Personal Protection
In The Home
Why Take This Course?
The
NRA Personal Protection in the Home course teaches you everyday things
you can do to make your home less attractive to criminals. If an unauthorized
entry should occur while you and your family are in the home,
this course teaches you effective skills to:
- Avoid confrontation and minimize bodily risk through cover,
concealment, and planning.
- Master concepts such as center-of-mass, shooting under
stress, and shooting in close proximity to obstructions.
- Effectively work with 911 and responding law enforcement personnel.
- Increase your chances for a positive outcome.
This course is an excellent 2nd course to take once you
have completed the NRA Basic Pistol course.
Course
Description
The NRA Personal Protection In The Home Course 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
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.
Prerequisites
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 with pistol qualification,
or passing the Pre-Course Assessment.
If This Class is for You...
Visit the class schedule page
to see when the next class is being offered (or to request a special
class date!)