EMPRESS is women's firearms training in Columbus Ohio and the wider Central Ohio area, created for women who want to feel calm and capable around a firearm. Private, women only, and entirely judgment free. Everything is provided, nothing is assumed, and no experience is needed.
No pressure. We will send details and hold your place.
Most women who come to us have never held a firearm, or held one once and never again. That is exactly who this is for. A beginner firearms class for women should feel unhurried and kind, and ours does. You will never be rushed, corrected in front of a room, or made to feel behind.
Classes are for women only. No husbands, no boyfriends, no exceptions. A student learns best when no one she loves is watching or waiting for her to get it right.
This is not tactical training. There is no shouting, no ego, and no theatre. Our women's gun classes in Central Ohio are calm, foundational education, the understanding that comes from knowing exactly what you are holding and why. Instruction is led by a United States Marine, a law enforcement officer with more than two decades in policing.
Everything is provided. A range of firearms to try, all ammunition, ear and eye protection, your own classroom manual to keep, instruction and materials, and catered meals each day. You arrive with nothing but yourself.
Because every group is small and every course is arranged personally, private firearms lessons for women are the natural shape of what we do, whether you come alone or with a circle of friends.
A three day beginner firearms class for women, taught in a small group of up to five women. Private cohorts and larger groups can be arranged on request. Awareness and safety, then safe handling and live shooting at your pace, then the ways to carry and store a firearm at home.
Private firearms lessons for women, taught only to you or to a small circle of women you choose. The pace, the questions and the range time belong entirely to your group.
A bespoke experience hosted privately by the founder, arranged around you from the first conversation to the last day.
Pricing for all three is listed on the EMPRESS offerings page, and every price is fully inclusive.
Courses are held at private facilities across Central Ohio. There is no storefront and no walk in counter. Each course is arranged personally, with the classroom and range settings handled for you.
Women travel to us from Columbus, Dublin, New Albany, Upper Arlington, Bexley, Powell, Westerville, Worthington, Gahanna and Pickerington, and from Granville, Lancaster and Zanesville a little farther out. If you are anywhere in the region, you are close enough.
If women's concealed carry education in Ohio is where you are headed, tell us when you write. We build the foundation everything else rests on, then talk through the right path for you.
No. You do not have to own one or have ever touched one. Everything is provided and we start where you are.
No. Beginners are who we built EMPRESS for.
Yes. Private, women only, judgment free.
At private facilities across Central Ohio.
Firearms, ammunition, protective gear, instruction, materials, and catered meals.
We teach the education and fundamentals women actually want to understand first.
Write to us with a little about yourself and what you would like to understand. Every course is arranged personally, and we will take it from there.
Prefer to talk? Call or text (614) 632-7105.
