NRA Pistol Course Catalog

NRA FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation

FIRST stands for “Firearm Instruction, Responsibility, and Safety Training”, a program the NRA developed to meet the needs of new gun owners looking for a firearms orientation program. This FIRST Steps program is a basic courses abbreviated to the most fundamental shooting skills, and the specifics of a particular model of pistol.

Description
This course, because of its narrow focus, can be completed as quickly as three hours. Students will get the NRA's The Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook which is a practical lessons on the safe use, cleaning, and storage of their pistol. The practical exercise covers a single pistol shooting position. As the number of participants or pistol types present increases, the course will take proportionally longer.

Course Goal
To provide beginning shooters with an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to own and use a specific pistol model safely.

Lessons
• Introduction to Pistol Safety, Parts, and Operation
• Introduction to Ammunition and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting
• Introduction to Pistol Shooting from the Benchrest Position
• Introduction to Pistol Cleaning, Storage, and Training Opportunities

Course Completion
Students will receive the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, FIRST Steps Course completion certificate, and Lesson Plan.

NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course

This course teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for owning and operating a pistol safely.

Description
This course is at least 8-hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; pistol parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting from the bench rest position, and two handed standing positions; cleaning the pistol; and continued opportunities for skill development.

Course Completion
Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student Examination, and course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan 2nd edition, 2009, 02/11)

NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course

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.

Course Goal
This is an 8 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.

Prerequisites
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

Course Completion
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.(Lesson Plan, revised 08/11)

Home Firearm Safety

The NRA Home Firearm Safety Course is the basic course I recommend to anyone unfamiliar with guns or who needs a to learn gun terminology.

In this four hour course students will get the NRA's Home Firearm Safety handbook, pamphlets on safety and terminlogy and lessons on the rules of safe gun handling, identifying and unloading various firearms, ammunition, cleaning, and storage. Students will also get hands-on experience with the most common types of handguns, rifles and shotguns.

Course Goal
“To teach the basic knowledge and skills and to explain the attitude necessary for the safe handling and storage of guns in the home.” NRA Home Firearm Safety Course Lesson Plans

Lessons
• Rules for Safe Gun Handling
• Identifying and Unloading Different Firearms
• Practical Exercises in Safe Gun Handling
• Types of Ammunition; Cleaning and Storage of Firearms

Prerequisites
The are no prerequisites for taking this course and the material can be understood by mature people of all ages.

Course Completion
Students will receive feedback on the practical exercises and a course completion certificate.