Our Instructors

Women For Arms is committed to bringing students the highest quality learning experience possible. We work in a spirit of partnership to leverage the collective knowledge, skills, and abilities of fellow experts in our field. We partner with some of the most renowned firearms instructors in the United States. All Women For Arms instructors:

While most of our courses are led by a female instructor we have numerous male instructors who instruct/co-instruct at WFA. More importantly, all of our instructors are committed to providing a supportive, positive, and encouraging learning environment for our students.

Instructor Profile Summaries

Nicole Ferguson

 

Nicole Ferguson

 

Nicole is the founder of Women For Arms. She is a lifetime shooter and firearms enthusiast. Nicole holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the State University of Albany (SUNY-Albany) and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Psychology from Skidmore College. Nicole's training and firearms experience, includes:

          • Over 9 years experience developing and delivering adult training programs (as management consultant and in previous experience)
          • NRA Certified Range Safety Officer
          • NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol
          • NRA Certified Instructor: Shotgun
          • NRA Certified Instructor: Personal Protection Inside the Home
          • Guest Firearms Instructor and Range Safety Officer at Inquest Training Academy
          • Completed Georgia Private Investigator Firearms Certification Course (16 hrs.)
          • Completed Georgia Private Investigator Certification Course (95 hrs.)

        Nicole is a member of:

        • National Rifle Association (NRA)

 

 

"The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being..." - J.G.A. Pocock, describing the beliefs of the founders of the U.S.