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Hampton PD offers firearm safety course

The Hampton Police Department is hosting a citizen firearm safety course.

Credit: Hampton

Credit: Hampton

The Hampton Police Department is hosting a citizen firearm safety course.
By Monroe Roark for the AJC
Dec 29, 2021

The Hampton Police Department has announced that its first Citizen Firearms Safety Course for 2022 is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 8, at 8 a.m. at the city’s firing range, 233 Richard Petty Blvd.

It is a four-hour course and will be taught by a certified law enforcement instructor from the city’s police department.

All participants must be 21 years of age or older with no felony convictions and pass a background check.

Applications, which can be obtained in person at the police department or online must be completed and turned in by Jan. 5.

Information: Officer Randy Downs at 770-905-4028 or rdowns@hamptonga.gov.

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