Question for you NRA instructors

[Mike-wvc]

I'm thinking of taking an upcoming NRA pistol shooting basic instructors training course, So I'm wondering what to expect. How difficult are these instructors courses? What's the whole process of becoming certified consist of?

[Korben88]

When I took my instructors course it was a ton of fun. We spent time on how to intreract with students, and then basically "taught" the course to one another. There of course was a section on ethics and what not. Then we took a test that was pretty darn easy. The next day was live fire, and we went to the range, put some holes in some paper and it was done.

Truly if you have a good background with firearms and safety, the class shouldn't be a challenge. I think mostly the councelors want to see that you have the right attitude, and demeaner to be a good instructor. As well as a the knowledge to teach the material.

If you choose to do it, good luck. We can always use more quality instructors.

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[Mike-wvc]

Perfect I was hoping it wasn't going to be some boring text book type deal. With 25 years of shooting experience and having a good teacher like my father. I think I should do well with the safety/comon sense part of it.

[Korben88]

One piece of advice.... If you use the term "weapon" start practicing saying firearm instead. The definately prefer it.

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[Mike-wvc]

One piece of advice.... If you use the term "weapon" start practicing saying firearm instead. The definately prefer it.

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I'll keep that in mind, dont use that term often kinda depends who i'm talking too.

[divegeek]

One piece of advice.... If you use the term "weapon" start practicing saying firearm instead. The definately prefer it.

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I'll keep that in mind, dont use that term often kinda depends who i'm talking too.

Yeah, the NRA really hammers on the importance of not calling guns weapons. For many of us, that's really hard.

[dewittdj]

A firearm can be considered a weapon, but not all weapons are firearms... It can get confusing, especially when state and federal law will use the terms weapon and firearm synonymously in various laws...

[Korben88]

One piece of advice.... If you use the term "weapon" start practicing saying firearm instead. The definately prefer it.

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I'll keep that in mind, dont use that term often kinda depends who i'm talking too.

Yeah, the NRA really hammers on the importance of not calling guns weapons. For many of us, that's really hard.

I got out of the army in '01, so it wasn't too bad for me I slipped up a few times. But we had a guy who owns a hunting guide service in alaska... That guy got zinged about 500 times. It was kind if funny.

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[glock fan]

One piece of advice.... If you use the term "weapon" start practicing saying firearm instead. The definately prefer it.

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I teach with a group of instructors who come from strong military/LE backgrounds. Many of us had difficulties in the beginning, until we discovered the "easy" way to work this. Whatever class you're teaching (Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, etc.) call the "firearm" what it is. If you are referring to a "pistol", call it a "pistol", "revolver" a "revolver", etc. You can go a step further and call it by brand name. This can get lengthy at first, but in time you'll be able to get the transition to call the devices "firearms" rather than using the "W" word.

At the beginning of every class before we begin, the instructors meet and we all put our token dollar into the "W" jar. That's the first "give me". At the end of the day, proceeds in the jar are used to buy the instructor lunches for the next class. One class we each got steak lunches due to two individuals going back into "tunnel vision" mode and for a moment thinking they were teaching a LE class! It's all in good fun, but at the same time helps to keep us up to speed.

[Korben88]

That's not a bad idea, get away grom the generic terminology all together

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[moyler]

Most NRA certified instructors are probably pretty good, however this guy is very good, and he has un up-coming class: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14900

Doug has skill sets that far surpass NRA training, and his broad experience will add greatly to his NRA course.

I highly recommend him.

[Snaggle]

Most NRA certified instructors are probably pretty good, however this guy is very good, and he has un up-coming class: forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14900

Doug has skill sets that far surpass NRA training, and his broad experience will add greatly to his NRA course.

I highly recommend him.

+1: Doug is awesome.


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