Personal Protection Outside The Home – Level One

Description

Duration: 8 hours

Level One — 8 hours
Level One teaches the essential knowledge and skills required to carry, store, and use a firearm safely and effectively for personal protection outside the home. Classroom instruction emphasizes safety, legal considerations, and safe storage. Students then spend several hours on the range under instructor supervision practicing fundamental drills. Ammunition and time listed are minimums and may be exceeded to ensure each student reaches a comfortable baseline of competence.

Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure and appropriate (level one/level two) course completion certificates.

Prerequisite: This course 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 Inside 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 Inside The Home Course Certificate, or by passing the pre-course evaluation.

Essentials:

• The firearm(s) you intend to carry concealed, spare magazines, quality holster(s) & belt
• Range appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear
• Ammunition requirements: Primary (200)
• Eye and ear protection
• Water and snacks
• Waivers