Get to Know Our Firearms Training Coaches

Gulf Firearms Instruction LLC
Scott Thompson: Lead Instructor
  • Retired Police Officer (25 years), Retired SWAT Officer
  • NRA Training Counselor certified to train instructors in NRA Basic Handgun, Basic Rifle, Personal Protection in the Home and NRA CCW.
  • NRA Rifle Coach
  • Certified to teach Law Enforcement in pistol, revolver, shotgun, urban rifle and sniper
  • Church Safety Trainer, Past Church Safety Team founder and Director
  • 12 years Active Duty Military Navy shipboard self-defense and Anti-Terrorist Schools
  • Two Separate Tours Law Enforcement Counter Drug Operations with Coast Guard in Caribbean
  • NRA Basic Handgun Instructor
  • Defensive Carry 1 and Defensive Carry 2 Certifications
  • Dim Light, Defensive Carbine 1 and Defensive Carbine 2
  • Church Safety Trainer
Gulf Firearms Instruction LLC
James Brunson: Associate Instructor
Gulf Firearms Instruction LLC
Chris Ledbetter: Associate Instructor
  • NRA Basic Handgun Instructor
  • Worked as a reserve Police Officer
  • Defensive Carry 1 and Defensive Carry 2 Certifications Defensive Carbine, Defensive Shotgun, Dim Light, and Precision Rifle Certifications
  • Church Safety Trainer
  • Served US Air Force while in Vietnam augmented to Security Police
  • NRA Basic Handgun Instructor
  • Concealed Carrier for over 14 years
  • Defensive Carry 1 and Defensive Carry 2 Certifications
  • Co-Captain of a Church Safety Team
  • Church Safety Trainer
Gulf Firearms Instruction LLC
Dave Thompson: Associate Instructor