As noted in the post on the PPOH Class, the NRA has established the NRA Personal Protection In the Home class as a prerequisite for taking the Personal Protection Outside the Home course. The NRA will allow instructors to waive the PPIH prerequisite, but only if the student meets specific guidelines related to gun-handling skills. The primary concern is people having to draw from a holster or purse and fire, and draw, turn and fire. We who shoot in IDPA or IPSC competition sometimes forget that the majority of gun owners don’t have the opportunity to practice and develop those skills, because very few public ranges allow people to draw from a holster, much less draw, turn and engage.
The PPOH course spends a great deal of time on drawing and engaging, so being experienced in drawing and firing is not a requirement to waive PPIH. However, we need to make sure that anyone who does not take the PPIH course possess excellent gun-handling skills in all other respects such as muzzle discipline, trigger discipline, manipulating their firearm, clearing jams etc. So, if you feel you meet have the gun-handling skills to “test out� of the PPIH course, please send an email and we’ll talk about it on the phone and perhaps meet at PSC if you live in the area. Obviously, if you are an active IDPA or IPSC shooter, or a Thunder Ranch grad., then you're going to get a waiver.
Chas.
