Proof of competency must be presented at the time of your scheduled appointment (if an appointment is required) or when you bring your application into the sheriff’s office.

Presenting a hunter education or hunter safety card;

If you took a National Rifle Association firearms safety or training course if handgun safety was a component of the course and you have your certificate;

If you have a certificate of completion for a firearms safety course from a school that has NRA instructors or police officers that teach the classes. You always have to have the handgun safety element in the class.  If it deals with rifles, it won’t suffice;

f you got certified in this state or any other state for armed security or as a police officer and you can show proof that a portion of the training involved handgun safety.  This might be your training affidavit from the instructor (In Oregon, that would be your PS-6 form)

Experience with a handgun through participation in organized shooting competition or military service;

Showing your old concealed handgun from Oregon

Doing an NRA or law enforcement handgun class and presenting that certificate when you go in to the county sheriff’s office.