Protecting your home starts with preparation.

NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home is an eight-hour NRA course that teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to the safe and efficient use of a handgun for protection of self and family, and provides information on the law-abiding individual’s right to self-defense. The course combines classroom instruction with live-fire work on the range. Students should expect to shoot approximately 100 rounds.

Minimum age: 18.

Who This Is For

Adults who keep, or plan to keep, a handgun at home for protection and who already have basic pistol skills: safe gun handling, shooting a group, zeroing the firearm, and cleaning the firearm. This course is not an introduction to shooting. If you are new to handguns, start with the NRA Basic Pistol Course.

Prerequisite

Bring one of the following: an NRA Basic Pistol Course certificate, an NRA FIRST Steps course certificate, an NRA pistol competitive shooting qualification card, or a military DD 214 showing pistol qualification. Without one of these, you may complete the NRA pre-course assessment before class.

What You Will Learn

• Responsible, safe handling and storage of a firearm for home defense
• Strategies for home safety and planning a household response
• Responding to a violent confrontation in the home
• Basic defensive shooting skills on the range
• Firearms and the law: an educational overview of self-defense law. This is not legal advice.
• How to choose a handgun for self-defense
• Continued opportunities for skill development

What You Receive

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 an NRA course completion certificate when you successfully complete the course.

Your Path Forward

Personal Protection In The Home is one step in the Yasuke Arms personal protection pathway. Its certificate is the prerequisite for NRA Personal Protection Outside The Home.

• NRA Basic Pistol
• NRA CCW
• NRA PPITH
• NRA PPOTH Level One
• NRA PPOTH Level Two
• Tactical Anatomy SXRV

Your Instructor

This course is taught by Christopher Perkins, an NRA Certified Instructor in Pistol, CCW, Personal Protection In The Home, and Personal Protection Outside The Home; an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer; and a Texas DPS License to Carry Instructor. Learn more about Yasuke Arms.

Important

This NRA course does not issue a Texas License to Carry or satisfy the Texas LTC training requirement. For licensing, see Complete Your Texas LTC: In-Person Shooting Qualification or the NRA Basic Pistol / Texas LTC In-Person Combo.

What to Bring

• Valid government-issued photo ID
• Your NRA prerequisite certificate, or plan to complete the pre-course assessment
• Your own pistol in good working condition. Yasuke Arms does not provide loaner pistols.
• Factory-new ammunition in its original box. No handloads or reloads.
• Eye and ear protection, a brimmed cap, and closed-toe shoes
• Your firearm must remain UNLOADED in a gun case or bag until directed by the instructor.
• NO SIG P320s ALLOWED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• At least 100 rounds of ammunition for your pistol. The exact amount is confirmed when you register.
• A sturdy belt and an outside-the-waistband holster that fully covers the trigger guard, if you own one. Your instructor will confirm holster use for your class.

Registration and Payment

A deposit reserves your seat when you register. The remaining balance is due in cash when you check in on the day of class. Deposit, cancellation, and transfer terms are confirmed in writing when you register.

Location and Scheduling

Classes are held in the Fort Worth and Dallas–Fort Worth area. The date, time, and range location are confirmed when you register. To register or ask about the next class, email training@yasukearms.com with your name, phone number, and your NRA prerequisite.