The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office will offer a citizen’s firearms safety course this Tuesday, November 12th.

According to Sheriff Todd Entrekin, the course is offered free to the public and will be held at the Joe Ford Center on the campus of Gadsden State Community College from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Eighty seats are available for the class and registration is required.

Those who finished the classroom portion are given the option to attend a range day on Saturday, November 16th, to receive one-on-one help from Sheriff’s Office firearms instructors.

The range day is held at the Owls Hollow Shooting Range, which is operated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and maintained by the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office.

The range is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.

For additional information concerning the firearms safety course, contact Natalie Barton at nbarton@etowahcounty.org.