This Missouri Firearms Safety Course is conducted in accordance with the training requirements for the Missouri carry concealed weapons (CCW) endorsement qualification and in full compliance with Chapter 571 RSMO by one or more current NRA Certified Pistol Instructor(s). This course consists of seven lessons covered in two parts: PART A – NRA BASIC PISTOL SHOOTING COURSE and PART B – DEFENSIVE SHOOTING SKILLS PRACTICE AND QUALIFICATION and MISSOURI FIREARMS LAW.
PART A – NRA BASIC PISTOL SHOOTING COURSE
Goals of this portion: This section of the Missouri Firearms Safety/CCW course teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely.
Texts: Every student receives a copy of the book The Basics of Pistol Shooting and the pamphlet Gun Safety Rules during Lesson I. Every student receives a copy of the booklet NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program during Lesson V. All publications provided in this section of the course are products of the National Rifle Association.
Additional Materials: Instructor will display and refer to the NRA Pistol Wall Chart Set during classroom sessions. Videos shown, in whole or in part, will include videos such as Fundamentals of Gun Safety (NRA), A Woman’s Guide to Firearms (Lyon House), and Basics of Personal Protection in the Home (NRA). Each student successfully completing all learning objectives for this section of the course will earn the NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course Certificate of Completion.
Training Standards: Instructors must comply with all NRA Training Standards as covered in the NRA Trainer’s Guide, and all Missouri statutory requirements as covered in Chapter 571 RSMO (included, see Part B, Lesson 7). Classroom sessions will include no more than 40 students. Live fire range sessions will be supervised by one or more NRA Certified Pistol Instructor(s), and will have at least one Range Safety Officer for each 5 students shooting. Instructor, by law, must retain all course records for at least 4 years, and must make those records available to any Sheriff processing an application for a Missouri carry concealed weapons endorsement qualification certificate for any of the Instructor’s trainees.
Missouri Carry Concealed Weapons Endorsement Qualification Training Requirements Fully Satisfied by Part A: (1) Handgun safety in the classroom, at home, on the firing range and while carrying the firearm, (2) physical demonstration of safely loading and unloading revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, and demonstration of marksmanship with both, (3) the basic principles (fundamentals) of marksmanship, (4) care and cleaning of concealable firearms, and (5) safe storage of firearms at home.
LESSON 1– PISTOL KNOWLEDGE & SAFE GUN HANDLING. Students learn parts and operation of revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students learn and demonstrate safe gun handling and handgun loading, unloading and action operation.
LESSON 2 – AMMUNITION KNOWLEDGE & THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PISTOL SHOOTING. Students learn pistol cartridge components, firing sequence, proper ammunition storage, types, causes and proper actions for cartridge malfunctions, and the fundamentals of pistol shooting.
LESSON 3 – FIRING THE FIRST SHOTS. Students learn and demonstrate safely shooting revolvers and semi-automatic pistols from the bench rest position using proper fundamentals of pistol shooting. Students learn and demonstrate proper pistol cleaning materials selection and use, and safe pistol and ammunition storage.
LESSON 4 – TWO-HANDED STANDING SHOOTING POSITIONS. Students learn and demonstrate safely shooting revolvers and semi-automatic pistols from the two-handed shooting positions (Isosceles, Weaver and Chapman) using proper fundamentals of pistol shooting, how to properly score a target, and how to explain basic criteria for pistol selection.
LESSON 5 – PISTOL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. Students learn the many ways they can pursue additional training, recreational shooting activities and competitions to safely develop their pistol shooting skills to their maximum potential, review, and take NRA written exam.
This concludes Part A - NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course.
PART B – DEFENSIVE SHOOTING SKILLS PRACTICE AND QUALIFICATION and MISSOURI FIREARMS LAW
Lessons taught in Part B of this Missouri Firearms Safety/CCW course are required by Missouri statute to complete the training requirement for carry concealed weapons endorsement qualification, and are not NRA-developed. This portion of training is conducted in full compliance with Chapter 571 RSMO, by current NRA Certified Pistol Instructor(s).
Goals of this section: To complete the remaining training requirements for the Missouri carry concealed weapons endorsement qualification by practicing from a distance of 7-yards shooting at B-27 silhouette (or equivalent) targets with both revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, by firing 20 rounds for score at the same distance and target with each handgun type, and by learning relevant Missouri laws.
Student Text: Each student will receive a printed copy of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMO), Chapters 563 and 571.
LESSON 6 – DEFENSIVE PISTOL SHOOTING SKILLS PRACTICE & QUALIFICATION. Students learn safe carry, practice shooting revolvers and semi-automatic pistols (minimum 50 rounds total) from a standing position at a distance of 7 yards using B-27 (or equivalent) silhouette targets. After practice, each student fires 20 rounds for score with both revolver and semi-automatic pistol under same conditions.
