Becoming a trainer in Home Firearm Safety-Advice Pls?

[WayneWong]

How would I go about learning more about home firearms safety and ultimately becoming certified as an a home firearms safety instructor. There are so many courses but I don't know if there's an actual route.
Since I am in EMS, I would likely have a ton of opportunities to teach this, and this would put a positive face on firearm ownership.

The Wonghammer

 

[FPrice]

Contact the Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) and check into one of their NRA courses. More than a few of us have taken one or more of their courses.

http://www.thegoalfoundation.org/

Cross-X is one of the instructors and he and Jon Green put on a fantastic course. I like to pull C-X's leg every now and then but when it comes to teaching he is one of the best around.

Good luck!

 

[Rob Boudrie]

NRA instructor certification is the most widely recognized civilian certification, and may be used to mail order the MA state certification. It's also very easy to get (one weekend and a couple hundered $$), and the pre-requisite is fairly basic firearms knowledge.

 

[JackO]

Ken Maurer teaches this course, and he is a GREAT instructor!

 

[Chris]

Contact the NRA for a Training Councilor near you.

Walter Roger at Riverside in Hudson or John Green at GOAL are both really good.

 

[rscalzo]

We don't charge anywhere near those prices.

We run the courses at a break even cost as a benefit to both club members and anyone interested in learning about firearms in general. Look around and you will find something reasonable in your area.

 

[KMaurer]

We don't charge anywhere near those prices.

We run the courses at a break even cost as a benefit to both club members and anyone interested in learning about firearms in general. Look around and you will find something reasonable in your area.

I suspect your mixing up the regular NRA classes with the instructor development seminars. The instructor seminars typically run 3 full days. After you get done covering your liability insurance, class materials, candidate packets and other expenses the $250-$300 that's the low end of the price spectrum is essentially a break even proposition.

I've already got a couple of people interested in becoming instructors, and will pick dates that works for everyone involved as soon as we find a few more. Since nobody is going to want to weekends over the holiday season or during the worst part of winter, I suspect it will be early spring. Anybody who's interested can email or PM me.

Ken

 

[WayneWong]

I suspect your mixing up the regular NRA classes with the instructor development seminars. The instructor seminars typically run 3 full days. After you get done covering your liability insurance, class materials, candidate packets and other expenses the $250-$300 that's the low end of the price spectrum is essentially a break even proposition.

I've already got a couple of people interested in becoming instructors, and will pick dates that works for everyone involved as soon as we find a few more. Since nobody is going to want to weekends over the holiday season or during the worst part of winter, I suspect it will be early spring. Anybody who's interested can email or PM me.

Ken

Thanks. Incoming PM.

 

[FITH]

Don't stop at just Home....basic pistol..basic rifle... and basic shot gun are all good courses!

 

[WayneWong]

Don't stop at just Home....basic pistol..basic rifle... and basic shot gun are all good courses!

I will - I have to - We all have to keep learning.

The home safety is for the EMS perspective. I believe it would give me opportunities to teach other medical people in counseling patients about keeping guns safe, using them safely, and away from inappropriate persons.


I was out shooting my pistol today. Getting better, and still learning about my new Walther P99. Today's trial and error lesson: don't let yourself ride the slide forward

 

[Rob Boudrie]

I suspect your mixing up the regular NRA classes with the instructor development seminars. The instructor seminars typically run 3 full days. After you get done covering your liability insurance, class materials, candidate packets and other expenses the $250-$300 that's the low end of the price spectrum is essentially a break even proposition.

You forgot to mention the cost of attending an out of town workshop to obain your NRA Training Counselor status.

 

[dreppucci007]

Ken Maurer teaches this course, and he is a GREAT instructor!

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