29-19-7. Demonstration of ability and knowledge; course
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A. The department shall prepare and publish minimum standards for approved firearms training courses that teach competency with handguns. A firearms training course shall include classroom instruction and range instruction and an actual demonstration by the applicant of his ability to safely use a handgun. An applicant shall not be licensed unless he demonstrates, at a minimum, his ability to use a handgun of .32 caliber. An approved firearms training course shall be a course that is certified or sponsored by a federal or state law enforcement agency, a college, a firearms training school or a nationally recognized organization, approved by the department, that customarily offers firearms training.
The firearms training course shall be not less than fifteen hours in length and shall provide instruction regarding:
(1)knowledge of and safe handling of single- and double-action revolvers and semiautomatic handguns;
(2)safe storage of handguns and child safety;
(3)safe handgun shooting fundamentals;
(4)live shooting of a handgun on a firing range;
(5)identification of ways to develop and maintain handgun shooting skills;
(6)federal, state and local criminal and civil laws pertaining to the purchase, ownership, transportation, use and possession of handguns;
(7)techniques for avoiding a criminal attack and how to control a violent confrontation; and
(8)techniques for nonviolent dispute resolution.
B. Every instructor of an approved firearms training course shall annually file a copy of the course description and proof of certification with the department. History: Laws 2003, ch. 255, § 7.