NRA Defensive Pistol home defense personal protection

  The NRA Defensive Pistol Course is THE perfect training to follow up your Concealed Weapons Permit course with.  This class focuses on the use of a gun for self defense.  It covers presenting a gun from concealment, reloading, malfunction drills for semi-automatic handguns and the mindset needed to survive a life threatening encounter.  All exercises are timed which must be met to obtain certification.  The student will execute basic competency drills to further enhance gun handling techniques.  The course is approximately 2 hours but is an objective based course meaning the time limit is not critical- results are.  This course goes beyond the NRA basic pistol class but does not cover the topics in the NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home course.  NRA Defensive Pistol is meant to go beyond the information covered in the South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit class by providing more detailed instruction.  This is the perfect class to learn the skills the student was introduced to in the South Carolina CWP class and NRA Personal Protection classes.  Prerequisite is the SC CWP  class, one of the NRA personal Protection classes or permission of the Instructor.  Next class: September 22, 2025 home defense Columbia