LESSON 7 – RELEVANT MISSOURI LAWS. Students learn relevant Missouri firearms laws, including how to obtain a concealed carry endorsement, use of force and the defense of justification laws, open and concealed carry laws, criminal and civil liability issues, and safe and positive outcomes in contacts with law enforcement officers.
NRA FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation
NRA FIRST Steps Pistol is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to the safe handling and proper orientation to one specific pistol action type for classes of four or fewer students per instructor. This course is at least three hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot a specific pistol action type. Students will learn the NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; the particular pistol model parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; cleaning the pistol; and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, FIRST Steps Course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan, revised 3-08).
NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course
This course is at least 8-hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; pistol parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting from the bench rest position, and two handed standing positions; cleaning the pistol; and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student Examination, and course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan 2nd edition, 2009)
NRA FIRST Steps Rifle Orientation
Firearm Instruction, Responsibility, and Safety Training — is the NRA’s response to the American public’s need for a firearm orientation program for new purchasers.
NRA FIRST Steps Rifle is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to the safe handling and proper orientation to one specific rifle action type for classes of four or fewer students per instructor. This course is at least three hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot a specific rifle action type. Students will learn the NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; the particular rifle model parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; cleaning the rifle; and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the Basics of Rifle Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, FIRST Steps Course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan, revised 11-07).
NRA Basic Rifle Shooting Course
This course is at least 14 hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot rifles. Students learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; rifle parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting from the bench rest, prone, sitting, standing and kneeling positions; cleaning, and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the Basics of Rifle Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Rifle Shooting Student Examination, and course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan 1988, revised 11/08)
NRA FIRST Steps Shotgun Orientation
Firearm Instruction, Responsibility, and Safety Training is the NRA’s response to the American public’s need for a firearm orientation program for new purchasers.
NRA FIRST Steps Shotgun course is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to the safe handling and proper orientation to one specific shotgun model. This course is at least three hours long and includes classroom and range time learning to shoot a specific model shotgun at a moving target. Students will learn the NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; the particular shotgun model parts and operation; ammunition; shooting fundamentals; cleaning the shotgun; 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, FIRST Steps Course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan, revised 10-05).
NRA Basic Shotgun Shooting Course
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 course completion certificate. (Lesson Plan 1985, revised 10/08)
NRA Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading Course
This course is eight hours in length and is conducted in a classroom. It teaches beginning reloaders the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to safely reload metallic cartridges. Each student is taught reloading safety; centerfire cartridge components; using the reloading manual and reloading data; equipment; and the metallic cartridge reloading process. Students will receive the NRA Guide to Reloading handbook, the Basic Reloading Student Exam, a course completion certificate, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, a Basic Firearm Training Program brochure, an Instructor Application/Course Evaluation form. (Lesson Plan, revised 4-05).
Refuse To Be A Victim® Seminar
Improve your personal safety strategies with NRA's Refuse To Be A Victim® Program.
Experts agree that the single most important step toward ensuring your personal safety is making the decision to refuse to be a victim. That means that you must have an overall personal safety strategy in place before you need it.
Through our three- to four-hour seminar, you can learn the personal safety tips and techniques you need to avoid dangerous situations and avoid becoming a victim.
This is a 3- to 4-hour program about crime awareness, prevention and personal safety.
The seminar includes classroom instruction on a variety of crime prevention strategies, from criminal psychology to automobile crimes to cyber crime. Seminars can be modified to suit the needs of a particular audience. This is not a firearms instruction course, and does not include instruction in physical combat self-defense. Seminars teach about common weaknesses that criminals may take advantage of, and teaches a variety of corrective measures that are practical, inexpensive, and easy to follow. Strategies include home security, carjack avoidance techniques, cyber safety, and use of personal safety devices. A complete seminar may last as long as eight hours and include the entire lesson plan, but a modified seminar may be as short as 90 minutes and address a specific topic. Students will receive the Refuse To Be A Victim student handbook, NRA Refuse To Be A Victim® brochure, NRA Become A Refuse To Be A Victim® Instructor Brochure, Refuse To Be A Victim® Firearms Supplement, and a course completion certificate.
Topics include:
The Psychology of Criminal Predators
Mental Preparedness
Home Security
Physical Security in Public Places
Automobile Security
Out-of-town Travel Security
Technological Security
Finding Self-Defense Physical Training Courses
Personal Protection Devices
And for specific audiences by prior arrangement:
In the Workplace
Parents and Children from Pre-School to College
Senior Citizens and Persons with Physical Disabilities
The following are not included in the curriculum:
Firearm Training
Demonstration of Physical Self-Defense Training Skills
