge and understanding of Utah and Federal gun laws expanded quickly and he started utahcarrylaws.com in 2016 and began talking to Utah legislatures about how Utah could improve current gun laws. In 2020 due to COVID-19 and the closing of businesses, Steven started providing fingerprinting, passport picture, and notary services to the public as well as obtaining a Federal Firearms License (FFL) to conduct the business of selling firearms and gunsmithing. To this day, Steven loves teaching and providing the best and most up-to-date information to the public.

His current goals are to open a training center for both the public and security officers to increase their knowledge and training, and to open a storefront business for fingerprinting. If you are interested in helping him achieve these goals please contact us. We would love your support.

Other Professional Experience:

Executive Protection, Bail Enforcement & Investigations

Current Instructor For:

  • NRA Pistol, Personal Protection In The Home, and Range Safety Officer
  • Utah Concealed Firearm Permit
  • Unarmed & Armed Private Security Officers
  • ASP – Baton, Handcuff & Flashlight Integrated Program

Higher Education:

  • Executive Security International (ESI) – PSD Protective Operations > 2012
  • Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) – Certificate In Firearms Technology – Gunsmithing > 2022
  • Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) – Certificate In Firearms Technology – Handgun Specialist > 2024

Federal Firearms License

Gunsmithing / Armorer

  • Glock
  • AR Platforms