(h) Demonstrates competence
with a firearm by any one of
the following:
1. Completion of any
hunter education or hunter
safety course approved by
the Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission or a
similar agency of another
state;
2. Completion of any
National Rifle Association
firearms safety or training
course;
3. Completion of any
firearms safety or training
course or class available to
the general public offered
by a law enforcement, junior
college, college, or private
or public institution or
organization or firearms
training school, utilizing
instructors certified by the
National Rifle Association,
Criminal Justice Standards
and Training Commission, or
the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer
Services;
4. Completion of any law
enforcement firearms safety
or training course or class
offered for security guards,
investigators, special
deputies, or any division or
subdivision of law
enforcement or security
enforcement;
5. Presents evidence of
equivalent experience with a
firearm through
participation in organized
shooting competition or
military service;
6. Is licensed or has
been licensed to carry a
firearm in this state or a
county or municipality of
this state, unless such
license has been revoked for
cause; or
7. Completion of any
firearms training or safety
course or class conducted by
a state-certified or
National Rifle Association
certified firearms
instructor;
A photocopy of a certificate
of completion of any of the
courses or classes; or an
affidavit from the
instructor, school, club,
organization, or group that
conducted or taught said
course or class attesting to
the completion of the course
or class by the applicant;
or a copy of any document
which shows completion of
the course or class or
evidences participation in
firearms competition shall
constitute evidence of
qualification under this
paragraph; any person who
conducts a course pursuant
to subparagraph 2.,
subparagraph 3., or
subparagraph 7., or who, as
an instructor, attests to
the completion of such
courses, must maintain
records certifying that he
or she observed the student
safely handle and discharge
the firearm;
