Sat, Nov 79:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Start
New Owner: Safe Handling
For anyone who has never held a firearm, or just bought one. Loading, unloading, clearing, and storing it safely.
Brushy Creek Indoor Range · 4 hrs
Safety, awareness and defensive skills
Prepared
is quiet.
Most of being prepared has nothing to do with a firearm. It is noticing early, stepping away, keeping your home safe, knowing the law, and being able to stop a bleed. When there is truly no other choice, it is the skill to end a threat safely. I teach all of it, at ranges and classrooms across the Triangle.
12years teaching
4,000+students
8max per instructor
4locations
The approach
Avoid. Escape. Only then, defend.
Every class begins and ends with safety. Force is the last option, and most of what I teach is about never needing it.
- 01
Mindset & awareness
Notice early, avoid, de-escalate. The best outcome is the one where nothing happens.
- 02
Safety at home
Safe storage, kids and guests, and a family plan everyone in the house knows.
- 03
Skill
Safe handling first, then fundamentals, then defensive shooting under stress.
- 04
Judgment & the law
When force is justified, when it is not, and what happens in the hours after.
- 05
Care
Stop the bleed and trauma first aid. The life you save may be someone you love.
- 06
Practice
Skills fade. You leave every class with a plan to keep them, and reminders to use it.
Progression
Start where you are.
- 1
Start
Handle a firearm safely and make your home safe.
New Owner: Safe Handling · Home & Family Safety · Women's Foundations
- 2
Carry
Earn your permit, then learn to carry responsibly.
NC Concealed Carry Permit · Carrying Responsibly
- 3
Defend
Decision-making and skill under realistic stress.
Defensive Pistol 1 · Low Light & Home Defense
- 4
Sustain
Monthly practice nights and a dry-fire plan.
Practice nights · Dry-fire plan
Open to everyone, no firearm needed: Stop the Bleed & Trauma Care · Awareness & Avoidance
Schedule
Upcoming classes
Tue, Nov 106:30 – 9:30 PM
Start
Home & Family Safety
Safe storage, talking to kids, guests in the house, and a written family plan. Bring your partner free.
Ironwood Community Center · 3 hrs
Sat, Nov 148:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Carry
NC Concealed Carry Permit
The state-required course: law, safety, and the qualification. Certificate the same day.
Cedar Hollow Rifle & Pistol Club · 8 hrs
Sun, Nov 151:00 – 5:00 PM
Start
Women's Foundations
A small, women-only class. Safe handling, fundamentals, and a home plan — at your pace.
Brushy Creek Indoor Range · 4 hrs
Thu, Nov 196:30 – 9:00 PM
Care
Stop the Bleed & Trauma Care
Tourniquets, wound packing and pressure. Leave with a kit for your car and home.
Ironwood Community Center · 2.5 hrs
Sun, Nov 229:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Carry
Carrying Responsibly
What the permit class leaves out: drawing from concealment, holstering safely, and when not to.
Cedar Hollow Rifle & Pistol Club · 6 hrs
Retreats
Train away from the noise.
Mar 19 – 21, 2027
Three-Day Defensive Intensive
Laurel Gap Training Ranch, NC mountains
Three days of instruction, lodging and meals. Mornings on the range, afternoons on awareness, law and medical. Eight students.
$1,150 See the itinerary
Apr 24 – 25, 2027
Family Preparedness Weekend
Cedar Hollow cabins, Ashby Ford
For households with teens. First aid, a home plan, safe storage, and an optional range morning for adults.
$480 per family See the itinerary
Instructor
Jordan Hale
Calm, precise, and patient with beginners. I teach people to carry the responsibility, not just the firearm — and to know when the right answer is to leave.
About me →“I bought a pistol after a break-in on our street and was honestly scared of it. Jordan started with the safe and the kids, not the trigger. I sleep better now.”
“The permit class covered the law. Carrying Responsibly is where I learned what carrying actually asks of you — including all the times you should walk away.”
“Stop the Bleed should be required for everyone. I put a kit in both cars the same night.”
Open to the public
Clinics & practice nights
- Sat, Nov 21 · 10 AMFree safe-storage clinic & cable-lock giveawayIronwood Community Center
- Wed, Dec 9 · 6 PMMonthly practice night (graduates)Brushy Creek Indoor Range
- Tue, Jan 12 · 7 PMNeighborhood awareness talkAshby Ford Library
Private instruction
One on one. Or the whole household.
At a range near you, or a home-safety session with your family.