The Miami Herald reports that the school which hosted the course is located in Thermopolis. The course is three weeks long and students are not required to take it.

The course teaches the students how to properly handle a firearm and how to shoot at a distance.

The Hot Springs County District #1 superintendent, Dustin Hunt, and chairman of the school board, Sherman Skelton,  released a joint statement to McClatchy News explaining the reason for the course: