Personal Protection in the Home

Personal Protection is an 8 hour classroom and range course which teaches you the legal aspects of personal protection in the home, along with strategies for home protection, and advanced shooting techniques:

Firearms and the law: possession, ownership, and the use of deadly force - taught by a lawyer or law enforcement officer:

A color photograh showing instructor coaches candidate through kneeling around barricades. A color photograph showing a student shooting at the indoor range.

Classroom instruction is held at the Marriott Courtyard, 3935 Centerview Drive, Chantilly, VA, beginning at 9 AM and ending at approximately 5 PM. Students should eat a good breakfast, there will be a brief break for lunch in the afternoon.

Range time follows at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, VA, starting at 7 PM and ending at approximately 9 PM.

The cost of this course is $185. Students may bring their own firearms, hearing, and eye protection or have them provided at the course. Each student is responsible for purchasing their own ammunition. You purchase ammo at the range or bring your own ammo. If you purchase your ammo from an outside source, the range requires all handgun ammunition must be fully or partially jacketed, no cast lead bullets are allowed. NO LIVE AMMO is permitted in the CLASSROOM.

This is not a class for beginning shooters. We suggest novice shooters complete Basic Pistol before taking this advanced Personal Protection course. Basic Pistol, an proof of completion of an equivalent course, or the approval of a Piedmont NRA Instructor is required before taking Personal Protection in the Home. You must be able to hit a paper plate at 15 feet with a handgun.

For more information or to register, send e-mail to register@piedmontNRAinstructors.org

If you own a firearm, you need the best training possible. We offer that training.

2010 Personal Protection in the Home Dates

NO LIVE ammo is permitted in the classroom. Do not bring your ammo to the class! Leave the ammo in the your vehicle until you arrive at the range.