This document outlines slides for an NRA training course on personal protection in the home. The course covers administrative policies, goals to develop knowledge and skills for self defense, and the importance of mental preparation. Students learn about maintaining awareness, controlling confrontations, and physiological reactions to stress. Responsible gun ownership, developing the right mindset, and continuing practice are emphasized to potentially defend oneself and family in life-threatening situations.

1. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
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Personal Protection In the Home
NRA Basic Personal Protection In The
Home Course

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Personal Protection In the Home
Introduction
• Chief Instructor
• Assistants/Staff
• Students

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Administrative Items
• NO LIVE AMMUNITION IN THE CLASS
• Security of firearms
• Restroom drinking fountains
• Phones and emergency exits
• Refreshments/snack policy
• Smoking policy
• Breaks and lunch
• Air conditioning and heating adjustments
• Cell phones and pager

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Course Goal
What is the goal of the NRA Basic Personal
Protection In The Home Course?

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Course Goal
To develop in the students the basic knowledge, skills
and attitude essential to the safe and efficient use of a
firearm for protection of self and family, and to
provide information on the law-abiding citizen’s right
to self defense

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Gun Owners Responsibilities
Read the “Gun Owner's Responsibilities” on
page viii of the NRA Guide to the Basics of
Personal Protection In The Home.

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Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson you should
now be able to:
• Explain the importance of using a firearm responsibly and
ethically for personal protection.
• Explain the importance of developing the proper mindset
for using a firearm for personal protection and facing a life-
threatening encounter.
• Explain and evaluate your state of mental awareness using
the four levels of awareness
• Explain the importance of mental preparation and physical
training for a potentially life-threatening confrontation.
Lesson I: Learning Objectives

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Ethical Responsibility
• Tool of last resort
“The best way to win a confrontation is to
avoid a confrontation.”
• Are you capable of using deadly force?
• Preparation
• Religion
• Moral standards
• Judgment
• Mental preparation

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Mindset
• NEVER GIVE UP!!!!
• Training
• Develop a plan
• Practice visualization
• Practice the plan
• Continue training
• Visualize target
• Control the encounter

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Mental Awareness
 Levels of awareness
 Maintaining awareness

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Confronting an Intruder or Assailant
• Defensive confrontations
• Controlling the encounter
• Psychological reactions (five possible)
1. Fight
2. Flight
3. Freeze
4. Posture
5. Submit

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Confronting an Intruder or Assailant Cont…
• Physiological reactions
• Loss of fine motor skills
• Tunnel vision
• Auditory exclusion
• Time dilation
• Adrenaline rush
• Training for stress
• Visualization while training

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If You Must Shoot
• Number of shots
• No immediate effect or apparent injury
• Spotting hits
• Incoming fire

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Lesson Summary
Learning Objectives:
You should be able to:
• Explain the importance of using a firearm responsibly
and ethically for personal protection.
• Explain the importance of developing the proper
mindset for using a firearm for personal protection and
facing a life-threatening encounter.
• Explain and evaluate your state of mental awareness
using the four levels of awareness.
• Explain the importance of mental preparation and
physical training for a potentially life-threatening
confrontation.

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Questions
What ARE Your Questions?
The Next Lesson Will Be Personal Protection In
The Home Lesson II: Basic Defensive Pistol Skills