Concealed Carry NOLA

NRA Certified & LSP Registered Instructors

CCNOLA Concealed Handgun Permit Course

Cost for regular scheduled CHP course $100.00 per person

REFUND POLICY: If you signup for a class and need to change the date you registered for that is not a problem. If you signup and cancel without rescheduling you will be refunded $100 as long as the cancellation is not withing 48 hours of the class date. If you reschedule and then cancel the new date the cancellation will be assessed at the date and time you rescheduled.

Any cancellations within 48 hours of the course date will only be refunded $50. The credit card fee that was charged will not be refunded.

(Note: These rates only apply to our regular scheduled classes and not our private classes or in home or office private class)


Private Renewals $100.00 or $85.00 as part of a regular scheduled class. To find a date for a private renewal re-certification please visit the "Schedule" page of our website for dates available for a private class and click on that date to request it online.

Note: Call Dave Newman at 504-430-7409 for military and senior citizen discounts. (Only one discount per customer per class)


CCNOLA Concealed Handgun Permit Course Description:


Lesson # 1 – Pistol Knowledge and Safe Gun Handling

Identify the principle parts of a pistol and revolver, their nomenclature, types of action, and demonstrate how they function.

Name, explain, and adopt the NRA rules for safe gun handling.

Demonstrate how to handle pistols in a safe manner.


Lesson # 2 – Child and Unauthorized Person Access Prevention

State the importance of preventing children from accessing firearms without proper supervision.

Identify 3 ways that children can be prevented from accessing firearms.

Assess the various ways that child access can be prevented and determine which ways are best suited for them

Describe the value of redundancy in any security regimen.

Resolve to implement an effective child access prevention strategy with respect to firearms under their control.

Appreciate the inherent value of gun proofing kids in addition to kid proofing guns.


Lesson # 3 – Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting

The different components of a pistol cartridge.

The firing sequence of a cartridge.

How to properly store ammunition.

The major types of cartridge malfunctions and how to handle them safely.

The fundamentals of pistol shooting.


Lesson # 4 – The Use of Deadly Force and Conflict Resolution

The OODA loop and the awareness and avoidance in potentially confrontational situations.

Jeff Cooper’s system of color codes that describe awareness.

How body language and eye contact can prevent and/or de-escalate potentially confrontational situations.

What conduct is justified under LRS 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:21, and 14:22, and how the reasonable person standard is applied.

Justification Theory under the competing harms doctrine.

What less than lethal force options may be available and when they may be appropriate.


Lesson # 5 – Handgun Shooting Positions

Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to safely and accurately shoot a handgun from bench rest, two hand standing, and one hand standing positions.

Properly score a pistol target.

Explain the basic guideline for purchasing a pistol.


Lesson # 6 – Range Firing and Pistol Cleaning

Shoot targets safely from the 3 basic positions.

Hit the silhouette area of a B-27 target 36 times in 36 attempts; 12 rounds each at 6 feet, 10 feet, and 15 feet, while performing at least 1 safe reload at each distance.

Identify the materials and process needed to clean a pistol safely.

Clean a pistol safely.


Assessments - Each Student Must:

Hit the silhouette area of a B-27 target 36 times in 36 attempts; 12 rounds each at 6 feet, 10 feet, and 15 feet, while performing at least 1 safe reload at each distance.

Receive an acceptable score on a Basic Pistol Shooting Course examination.

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