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 Prerequisite: This course is for law-abiding adult citizens, as defined  by applicable federal, state, or local law, 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).   Prospective participants can demonstrate that they have the requisite  knowledge, skills, and attitudes by producing an 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.  
Description: 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.   
Note: Lesson III of this course: Firearms and the Law, and Legal  Aspects of Self-Defense, is conducted by an attorney licensed to  practice law within the state in which this course is given and who is  familiar with this area of the law, or a Law Enforcement Officer (LEO)  who possesses an intermediate or higher Peace Officer Standards and  Training (POST) certificate granted within the state, or an individual  currently certified to instruct in this area of the law by the state in  which this course is presented.  NRA Certified Instructors may conduct  this lesson only if they meet the requirements stated above and then  only in their capacity as an attorney, or other state certified  individual not in their capacity as an NRA Certified Instructor 

One of the most important steps toward ensuring your own safety is  having a personal safety strategy in place before you need it. NRA’s  Refuse To Be A Victim® program teaches the tips and techniques you need  to be alerted to dangerous situations and to avoid criminal  confrontation. 

Seminars are held across the nation and are open to individuals  of all ages. Today, thousands of federal, state and local law  enforcement officials and civilians from across the nation utilize this  popular program in their crime prevention and community policing  initiatives to help protect their communities. 

Corporations, educational institutions, and community centers  have also adopted the program. All told, more than 120,000 people have  benefited from these seminars

 Instructor Led Only Training:  The Instructor Led Only takes place in a  traditional classroom and range environment. This course may be  completed in a single day format or over several days with smaller  blocks of instruction. Details: Course topics include: gun safety rules, proper operation  of revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, ammunition knowledge and  selection, pistol selection and storage, shooting fundamentals, pistol  inspection and maintenance, marksmanship, and shooting range safety.  Additionally, students will complete live fire training and a nationally  standardized shooting qualification while on the range with an NRA  Certified Instructor. Students will receive the NRA Guide: Basics of  Pistol Shooting handbook, take a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student  Examination and receive a course completion certificate bearing the  signature of the NRA Secretary and your NRA Certified Instructor.  

 This is a four-hour course for safe gun handling that is conducted in  the classroom only. Students are taught NRA’s three rules for safe gun  handling; primary causes of firearm accidents; firearm parts; how to  unload certain action types; ammunition components; cleaning; care; safe  storage of firearms in the home; and the benefits of becoming an active  participant in the shooting sports. Students will receive the NRA Home  Firearm Safety handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Basic Firearm  Training Program brochure, and course completion certificate 

 The RSO course content consists of RSO's roles and responsibilities,  range standard operating procedures, range inspection and range rules,  firearm stoppages and malfunctions, and Range Safety Briefings which  include procedures to follow in the case of an emergency. RSO's who have  successfully completed the course then have the ability to become a  Chief Range Safety Officer, someone essential to training and supervising NRA Range Safety Officers and developing range standard operating procedures. 

 This course is at least ten-hours long and includes classroom and range  time learning how to shoot shotguns at moving targets. Students learn  NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; shotgun parts and operation; shotgun  shell components; shotgun shell malfunctions; shooting fundamentals;  range rules; shooting at straight away and angled targets; cleaning; and  continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive  the Basics of Shotgun Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure,  Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of  Shotgun Shooting Student Examination, and receive a course completion  certificate 

 The course teaches basic marksmanship fundamentals, firearm safety using  a simulated pistol with a resetting trigger and laser to indicate where  the shots hit.  No range is needed with this simulator training course.  It can be held anywhere; a meeting room in a hotel, business boardroom,  or in a church hall. With very little equipment, the NRA Pistol  Marksmanship Simulator Training Course teaches the fundamentals of sight  alignment, trigger control, grip, and breath control. At the completion  of the course, an NRA participation certificate is awarded.  Students  may attend this course as a basis to decide whether or not they would  like to follow-up by taking the full length Basic Pistol Course with  live fire, or simply learn to improve their marksmanship skills.