1. INTRODUCTION

· Why Handgun Safety

· Handgun Safety Law

· Safe Handling Demonstration

· Handgun Accidents – Causes of

· Handgun Safety Awareness

2. GUN SAFETY RULES

· Six Basic Safety Rules

3. HANDGUNS AND CHILDREN

· Owner Responsibility

· Firearm Storage Laws and Children

· Talking to Children about Guns

· Gun Rules for Children – The Four Basic

· Positive Role Model

4. HANDGUN OPERATION

· Types of Handguns

· Revolver Parts and Operation

· Semiautomatic Parts and Operation

· Ammunition and Cartridge Components

· Physics of Gunfire

· Calibers – Firearm and Ammunition

· Dangerous Range

· Malfunctions

5. HANDGUN OWNERSHIP

· Safety Aspects of Your Handgun

· Instruction Manuals – Must Reading

· Cleaning and Repair

· Safety and Storage

· Childproofing

6. FIREARMS LAWS

· Introduction to the Laws

· Sales and Transfer of Firearms

· CCW’s

· Lethal Force in Self-Defense

· Loaded Firearms in Public

· Firearms in the Home, Business, …

· Prohibited Persons – Gun Ownership

7. COURSE REVIEW AND WRITTEN TEST

· Viewing of HSC Video

· Course Material Review – Q&A

· Administer HSC Written Test

8. PISTOL RANGE QUALIFICATION**

· Basic Principals of Shooting

o Target Identification

o Stance & Balance

o Target Sighting

· Shoot / Don’t Shoot Discipline

· Safe Handgun (unloaded) Demonstration by Applicant

· Safe Handgun ‘Live Fire’Demonstration by Applicant

**   PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS MAY NOT PARTICIPATE**.