Train with Jim Belanger — NRA and USCCA Training Counselor

Jim Belanger is the owner and lead instructor of Paragraph 2, LLC. He is an NRA Training Counselor and a USCCA Training Counselor. Over the last five years he has certified approximately 600 instructors.

You are learning from someone who trains the trainers. Classes stay focused on safety, lawful carry, and passing the qualification your agency requires.

Paragraph 2 offers instructor-level courses for people who want to teach. These are separate from CCW permit classes.

Jim Belanger is an NRA and USCCA Training Counselor — the level that trains and certifies other instructors — and the lead instructor behind Paragraph 2, LLC.

He teaches the California DOJ 16-hour initial and 8-hour renewal CCW courses, basic pistol, rifle and shotgun, home and family defense, women’s handgun, AR15, and seminars at Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga and Irvine. He is an approved CCW trainer for the Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego county sheriff departments.

Students consistently say the same thing: he teaches the what, the why, and the how — patiently, in plain language, and without ego. Classroom instruction and live-fire qualification are built for every level of shooter, from a first-time gun owner to a permit holder requalifying.

We the People: Reclaiming Our Republic

A Call to Restore the Foundations of Liberty

Jim is also an author. We the People examines the constitutional foundations behind the right he trains people to exercise responsibly — a companion to the legal block he teaches in every CCW course.

Training counselor

NRA Training Counselor #258550854

USCCA Training Counselor #2348117

NRA Chief Range Safety Officer #258550854

CCW instructor

NRA Certified CCW Instructor #258550854

USCCA Certified CCW Instructor #2348117

State of Utah CCW Instructor

NRA certified instructor

NRA Certified Pistol Instructor #258550854

NRA Certified Rifle Instructor #258550854

NRA Certified Shotgun Instructor #258550854

NRA Certified Instructor — Personal Protection Inside the Home #258550854

NRA Certified Instructor — Personal Protection Outside the Home #258550854

USCCA & specialty certifications

USCCA Certified Home Defense Fundamentals #2348117

USCCA Certified Countering the Mass Shooter #2348117

USCCA Certified Women's Handgun #2348117

AR15 Instructor

Stop the Bleed Instructor

Sheriff department approved trainer

Riverside County Sheriff Dept. Approved Trainer

LA County Sheriff Dept. Approved Trainer

Orange County Sheriff Dept. Approved Trainer

San Diego County Sheriff Dept. Approved Trainer

Are instructor courses the same as CCW permit classes?

No.

Do I need a CCW to take an instructor course?

Ask when you book. Requirements depend on the certification.

Who teaches the instructor courses?

Jim Belanger, NRA and USCCA Training Counselor.

Instructor-level certification courses. These are not sheriff CCW permit classes.

NRA Shotgun Instructor Workshop. Friday, November 13, 2026. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $240 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd, Eastvale, CA 92880. 16 seats left.

NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT). Tuesday, November 24, 2026 – Wednesday, November 25, 2026. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $240 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd, Eastvale, CA 92880. 17 seats left.

NRA Pistol Instructor Workshop (with BIT). Tuesday, November 24, 2026 – Wednesday, November 25, 2026. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $225 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd., Eastvale, CA 92880. 16 seats left.

USCCA CCW & Home Defense Fundamentals — Instructor Certification. Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Sunday, December 13, 2026. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $600 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd, Eastvale, CA 92880. 15 seats left.

NRA Certified Instructor — PPITH. Tuesday, December 15, 2026. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $225 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd., Eastvale, CA 92880. 17 seats left.

NRA Certified Instructor — PPOTH. Thursday, January 7, 2027 – Friday, January 8, 2027. 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. $240 USD. Venue: Paragraph 2 Training Center — Eastvale, 14995 River Rd., Eastvale, CA 92880. 17 seats left.