• NRA Certified Instructor - Basic Pistol
• NRA Certified Instructor - Home Firearm Safety
• NRA Certified Instructor - Refuse to be a Victim
• NRA Certified Range Safety Officer
• USCCA Real Estate Safety Training
• USCCA Countering the Mass Threat shooter 
• USCCA Women's Handgun & Self-Defense Fundamentals​

Personal training classes taken in 2021/2022:

• Advanced Firearm Tactical 8/2021  2Gun Sergeants
• 3-day Defensive Pistol Certification Course 10/2021 Spartan Tactical Training
• 2-day Master Blade Concepts Training  04/2022 Spartan Tactical Training

Visual Learn provides comprehensive training classes with Certified NRA Instructors.  Our classes exceed the NRA and USCCA firearms safety guidelines.

Certifications:

• Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED certified
• FEMA Certified Critical Infrastructure against insider threats
• FEMA Certified Active Shooter

Member of:
 

• National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Gun Owners of America (GOA)
• Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)

• NRA Basic Pistol
• NRA Range Safety Officer
• NRA Refuse To Be A Victim
• NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home
• USCCA  Conceal Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals
• USCCA Basic Pistol
• USCCA Home Defense
• Conceal Carry for North Carolina NCDOJ - NC Criminal Justice Standards Division 
• Certified instructor for The Well Armed Woman
• Certified Troysgate Theater Director Troysgate, Inc.

Personal training classes taken:

• De-Escalation: Strategies for Best Possible Outcomes - Train the Trainer Command Presence
• Officer Survival I  02/2019
• Glock Operator Course - Glock Training  03/2020

Certifications:

• Glock Armorer
• Smith & Wesson Armorer
• AHA/Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor

Member of:

• National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Grass Roots of North Carolina (GRNC)
• Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
• US Conceal Carry Association (USCCA)
• North Carolina Law Enforcement Woman's Association (NCLEWA)

Shelley Esposito Gurley lives in the Raleigh/Durham area, Shelley has been shooting for over 15 years and instructing for over 12 years.  

She enjoys working with new/newer shooters and has a real knack for working with women.  "As a woman in a male-dominated industry, I can appreciate and value how differently women learn and how they want to be taught."
With my work in law enforcement, I am able to bring a dynamic and defensive approach to self-defense, which makes my one-on-one lessons exciting, interesting, and realistic.
 

I teach classes throughout the year and I am available for private lessons.  

Shelley enjoys developing shooting drills for the range and dry fire drills for at-home training for all of her clients.  
 

• NRA Basic Pistol
• NRA Refuse To Be A Victim
• NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home
• USCCA  Conceal Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals
• USCCA Basic Pistol
• USCCA Home Defense
• USCCA Women's Handgun & Self-Defense Fundamentals
• Conceal Carry for North Carolina NCDOJ - NC Criminal Justice Standards Division.

Certifications:

• Stop The Bleed
• ARC Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED certified
• ARC Wildness First Aid
• AVERT
• SAFE
• N.C. CERT INSTRUCTOR
• WOMEN DEFENSE COUNCIL
• STOP THE RAPE

Member of:

• National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Grass Roots of North Carolina (GRNC)
• US Conceal Carry Association (USCCA)

Wendy Ella May lives in the Johnston County area, Wendy has been shooting for over 45 years and instructing for over 40 years.  Wendy enjoys working with all types and skill levels shooters and has a real knack for working with LGBTQ community as well as women.  "As a non-binary in a male-dominated industry, I can appreciate and value how different genders learn and how they want to be taught."

With my longtime history in emergency services and as a U.S.Army Veteran as well as a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence, I am able to bring a dynamic and defensive approach to self-defense, which makes my one-on-one lessons exciting, interesting, and realistic.

I teach classes throughout the year and I am available for private lessons.