NRA gun safety courses offered in the area

(File) NRA instructor and founder of the area's A Girl and A Gun shooting league in Eclectic, Jodie McGirt, is hosting two NRA basic pistol shooting courses for anyone interested in learning more about firearm safety. Classes are scheduled for Feb. 1 and Feb. 22 from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.  

When women were offered safety tips at a course at God’s Congregation Holiness Church in Jordanville last month, Tallassee Police Department chief Matthew Higgins suggested they take a course to help them become familiar with carrying a weapon.

"If you're going to carry a gun, you better know how to use it if the time ever comes,” Higgins said at the course when women asked questions about handguns.