BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College is offering a series of basic pistol shooting courses for civilians designed to teach safety and marksmanship.

The classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 7 at the main campus in Butler Township; and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 8, at the Litman Range Facility off Route 8.

The two-day basic pistol training is being led by Michael Pearson, a training sergeant with the college’s campus police and a certified National Rifle Association instructor. Pearson also served as a firearms and tactics instructor in the Air Force and has been a police officer for 25 years.

Participants must be at least 21 years old and supply their own pistol, holster or case and ammunition. For more information or to register, call 724-287-8418 Ext. 8418, or visit www.bc3.edu/firearmtraining.