About Us
Sling & Stone Defense-Training, LLC is a Chicago-based training company built on a simple conviction: It's What's In The Heart, Not The Hands. — IWITHNTH
Sling & Stone was established to help individuals develop the judgment, discipline, practical skill, confidence, and sound judgment required to protect life responsibly in every circumstance. The goal is not aggression, but readiness, restraint, and principled action—qualities that continue to shape lives beyond the classroom and the range.
Our mission is to shape the heart that carries every tool and every responsibility — developing people of character, sound judgment, and principled conscience who are prepared to serve their communities and protect innocent life in any circumstance. Training refines the hands, but the heart is where readiness, restraint, and courage begin. Skill is always guided by conscience.
First-time firearm owners, licensed carriers seeking real proficiency, families building a preparedness plan, and churches, schools, businesses, and nonprofits strengthening organizational readiness — as well as anyone seeking to develop a general, healthy, safe, and knowledgeable understanding of firearms.
Small-group and one-on-one instruction that meets students where they are: safety first, fundamentals next, then judgment and decision-making under realistic pressure.
Brand Mark
IWITHNTH — an abbreviation of “It’s Within The Heart,” the condensed voice of Sling & Stone Defense-Training, LLC’s founding motto, “It's What's In The Heart, Not The Hands.”
IWITHNTH is the signature of Sling & Stone Defense-Training, LLC — the conviction that the heart, not the hands, carries every tool and every responsibility. It identifies the character at the foundation of our training: readiness, restraint, and principled action, shaped before skill. The mark appears across our instruction, materials, and communications as the voice of an organization built to shape the heart that protects.
Sling & Stone Defense-Training, LLC — Chicago, IL
Chief Instructor
Samuel founded Sling & Stone to help individuals develop the judgment, discipline, practical skill, and confidence required to protect life responsibly. Every course is taught with the same standard he holds himself to: readiness, restraint, and principled action.
