Name: Firearms Fundamentals - Morning Session
Start: 2025-05-03T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-04T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Stone Mountain (Atlanta, GA )

Seating for this course is extremely limited, and registration is required to attend!
This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of firearms safety and weapons handling to individuals with little or no firearms experience. This course aligns with the Operation Blazing Sword curriculum outline, and emphasizes a safe and non-judgmental environment.
This course will cover:
Col. Cooper’s Rules of Firearms Safety.
Types of firearms and how they work
How to recognize a loaded firearm from an unloaded one.
How to load a firearm. (Yours, if you have one and want training with it; one of ours if you don't.)
Proper stance, breathing, and aiming technique. (BRASS-F)
How to hit a target effectively.
How to unload a firearm and render it safe.
General principles of assembly and disassembly.
There are 3 parts ("Phases") to this course. They must be completed in sequence in order to be allowed to attend the next stage. This is to ensure a safe and effective learning experience and has been proven out by past performance.
Students that follow our curriculum have a higher likelihood of performing well in live-fire environments.
1. Prior to Class - Approximately 3-5 Hours - Interactive online module. Free and available 24/7 at your own pace here:
https://academy.osgatl.com/course/firearms-fundamentals
Through written/narrated lessons and video, we'll get you introduced to all of the above concepts at your own pace and in your own comfortable environment.

2. Day 1: Approximately 4 Hours - Hands-On Dry Practice and reinforcement. In a small group setting, we'll go through the same concepts that you covered in the online module, but this time with hands on practice. You will handle unloaded firearms and practice all of the above concepts. At the end of this module, you'll be able to demonstrate safe handling of pistols, rifles, and shotguns. If you do not wish to attend a live-fire range session, you can stop here. At the end of this module, we'll cover the details for the Live Fire Range Session.

3. Day 2 - Approximately 4 Hours plus travel time - Live Fire Range Session (Optional). We'll meet at a shooting range, and you'll be provided the opportunity to apply your skills in a live fire environment. You will fire at least 10 rounds of ammunition at paper, steel, or electronic targets and receive feedback from your instructors. This is not a qualification course, and your performance is not graded.

The goal of this class is to provide you with a basic understanding of the fundamentals, so that you can go forward to make your own decisions around further firearm training, education, ownership and utilization.
This class is open to all individuals 21+ years of age who are not prohibited by local, state, or federal law from possessing a firearm. SEATING IS LIMITED AND REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
You must complete the FREE, Online "Firearms Fundamentals" module (https://academy.osgatl.com/course/firearms-fundamentals) in order to attend the in-person portion of this course.
You do not have to own a firearm to attend this course.
We are disability and neurodivergent friendly, and will strive as much as possible to make this course accessible within the bounds of physics and reason.
If you have specific accommodation needs, please make them known when registering for this course, as it will allow us to apply the maximum possible effort to achieving them.