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Old May 25, 2012, 08:02 PM   #13
Frank Ettin
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Originally Posted by dayman
In my class the instructor didn't have us even touch a gun. He showed us some of his, and talked about how great they were, but that was about it.
Four hours of "President Obama is most likely the antichrist" and "If the cops ever try to take my guns I'll kill them", a round robin verbal test, and we were done.
I'm guessing it varies from instructor to instructor.
That was not an NRA Basic Handgun class. All NRA classes are standardized and use the appropriate NRA syllabus. NRA certified instructors are required to cover everything in the standard syllabus.

The NRA Basic Handgun class includes live fire.
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