Firearms Safety Training for Everyone

 COURSE OUTLINE

Course Goal: To teach the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely.

Exercise 1: Firearm and Range Safety Setting: Classroom and/or range 

Learning Objectives: 

1. The three NRA rules for safe gun‐handling. 

2. State range rules. 

3. Identify range commands.

Exercise 2: Fundamentals Setting: Classroom and/or range 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Determine your dominant eye. 

2. Assume a proper two‐handed grip. 

3. Demonstrate the five fundamentals of pistol shooting: aiming, breath control, hold control, trigger control, and follow through. 

Exercise 3: Loading, Cocking, De‐cocking, Unloading, and Pistol Maintenance Setting: Classroom and/or Range 

Learning Objectives: 

A. Load, cock, de‐cock, and unload a single‐action revolver. 

B. Load, cock, de‐cock, and unload a double‐action revolver. 

C. Load, cock, de‐cock, and unload a semi‐automatic pistol. 

D. Review how to safely clean a pistol.

Exercise 4: Shooting Positions and Shooting Qualification Setting: Range Learning Objectives: 

A. Demonstrate the learning steps to assume the benchrest position, and shoot from the benchrest position. 

NOTE: The benchrest exercise may be conducted in the classroom using firearm simulators with a resetting trigger, sights and a laser indicating shot placement. 

B. Demonstrate the learning steps to assume the Isosceles position, and shoot from the Isosceles position. 

C. Shoot the course qualification.