Our Trainers

Virginia Duncan - Owner

Sean Duncan Jr. - Offers training to men

Background - Former Chairman of the San Diego Fish and Wildlife Advisory Commission, V. Pres of San Diego Wildlife Federation, V. President. of California Youth Adventures, President of San Diego Junior Pheasant Hunt, and member of USCCA, CRPA, NRA, VFW, FFA, and IHEA.

Founder of Adams County Sheriff's Foundation.

Instructor Experience - NRA Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun Instructor, Multi-State Hunter Education Instructor, and NRA Chief Range Safety Officer. Teaches private classes to women and youth.

2A Activities - Hunts, target shoots, and plaintiff in national case Duncan v. Bonta.

Favorite Quote - Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. - Thomas Paine

Sean Duncan Jr. - Offers training to men

Background - US Army veteran. Active army infantry, combat engineer reservist.

Instructor Experience - US Army Small Arms Instructor. Close-quarter combat and room-clearing instructor. US Army Range Safety Officer (9 years and counting). 17 years of combat arms experience.

Vast experience in real-world situations with a wide variety of optics that have multiple applications that he brings to his students to help them make the right choices to meet their individual needs.

Multiple years of experience dealing with the protection of property and perimeter defensive strategies that enable his students to make wise decisions that fit their situation.

2A Activities - Target shooting.

Favorite Quote - Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Curtis Duncan - Offers training to men

Sean Duncan Jr. - Offers training to men

Randall Benavides - Offers training to men

Background - USMC veteran, San Diego County sheriff's deputy (Former), Adams County sheriff's deputy (Current).

Instructor Experience - NRA instructor, Certificate in Firearms Technology through SDI, 2.5 years of experience as an Operations chief, planning, coordinating, and running multiple training and range operations, specializing in designated marksman and breaching training. USMC Range Safety Officer. Assisted training in close quarters combat, and room clearing in both military and law enforcement (active shooter) scenarios.

Multiple years of experience working and training in small unit clandestine tactics to achieve varying tasks.

2A Activities - Tactics nerd, target shooting.

Favorite Quote - We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. - Archilochus

Randall Benavides - Offers training to men

Stuart "Mac" McFarland - Offers training to men

Randall Benavides - Offers training to men

Background - Adam's County Sheriff's Deputy, Base certificate in firearms tech from RK Gunsmithing.

Instructor Experience - Several years of training with small teams to achieve various tasks including room clearing and close-quarter combat in multiple situations. Experience working in a local gun shop working with and on firearms.

2A Activities - Hunt, and target shoot.

Favorite Quote - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Aaron Hoye - Offers training to men

Stuart "Mac" McFarland - Offers training to men

Background - United States Navy (USN) professional machine gun and small arms weapons instructor.

Instructor Experience - Armorer and rangemaster and is qualified in Naval Special Warfare Range Operations and Safety. Served as the Force Range Safety Officer for the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet; overseeing the small arms and machine gun qualifications and practices for over 40+ commands.

2A Activities - Aaron has served his community in multiple facets to include veteran hunting organizations, women shooting organizations, and youth hunting organizations.

Favorite Quote - There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.

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Stuart "Mac" McFarland - Offers training to men

Background - US Army veteran, USCCA member, NRA youth shotgun/shooting sports coach.

Instructor Experience - 20 years of experience in the US Army with multiple facets of marksmanship. Aerial gunnery, pistol marksmanship, small arms weapons training. Close-quarter combat and room-clearing instructor.

2A Activities - Dedicated backcountry hunter, and waterfowler. USPSA occasional shooter, volunteer my time to teach youth shotgun shooting skills all the way to the state competitive level. Constant pistol target/ tactical shooter in my spare time.

Favorite Quote - Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and the man who leads that gains the victory. - George S. Patton