Basic Handgun Course

The purpose of the Basic Handgun Course is to help the participant develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude to safely and effectively handle and fire a handgun. The topics covered in both the classroom and range portions of this course form the core knowledge and skills used in all handgun shooting activities, from recreational shooting through competition and self-defense.

A Gun Owner's Responsibility
It is the gun owner's responsibility to store, operate, and maintain his or her firearms safely. It is the gun owner's responsibility to learn and obey all applicable laws that pertain to the purchase, possession and use of a firearm in his or her locale. Guns are neither safe nor unsafe by themselves. When gun owners learn and practice responsible gun ownership, guns are safe.

Topics Covered

Safety: basic firearm; firearm storage.
Handgun mechanics and operation: parts and operation; ammunition.
Handgun shooting skills: fundamentals; stance; grip; trigger control.
Common shooting errors.
Cleaning and maintaining your handgun.
Personal protection.
Practice: dry-fire; live-fire.

Fee/Registration
$85 (does NOT include indoor shooting range fee, handgun rental, or ammunition; each registrant must pay the indoor range for the amount of time spent on the range). Classes are typically 2-3 hours classroom and 1 hour range.
Registrant must already have their own handgun or can rent a handgun from the indoor shooting range. Registrant must also provide their own ammunition (recommended 100 rounds) and eye/hearing protection (which can also be rented from the indoor range).

Registration (click here) and payment must be received at least 2 weeks in advance of the course date/time so that course materials can be prepared in time for the class. Two options of payment: 1) Registrant can bring the $85 fee to Thunder Alley Indoor Range in Lincoln and inform the owner that the fee is for a Basic Handgun Class with Ron Attanasio, or 2) Make check payable to "Ronald Attanasio" and mail it to:
            Ronald Attanasio
            141 S. 90th Street
            Apt 417
            Lincoln, NE 68520

Next class:
TBD

Bring the following to the classroom:

Notepad and pen/pencil.
Your Nebraska driver's license or Military ID or Nebraska State Photo ID.
Your unloaded handgun.
NOTE: Keep your ammunition in a separate location from in the handgun while in the classroom!!!

Bring the following to the range:

The handgun should be either a semi-automatic handgun or a double-action revolver. (NOTE: when you come to the range, the handgun MUST BE UNLOADED and in either a case, gun bag, range bag or holster.)
At least two (2) magazines for semi-automatic handguns, or at least two (2) speed loaders for revolvers.
100 rounds of factory ammunition. (NOTE: Reloaded ammunition will NOT be allowed.)
Appropriate ear and eye protection.
If an outdoor range is used, wear clothing appropriate for the weather as the range portion of the class proceeds whether it's hot, cold, raining, or snowing.
If you wish to learn about using a holster for the handgun, then a holster appropriate for your handgun is necesssary; not a generic holster. It must be positioned only for your strong side hip (located on the hip side of your dominant/shooting hand), either Outside the Waistband (OWB) or Inside the Waistband (IWB). It MUST completely cover the trigger of your handgun. (NOTE: Cross-draw, shoulder, small of the back, pocket, and appendix holsters will NOT be allowed. Flexible/collapsible holsters will NOT be allowed.) An appropriate strong belt that will adequately support both your holster and your handgun when holstered.