Chris and Joy Allen are parents, pastors, and community leaders who believe that passion leads to purpose! Chris is a Marine Corps veteran, USCCA Certified Range Safety Officer (RSO), NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, and NC DOJ Certified Concealed Carry Handgun Instructor. Joy is a clinical research professional and certified firearm instructor and training counselor (credentials below). Together they share a love for people. Through community outreach and ministry work, they have witnessed far too many victims of violence, crime, ignorance, and opportunity.

So in May of 2017, with her husband's support, Joy decided to match her passion for helping people with her ability to train others in personal defense strategies, thereby founding E3 Personal Defense and Safety, LLC. 

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU: Every seminar, course, personal coaching session, consultation, and home party provided by E3 Personal Defense will EMPOWER our communities, one student at a time, by providing a safe and ENTHUSED environment with gold-standard EDUCATION and resources guaranteed to enhance one's firearms journey!

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Let me introduce myself! I am Joy Allen, a wife, mother, pastor, counselor, corporate professional, entrepreneur, author, and community leader who is passionate about educating and equipping others to live safe, enjoyable, and empowered lives! For many years, I have devoted my life to training and mentoring others to become effective leaders in business, the church, and society. And I've found that even the most successful and faithful citizens are generally ill-informed about basic safety, crime prevention, and personal defense, especially in minority communities.

This is why I'm fervently dedicated to establishing community safety initiatives, organizing crime prevention networks, and coaching, mentoring, and developing quality firearms instructors from diverse communities. I specialize in providing world-class safety, personal defense, situational awareness, and foundational firearm training to communities where such resources are scarce by partnering with churches and community groups, women's associations, small businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. When you enroll in an E3 Personal Defense training course, you are not only equipping yourself but also investing in someone else's opportunity to access information that may not otherwise be availed to them. You have my personal commitment that your experience will be a professional, safe, and enjoyable step toward your ability to self-protect. Together, we can transform potential victims into victors by instilling the proper knowledge, skills, and attitude for safe and enjoyable living!

JOY ALLEN
Training Counselor & Firearms Instructor

Certifications and Qualifications:

• Founder, President & CEO, InHER PIECE Ladies' Shooting Clubs

• NRA Certified Training Counselor

• USCCA Certified Training Counselor

• IFSA Certified Firearm Specialist

• GLOCK Certified Armorer

• Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response (ALERRT) Certified Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) Instructor

• Non-Lethal Defense and Security Consultant

• USCCA Certified Instructor

  • Concealed Carry and Home Defense​

  • Women's Handgun and Self-Defense

  • Emergency First-Aid Fundamentals

  • Countering the Mass Shooter

• USCCA Certified Range Safety Officer

• NAAGA Certified Firearms Instructor

• NC DOJ Certified Concealed Carry Handgun Course Instructor

• NRA Certified Instructor

  • Pistol​ and Marksmanship Fundamentals

  • Rifle Shooting Fundamentals

  • Defensive Pistol I (Personal Protection Inside the Home) Certified Instructor

  • Defensive Pistol II (Personal Protection Outside the Home) Certified Instructor

  • Refuse to Be a Victim® Instructor

• NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer

• NRA Women on Target® Clinic Staff Volunteer

• Distinguished Expert in Pistol and Defensive Pistol (I & II), Winchester (NRA) Marksmanship Program

• Official Partner, United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA)

• Leadership Team, Triangle NC Gun Club, National African-American Gun Association (NAAGA)

• Executive Team Advisory Board, NAAGA

• Member, Glock Sports Shooting Foundation (GSSF)

• Member, National Sports Shooting Foundation (NSSF)

• Member/Level 1 Competitive Shooter, International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)

• Fuquay-Varina Chapter Co-Leader, Armed Women of America (AWA)/The Well Armed Woman (TWAW)

• eChapter Member, A Girl with a Gun Shooting League

• Adult and Pediatric First Aid, CPR, and AED Certified, American Red Cross

• NAAGA Female Leadership Award Recipient, 2021

• Concerned Citizen with a Passion to Empower!