Latina Self Defense and Firearms Training in Houston
Taught by a Latina instructor who started where you are
Andrea leads the women led classes at Arm Your Friends. She is a Latina firearms instructor in Houston who has taken hundreds of first time shooters from never touched a gun to confident and safe on the line. For Latinas who want real self defense skills without the gun store attitude, her class is the front door.
Your first class
Basics of Pistol Shooting runs $125 to $145 and covers everything. The firearm, the ammo, eye and ear protection, range fees. No experience needed. Small groups, and at least three instructors supervise every live fire session.
Who we are
Arm Your Friends is a Black owned, community run firearm training collective in Houston. Women led classes, LGBTQ+ affirming, no NRA money. We train the people the industry ignored.
After class, you stay
Alumni join monthly range days and weekly practice nights. You leave with a skill and a crew that keeps you sharp.
Want the women led track? Start with our women led classes.
Also see: our woman firearms instructor, women's firearms training, and inclusive self defense training.
For questions: contact@armyourfriends.com
Be peaceful. Not harmless.
Founder & Lead Instructor
Instructor S. (He/Him)
NRA Pistol and Rifle Instructor with 6 years of experience teaching beginners, organizing training, and working in community organizing. He specializes in working with brand new shooters and intermediate level shooters.
Instructor
Andrea Q. (She/Her)
Andrea is a certified pistol instructor dedicated to creating safe, empowering spaces for women in firearms training. Through her classes, she's building a community where every student feels seen, supported, and capable.
NETWORK
THE COLLECTIVE
Our training group includes Infantry veterans with combat deployments, West Point Graduates, athletes, community organizers, survivors, and more whose real world experience we draw upon to inform our classes and conversations.