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

- Encounters with Law Enforcement

- 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 Video

- Course Material Review – Q&A

- Administer 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**.