THE OUTDOOR CREW

This crew is not for everyone. The average member has been here 4.8 years.

WHAT WE DO

Outdoor range days — the last Saturday of every month in West Houston — for people who want to push their skills with carbines, pistols, and tactics. We train hard, we maintain the warehouse and gear together, and we build the infrastructure this community needs.

YOU CANNOT BUY YOUR WAY IN

Membership is decided by the members, not by a checkout page. The path: take a class with us, express your interest, and the crew votes. That's it. No shortcut, no exception, no price that skips the line.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • An active community servant
  • Eager to learn AND to share knowledge
  • Listens more, talks less
  • Humble, and eager to contribute to facilitating range days
  • Pragmatic
  • Embodies our values: protecting marginalized people, women, and POC — standing with those who cannot protect themselves
  • Not a career contrarian looking for validation of a worldview. You care more about the state of Houston and your neighbors than political labels, national politics, campaigns, or ideologies

Bonus points: a positive track record working with other organizations. Not an organization hopper, and not someone who struggles to get along with others.

THE DUES — SLIDING SCALE

Once you're voted in, you pick your number. Same membership, same access, at every level:

  • $40 — Work trade. Labor counts toward dues.
  • $70 — Preferred level. About what range days cost you now.
  • $100 — Equal share. Your true share of the storage, warehousing, and everything that makes range days possible.
  • $150 — Generous. Covers the attendance of people who'd otherwise be priced out.

Nobody checks your finances. Nobody gets turned away over money.

MORE THAN A GUN CLUB

Most people take community infrastructure for granted until they need it. We're building the version nobody built for us: training, gear, range days, and a warehouse that belong to the community — with no NRA money and no sponsorships from military-industrial contract chasers. For the people, by the people. Built to protect survivors and empower everyone the mainstream leaves out. It stays independent one way: the community commits to carrying it. That's what your membership is. Forever.

HOW TO START

1. Take a class with us. 2. Tell an instructor you want in, or email contact@armyourfriends.com. 3. The members vote.

VOTED IN? PICK YOUR NUMBER

Already a member? Manage everything in the Membership Portal.

Be peaceful. Not harmless.