Recent News
- Tall Guns has been awarded the right to use the By Colorado logo by the byColorado licensing program. This signifies companies that are based, design their products and make their products in Colorado. (10/2014)
- Colorado West Firearms Institute has joined the Tall Guns network Affiliated Independent Instructors licensing our Colorado Handgun Permit course program serving Colorado West from the Grand Junction area. (10/2014).
- Tall Guns announces a price reduction in its combined Colorado and Utah CCW/CFP Course. The new price is $99.95 for both highly valuable permit course. (08/2014)
- Tall Guns now offers certification training for security officers in firearm, baton, handcuff, Taser and OC Spray. (05/2014)
- Tall Guns is actively instructing courses at this time (June 2020).
- To support the ongoing efforts to control COVID-19, Tall Guns will be limiting class sizes to eight (8) persons. (16 Mar 2020).
- Tall Guns is certified as the only TASER certified civilian training academy location in Colorado (10/2012)
NRA Chief Range Safety Officer (CRSO)
Instructor Course
How does one become a Chief Range Safety Officer?
NRA Chief Range Safety Officers are people who possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations. This course requires the NRA Range Safety Officer certifications as a prerequisite.
The successful completion of this course will allow individuals to educate, train, and certify NRA Range Safety Officers.
This course is nine (8) hours in duration, if you need to take the NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT) add an additional 6 hours.
Those individuals who do not hold a trainer rating:
NRA Chief Range Safety Officers are people who possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations. This course requires the NRA Range Safety Officer certifications as a prerequisite.
The successful completion of this course will allow individuals to educate, train, and certify NRA Range Safety Officers.
This course is nine (8) hours in duration, if you need to take the NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT) add an additional 6 hours.
Those individuals who do not hold a trainer rating:
- must attend a Range Safety Officer course is a nine (9) hour course that consists of classroom time and practical exercises conducted on a range.
- this is an instructor-level course, so the Training Counselor must make sure that the individual has been through the NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT), which is a minimum of six (6) hours.
- may attend a Chief Range Safety Officer course put on by an NRA Training Counselor who also holds the Chief Range Safety Officer certification;
- this is an instructor-level course, so the Training Counselor must make sure that the individual has been through the NRA Basic Instructor Training, which is a minimum of six (6) hours