NRA Home Firearm Safety Course
Short Description: Non-shooting course and teaches students the basic knowledge,
skills, and to explain the attitude necessary for the safe handling and storage of
firearms and ammunition in the home.
More Details: This is a four-hour course for safe gun handling that is conducted
in the classroom only. Students are taught NRA’s three rules for safe gun handling;
primary causes of firearms accidents; firearm parts; how to unload certain action
types; ammunition components; cleaning; care; safe storage of firearms in the home;
and the benefits of becoming an active participant in the shooting sports. Students
will receive the NRA Home Firearm Safety handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure,
Basic Firearm Training Program brochure, course completion certificate.
NRA Basic Rifle Shooting Course
Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for
the safe use of a rifle in target shooting.
More Details: This course is at least 14 hours long and includes classroom and range
time learning to shoot rifles. Students learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling;
rifle parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting
from the bench rest, prone, sitting, standing and kneeling positions; cleaning, and
continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the Basics of
Rifle Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship
Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Rifle Shooting Student Examination, and course
completion certificate.
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NRA Basic Shotgun Shooting Course
Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for the safe
and proper use of a shotgun in shooting a moving target.
More Details: This course is at least ten-hours long and includes classroom and range
time learning how to shoot shotguns at moving targets. Students learn NRA’s rules
for safe gun handling; shotgun parts and operation; shotgun shell components; shotgun
shell malfunctions; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting at straight away
and angled targets; cleaning; and continued opportunities for skill development.
Students will receive the Basics of Shotgun Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules
brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Shotgun
Shooting Student Examination, and course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan 1988,
revised 06-09)
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NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course
Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to
the safe and efficient use of a handgun for protection of self and family, and to
provide information on the law-abiding individual’s right to self-defense.
More Details: This is an eight-hour course. Students should expect to shoot approximately
100 rounds of ammunition. Students will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies
for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law,
how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and continued opportunities for skill development.
Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection In The Home
handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification
booklet, and course completion certificate.
NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home course is for law-abiding adult citizens,
as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law, and experienced shooters (shooters
able to show mastery of the basic skills of safe gun handling, shooting a group,
zeroing the firearm, and cleaning the firearm) to maximize what can be learned from
this course. Proof of shooting experience can be one of the following: NRA Basic
Pistol Course Certificate, NRA FIRST Steps Course Certificate, NRA pistol competitive
shooting qualification card, military DD 214 with pistol qualification, or passing
the Pre-Course Assessment.
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NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home Course
Short Description: Comprehensive and intensive in its approach to equip the defensive
shooting candidate with the skills needed to survive serious adversity.
More Details: The course teaches students the knowledge, skills and attitude essential
for avoiding dangerous confrontations and for the safe, effective and responsible
use of a concealed pistol for self-defense outside the home. Students have the opportunity
to attend this course using a quality strong side hip holster that covers the trigger,
or a holster purse. From a review of safe firearms handling and proper mindset to
presentation from concealment and multiple shooting positions, this course contains
the essential skills and techniques needed to prevail in a life-threatening situation.
The NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home is divided into two levels (basic and
advanced).
Level one is a nine-hour course and offers the essential knowledge and skills that
must be mastered in order to carry, store, and use a firearm safely and effectively
for personal protection outside the home. Upon completion of level one, students
may choose to attend level two, which is an additional five hours of range training
and teaches advanced shooting skills. After the classroom portion, students should
expect to spend several hours on the range and shoot approximately 100 rounds of
ammunition during level one.
Level two involves five additional hours on the range and approximately 115 rounds
of ammunition. The ammunition requirements are minimum and may be exceeded. Students
will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home
handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure and the appropriate course completion certificates(s),
NRA Basic Personal Protection Outside The Home (identifies strong-side hip holster
or purse use) certificate, and NRA Advanced Personal Protection Outside The Home
certificate.(Lesson Plan 2006, revised 4-09)
The NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home is for adult individuals who
are not disqualified from possessing a firearm as defined by applicable federal,
state, or local law and are of good repute and possess defensive pistol skills presented
in the NRA Basics of Personal Protection In The Home Course. Participants must also
understand the basic legal concepts relating to the use of firearms in self-defense,
and must know and observe not only general gun safety rules, but also those safety
principles that are specific to defensive situations. Prospective participants can
demonstrate that they have the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes by producing
an NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course Certificate, or by passing the
pre-course evaluation.
Note: The Lesson III of the Personal Protection In and Outside The Home courses Firearms
and the Law, and Legal Aspects of Self-Defense is conducted by an attorney licensed
to practice law within the state in which this course is given and who is familiar
with this area of the law, a Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) who possesses an intermediate
or higher Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificate granted within
the state, or an individual currently certified to instruct in this area of the law
by the state in which this course is presented.
NRA Certified Instructors may conduct this lesson only if they meet the requirements
stated above and then only in their capacity as an attorney, or other state certified
individual not in their capacity as an NRA Certified Instructor.
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NRA Range Safety Officer Course
Short Description: Develops NRA Certified Range Safety Officers with the knowledge,
skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting
activities and range operations.
More Details: This course is nine hours long and is conducted in a classroom and
at a shooting facility. Range Safety Officer candidates will learn roles and responsibilities
of an RSO; Range Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); range inspection; range rules;
range briefings; emergency procedures; and firearm stoppages and malfunctions. Each
Range Safety Officer Candidate will receive an RSO Student Study Guide, a Basic Firearm
Training Program brochure, an NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, an Instructor Application/Course
Evaluation form.
NRA Refuse To Be A Victim® Seminars
Short Description: Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for developing
a strategy for one’s personal safety.
More Details: The seminar includes classroom instruction on a variety of crime prevention
strategies, from criminal psychology to automobile crimes to cybercrime. Seminars
can vary in length, and may be modified to suit the needs of a particular audience.
This is not a firearms instruction course, and does not include instruction in physical
combat self-defense. Seminars teach about common weaknesses that criminals may take
advantage of, and teaches a variety of corrective measures that are practical, inexpensive,
and easy to follow. Strategies include home security, carjack avoidance techniques,
cyber safety, and use of personal safety devices. A complete seminar may last as
long as eight hours and include the entire lesson plan, but a modified seminar may
be as short as 90 minutes and address a specific topic. Students will receive the
Refuse To Be A Victim student handbook, NRA Refuse To Be A Victim® brochure, NRA
Become A Refuse To Be A Victim® Instructor Brochure, Refuse To Be A Victim® Firearms
Supplement, and a course completion certificate.
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