Good Girl With a Gun / Red Brick Road Training seeks to make the Second Amendment accessible to everyone.
About Tammy:
Tammy is based in Lawrence, KS serving the greater Kansas City, Topeka, and Manhattan areas and beyond. She is a firearms instructor as well as a passionate advocate for individual rights and safety. She has a BA in Public Relations and Marketing with a Specialization in Project Management from Ashford University and a certification in Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell University. Tammy also has an extensive background in advocacy and public relations.
Certifications
- NRA Pistol Instructor
- NRA Conceal Carry Instructor
- NRA Range Safety Officer
- USCCA Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals Instructor
- Missouri POST Handgun Instructor
- Agile Training and Consulting OC Spray Instructor
- Byrna Instructor
- Mental Health First Aid Instructor
Associations
- Kansas State Rifle Association – Training Committee Chairman and Board Secretary
- Women For Gun Rights, Kansas State Director
- NRA Member
- NSSF Member
- Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife – Becoming an Outdoor Woman (B.O.W.) Instructor
- National Council for Wellbeing – Certified Mental Health First Aider
- Firearms Trainers Association
- Guardian Nation
Training Taken
- Working with the Media – The Pew Charitable Trust
- Tactical Anatomy Summit – Steve Moses, Andy Anderson, Troy Miller, and Chuck Haggard
- ECQC (Extreme Close Quarters Concepts) – Craig Douglas, ShivWorks
- Handgun Accuracy – Tatiana Whitlock
- Training Habits of Highly Effective Gun Fighters – Darryl Bolke
- Pistol Skills Development – Greybeard Actual
- Managing Unknown Contacts / Street Encounter Skills – Chuck Haggard
- OC Spray / Less Lethal Tools for the Non-LE Instructor – Chuck Haggard
- Close Quarters Handgun – Chuck Haggard
- Pocket Rockets; Small Pistols and Snub Revolvers – Chuck Haggard
- Low Light Handgun – Chuck Haggard
- TacCon 2022, 2023, 2024
- Active Self Protection Conference 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (Instructor)
- Guardian Conference 2022, 2023, 2024
Where We Started
It may be hard to believe, but I used to be one of those people who thought only the police needed guns. It was their job, after all, to protect and serve. Then I worked for 13 years in child welfare, the last year as a child abuse investigator for the State of Kansas. I saw firsthand, over and over again, how absolutely worthless protective orders are. They don’t do anything to protect the vulnerable. They are simply a tool for the prosecution to use after the fact.
Prior to working in child welfare, I worked for three years in the mental health department of a maximum-security prison. While there, part of my job was to review new inmate’s files to see if they needed mental health services. To say that, between the two jobs, I was intimately knowledgeable about the evil things people will do would be an understatement.
That kind of exposure to what’s out there can sure make a person think. It got me thinking that maybe a handgun for protection wouldn’t be such a bad thing. However, after I made the decision to get a handgun for protection, it took me three years to find someone to help guide me. After that I promised myself I’d do what I could to make sure no one else who wanted to learn had as many struggles as I did.
Good Girl With a Gun Now:
Since then a lot has changed. I always joke that some people drink the Kool-Aid, but I filled a pool and dove right in. Now I enjoy all aspects of personal protection and shooting for sport. I’m working on a book about my journey. I’m also creating video content for new shooters to help them get started. I want to help them so they don’t have to be embarrassed or lost like I was.
Thus Good Girl With a Gun was born. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, taught me, and helped make this possible.
