This class 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.
This is an eight-hour course. Students should expect to shoot approximately 150 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.(Lesson Plan, revised 05/09)
The NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course participants must be law abiding, adults (at least 21 years old), 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 or a valid concealed weapons permit.
This course meets the State of Maine concealed weapon permit requirements as well as the requirements for obtaining a State of
Florida concealed weapon permit.
As part of this class you will receive the lecture Firearms and the Law, Possession, Ownership, and the Use of Deadly Force; as taught by
Certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.
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