- Second Amendment advocate
- Paramedic in NYC for the last 12 years
– on an ambulance responding to 911 calls throughout the city
– as an educator training new EMTs - DC Project
- New York State Leader for the DC Project
- owner of Athena Defense Training
– Staten Island - chapter facilitator for A Girl and A Gun
– Staten Island - competes in local USPSA matches
About Lauren Hartnett
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The Daily Bullet – Lauren Hartnett
Jan 7, 2021
About Lauren Hartnett
Lauren Hartnett is a New York Second Amendment advocate, firearms instructor and emergency medical professional. She is president of Athena Defense Training, a training company she started on Staten Island and has since expanded to Long Island, offering firearms safety and marksmanship courses, situational awareness training and New York State concealed carry courses. She has worked in Emergency Medical Services in New York City since 2009, as an EMT and paramedic and now as a lieutenant. According to her company biography, she was introduced to the firearms world at age 19 and holds NRA instructor, Chief Range Safety Officer, USPSA Range Officer and American Heart Association instructor credentials.
Her advocacy work centers on women gun owners. She serves as the New York delegate for the DC Project, a nonpartisan group of women who meet with elected officials in Washington to speak for women who support the Second Amendment, and as facilitator of the Staten Island chapter of A Girl & A Gun. She also founded Girl’s Got A Gun, a Staten Island-based blog for women new to firearms. In November 2018 she was among the people featured on TIME magazine’s “Guns in America” cover. For gun owners in a state with some of the nation’s strictest carry laws, her training work focuses on helping residents navigate the New York permit process.
Key Facts
- 2009: Begins working in New York City Emergency Medical Services, later becoming a lieutenant.
- November 2018: Featured on TIME magazine’s “Guns in America” cover issue.
- DC Project: Serves as the group’s New York delegate.
- Athena Defense Training: President; courses include the New York State CCW course.
- Credentials: NRA instructor, Chief Range Safety Officer and USPSA Range Officer.
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