Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
I did mine back in... 2010 perhaps. Maybe 2009. It was just a singular instructor course (unrelated to firearms for the most part), coupled with a basic pistol and one instance of supervising others during live firing, which really amounts to "stand near somebody" as far as most of those in attendance are concerned. There were some people in the instructor course with pretty much nill firearms experience, all got their certification. After that, taking any regular NRA course granted you the instructor label for the dicipline.
OK, they definitely dumbed down the curriculum, then. My condolences.