Joe Casey

Overview of the fundamentals of creating a personal and home defense plan as well as quick tips and tricks to improve home safety without breaking the bank.

Practice the fundamentals of safe handling, shooting, and cleaning pistols while learning range safety and etiquette.

Overview of parts, tools and steps to building your own AR15 including tips and tricks, common mistakes and purchasing parts

Never even touched a firearm before? Perfect! This introductory course to handling, storing, firing, and cleaning firearms is designed for new shooters to acquaint themselves with the essential mindset, tools, and skills necessary for carrying a firearm in and out of the home.

Pre-CWP certification designed for Hope Lutheran's safety team who are looking to brush up their knowledge and skillset before the full CWP certification.

The classroom portion of the course looks into how and where women are targeted,and discussion of lifesaving techniques and tips to deploy if ever a violent encounter becomes absolutely unavoidable

From Vulnerable to Vigilant is more than a course—it’s a guided journey toward reclaiming personal power, confidence, and control. Designed for individuals who want to take charge of their safety—whether you’re facing potential risk or rebuilding after past experiences—this program focuses on transforming fear into awareness, hesitation into preparedness, and vulnerability into strength. Through responsible firearms education, you’ll develop a clear understanding of safety principles, situational awareness, and personal defense mindset in a supportive, judgment-free environment. This course emphasizes:

Confidence through knowledge – understanding safe, responsible firearm handling

Situational awareness – recognizing and avoiding potential threats before they escalate

Empowered decision-making – building the mindset to act with clarity under pressure

Personal strength – reinforcing that your safety and your voice matter

Every step is built around respect, empowerment, and choice—meeting you where you are and helping you move forward stronger, more aware, and better prepared.

This isn’t about fear. It’s about freedom.

New to pistols? This class is for you! In this class we break down the fundamentals of pistol shooting and work on keeping consistent grips, balanced and unbalanced stances, different sight pictures and more!

Building on the fundamentals, this class is designed for students looking to effectively utilize their firearm in real-world defensive scenarios to quickly, safely and effectively to stop a potential threat.

A breakdown of South Carolina law pertaining to carrying, do's and dont's as well as a walk-through of real scenarios to better understand the legality of defending yourself with a firearm.

The fundamentals of riflery, including functions and operations of a bolt action and AR platforms. Includes a brief introduction to defensive applications

New to pistols? This class is for you! In this class we break down the fundamentals of pistol shooting and work on keeping consistent grips, balanced and unbalanced stances, different sight pictures and more!

Practice the fundamentals of safe handling, shooting, and cleaning pistols while learning range safety and etiquette.

Building on the fundamentals, this class is designed for students looking to effectively utilize their firearm in real-world defensive scenarios to quickly, safely and effectively to stop a potential threat.