WHAT: National Rifle Assocation - Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home Course
WHERE: All Course locations are in Englewood Fl and will be announced upon registration.
WHEN: Please call the office for course dates and times.
Description
Learn the basics of personal protection outside the home and learn techniques for avoiding dangerous confrontations and for safe, effective and responsible use of a concealed pistol for self-defense outside the home.
NRA Certified Course - This is a 2-day/14 hour Defensive Shooting Level 1 & 2 Course. This is an advanced course for the experienced shooter. NRA Certificate of Completion awarded.
This course is a comprehensive and intensive course that focuses on defensive shooting skills. The course teaches students the knowledge, skills and attitude essential for avoiding dangerous confrontations and for safe, effective and responsible use of a concealed pistol for self-defense outside the home.
The NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside the Home course consists of two levels (Basic and Advanced). Basic provides you with the essential knowledge and skills that must be mastered in order to carry, store and use a firearm safely and effectively for personal protection outside the home.
Upon completion of the Basic portion of the course, students may choose to attend the Advanced session, which teaches advanced defensive shooting skills and special shooting techniques. After the classroom portion, students should expect to spend several hours on the range and shoot approximately 400 rounds or more of ammunition.
You should bring your primary defensive pistol (no shotguns) and a minimum of 400 rounds (both levels of course) of good quality factory target ammunition for that pistol. Please limit pistol and ammunition choices between .22 caliber and .45 caliber. Also, bring three (3) or more magazines or speed loaders and an ammunition pouch for that pistol to be used for the live-fire exercise on the range. Bring a reliable fitting holster (no pocket, small of the back, fanny-pack or shoulder holsters). All firearms should be unloaded and cased. All firearms must be inspected by the instructor prior to use on the range and the instructor reserves the right to reject any firearm if he feels it is unsafe for use.
There are three major components to the course. A classroom component, a written examination, and a live-fire hand-gun range component. In order to successfully complete the course, students must attend the classroom portion, complete a short written examination based on the lesson material and successfully qualify during the live-fire portion of the course.
Pre-requisite Qualifications for this Course
This course is NOT for the beginning or novice shooter. You should have already obtained your NRA Basics of Personal Protection in the Home Course Certificate or have equivalent training, have already obtained or applied for your Florida Concealed Weapon/Firearm License and you should be an experienced shooter with sufficient knowledge & proficiency in firearms and in firearm shooting skills.
What We Provide
- Range Fees & Targets.
- Eye & Hearing Protection (if needed).
- NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside the Home Course Completion Certificate.
- AFT Course Completion Certificate of the Florida Concealed Weapon/Firearm Requirements.
- Coffee, soft drinks, water and snacks for the classroom portion of the course
What to bring to class - Equipment Requirements
- Completed Training Waiver form.
- Bring an unloaded, cased, and operable handgun. Please keep your firearm choices between .22 caliber - .45 caliber.
- Three (3) or more magazines or speed loaders for that pistol.
- Reliable fitting holster and magazine pouch (no pocket, small-of-back, fanny-pack or shoulder holsters).
- Knee pads.
- Eye Protection (if owned).
- Hearing Protection (if owned).
- Bring your lunch, energy drinks, water, snacks and outdoor gear (insect repellent, sun screen, folding chair, etc.)
- A minimum of 400 rounds of high quality factory made target ammunition for that pistol to used for the Basic and Advanced range components. No reloads, tracer or incendiary ammunition is allowed on the range.
Many people like to take notes during the class and use a highlighter to mark important sections of the textbook for reference, so bringing pen, paper and a highlighter to class can be useful.
Dress Requirements
You should wear comfortable clothing and shoes suitable for the expected weather of the day. It is advisable to wear a hat on the range. Flip-flops, open-toes shoes, and low or scoop shirts are NOT recommended for the range due to hot shell casings ejecting from the firearms which could injure you.
“…the right to defend one’s home and one’s person when attacked
has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.”
Martin Luther King
