
NRA Home Firearms Safety Course (non-shooting course)
There are two steps:
Step 1: Register for the course with the NRA, which allows the instructor to present you with the NRA Certificate at the successful conclusion of the course.
Step 2: Pay for the course below:
About this course:
Do you live with firearms in your home or want to be safe when you come across firearms in your home or elsewhere? This course is for you. The NRA Home Firearm Safety Course is a four-hour, non-shooting classroom program that teaches the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitude required for safe gun handling and storage in the home.
About your instructor:
Tim Ernst is a NRA-certified instructor in rifle and pistol with 20+ years of firearms experience. He founded RavenWood Training in 2016. Tim has taught youth in Rifle at the Falls Township Rifle and Pistol Association, he’s an Endowment Member of NRA, and a FTRPA member for over 15 years (trap, sporting clays, rifle, pistol, plinking). He has over 30 years of experience with hunting (bear, deer, waterfowl) and firearms. Participates in Action Steel & NRL22 as much as he can. Initially trained in the U.S. Navy, he’s also quite active in his community as a volunteer firefighter/engineer at a local fire company.
Tim is a NRA-Certified Instructor in the Rifle and Pistol disciplines. He’s also a range safety officer and has always enjoyed firearms, learning about firearms and history, as well as learning from his students as much as he instructs them.

