NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home
The second rung of the ladder. Defensive shooting and home safety strategy for people who already have the fundamentals.
- Class length
- 8 hours
- Prerequisite
- NRA Basic Pistol
- Ammunition
- Around 100 rounds (NRA course guidance)
- On passing
- NRA course completion certificate
What the NRA course covers
Basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and for responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and where to take your training next. Students shoot roughly 100 rounds.
You need Basic Pistol first
The NRA sets the entry bar for this course: you must be able to demonstrate safe gun handling, shoot a group, zero a firearm and clean it. An NRA Basic Pistol certificate is the usual way to show that. This is not a course you can start cold.
What you take away
The NRA Guide to the Basics of Personal Protection In The Home handbook, the NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, and a course completion certificate.
Class dates and details
Call us on (956) 254-0724 for upcoming dates, what to bring, and anything else you want to know before you book.
Other courses
- NRA Basic Pistol
Eight hours that take you from never having held a handgun to shooting one safely. This is where new shooters should start.
- License to Carry (LTC)
The six-hour class Texas requires before you can apply for a licence to carry a handgun. We run it once a month in Brownsville.
- Women's-Only Basic Pistol
The same eight-hour NRA Basic Pistol course, taught by a woman, with only women in the room.
- Personal Protection Outside the Home
The top of the ladder. Carrying and using a concealed pistol responsibly outside the home — and, before any of that, avoiding the confrontation altogether.
- NRA Basic Rifle
Rifle, not pistol — and it sits outside the pistol ladder. You can take this one at any time, with no prior course.
- Private, One-on-One Instruction
One instructor, one student, at your pace. Booked directly with us, as often or as rarely as you want.
Not sure where to start?
Start with the free beginners gun class. Get range ready, fast. No experience needed, no gun needed — we use dummy ammunition.