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Charles L. Cotton wrote: You wouldn't be on the hook at all. We instructors have immunity.

In the instructor course, they told us that there's vicarious liability, as in if we teach wrong or inadequately, we could civilly be on the hook for what a student does based on the incorrect knowledge.

Is there more to the story than what they taught?

I don't think anybody here is considering the possibility of vicarious liability in the number of class hours. Personally, I wouldn't go below about 8 hours. I just don't think I could get students to understand it all in less time.

If the required in-person class time were lowered to 4 hours, I would have an online pre-course with a test they have to pass before coming to the classroom. Total time spent for somebody with no knowledge of the laws would probably be around 12 hours in total (including classroom and range).

But 4 hours of total classroom without anything else to back it....no way. Most students would be OK with 4 hours because they're pretty with it, but I'm not putting my name on any of my student's bullets without some good training to get me off the hook.