Prerequisites

• The NRA Personal Protection Instructor Training program is not a beginner's program. The material to be covered focuses on defensive shooting and strategies for home safety rather than basic weapon use.
  
  National Rifle Association Instructors must first complete one of the following: an NRA Basic Pistol Course, an NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program, have a pistol qualification card, a military DD214 card with pistol qualifications or a Concealed Carry Permit to validate shooting experience before they can attend the NRA Personal Protection Instructor Training program.
  
  

Course Lessons

• Lessons covered provide future instructors with methods and guidelines to teach such topics as "Introduction to Defensive Shooting", "Firearms and the Law: Possession, Ownership, and the Use of Deadly Force", and "Strategies for Home Safety and Responding to a Violent Confrontation".
  
  

Further Training Activities

• Instructors are also encouraged to practice shooting for their own use as well as for the ability to teach others. Sports shooting activities such as paintball, can prepare an instructor and his students for future encounters with violent confrontations.
  
  

Class Materials

• NRA Personal Protection Instructors will be provided with the NRA's Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection in the Home. The trained instructors will also use this same manual to teach their students about personal protection in the home.
  
  

Course Completion

• The course can be completed in eight hours and includes practical exercises and a written exam. Instructors may also use an individual checklist for each student to check for material absorption and coverage of course material.
  
  The practical exercises include shooting qualifications as well as the ability to safely handle a weapon.