About Us

Caring for Our Clients

To be human is to go through ups and downs. We believe that times of hardship should be met with an outpouring of compassion and camaraderie.

Supporting Our Rights

While many organizations use “gun safety” as a cover to take away your rights, our focus is to never compromise rights for the sake of “safety”.

Vetted Processes

Each HMG Storage Partner is vetted through a process that includes attorney review of storage contract, and proof of licensing and insurance coverage.

How is Hold My Guns® making a difference?

Hold My Guns® connects our donors and FFL partners to provide crisis services to their communities.

Firearms Storage

Offsite storage helps to prevent suicide, accidental shootings, theft of firearms, and stolen firearms used in crimes. Would you like to be a partner?

Community Outreach

Sponsoring educational and volunteer opportunities through our FFL partners.

Crisis Awareness Training

Provide training in suicide prevention for gun owners and firearms professionals.

Mental Health Advocacy

Cultivating holistic approach to mental wellness including connection within the firearms community, athletic challenges, and mental health resources.

We Thrive on Your Generosity

Hold My Guns® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. While we seek to minimize our operational costs as much as possible, there is a significant amount of work being done to coordinate efforts with our storage partners, legal team, volunteers, community collaborators, and our clients, to ensure that the storage process is a smooth as possible while staying legally compliant. Please consider participating in this mission through your financial sponsorship. Together, we can help save lives, protect property and preserve rights.

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Our Team

Sarah Joy Albrecht

Sarah Joy Albrecht

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Sarah is a Range Safety Officer who enjoys helping new shooters get acclimated. Prior to founding HMG, she served as doula and childbirth educator for 11 years. She loves the Lord and her family. She is not a fan of root beer.

David Hess

David Hess

Board President

David seves on the baord as the director of FFL Engagement and is the Co-owner of MAD Partners Inc.

Genevieve Jones

Genevieve Jones

Co-Founder and Board Member

Genevieve has been a professional firearms instructor for a decade, and as a lifelong mental health advocate, she strives to create awareness from within the firearms community.

Paul Jones

Paul Jones

Board Treasurer

Paul serves as the treasurer Lower Providence Rod & Gun Club and brings that experience to the Board of Hold My Guns.

Joshua Prince, Esq.

Joshua Prince, Esq.

Legal Counsel

Through the Firearms Industry Consulting Group®, Joshua provides legal counsel to HMG. When he is not being paid to wear a suit, Joshua enjoys spending time with his fiancée, their beloved pups, and posting pictures of sushi to Instagram.

Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall

FFL Coordinator

Lisa serves as the FFL Coordinator for Hold My Guns. She is co-owner of Randall Family Firearms, LLC.

Sharon Williston-Benadum MA, LPCC-S, LICDC, SAP

Sharon Williston-Benadum MA, LPCC-S, LICDC, SAP

Board Secretary

Sharon serves on the HMG board of directors as the Board Secretary & Mental Health Advocate.

Beth Alcazar

Beth Alcazar

Board Member

Beth serves on the HMG board of directors as the Firearms Safety & Community Engagement.

Brannon LeBouef

Brannon LeBouef

St. Bernard Indoor Shooting Center

“Everything we do at STBISC stems from a core belief in the US Constitution and the general principles of freedom and liberty. To that end, there has to be a way for people to store guns safely and confidently in times of need with minimal opportunity for red tape and governmental intrusion — HMG is that option.”

Christopher Graham

Christopher Graham

KC Small Arms

“We are extremely proud to offer firearms storage to our community via the Hold My Guns program… we saw the opportunity to provide safe, offsite firearms storage without individuals being deprived of their Second Amendment or due process rights.”

Joseph Morse

Joseph Morse

Shooting Gallery New England

“Hold My Guns is the best thing the 2A community has to combat mental health concerns. This program gives people a better chance to seek help and not lose their constitutional right. Out of all the options proposed this is the best way to combat mental health risk in the firearms community.”

Charlie Cook

Charlie Cook

Riding Shotgun with Charlie

“What I love about Hold My Guns is their proactive actions and positions on maintaining one’s 2A Rights when life gets tough. When life kicks your tail, take a “time out” to reset and get yourself together. HMG partners want to make sure your firearms are safe and cared for while you’re taking care of yourself.”

Jared Yanis

Jared Yanis

Guns & Gadgets

“Everyone goes through tough times and gun owners are no different. Hold My Guns helps connect responsible gun owners seeking assistance with volunteer storage options so they can focus on themselves. Difficult times can be handled without legal avenues that often come with hidden, yet intended consequences.”

Jill Slayton McDaniel

Jill Slayton McDaniel

Mom at Arms

“Maintaining our freedoms comes with a responsibility, and even more so, accountability. In the midst of whatever stress we may face, we also want ourselves, our loved ones, and even our possessions to be safe, overall. That includes safe practices, like storage of firearms. It makes me happy to know that there is an organization, like Hold My Guns, working to partner with FFLs nationwide, to offer a ’no stress, no worries’ alternative for offsite firearms storage when/if needed. Hold My Guns’ mission gives me peace of mind knowing that if ever in the event that I may have to store my firearms outside of my home, it’s by MY choice and not through infringements on my individual liberties.”

Tony Simon

Tony Simon

Founder The 2nd is For Everyone, Diversity Shoot, and Host of 2A4E Podcast

“I’ve been promoting members of the firearm community as good people that care about their fellow man. Hold My Guns is an example of grassroots advocacy in the firearms community. They recognized a need, then went about creating a solution. I’ve supported HMG from the beginning and I promote them and their mission, it’s a great alternative to turning firearms over to the government, losing your property and possibly your rights.”

Frank Tait

Frank Tait

Chairman of the Board of Lower Providence Rod and Gun Club, Audubon PA

“We’re very pleased to offer our 2,000+ members the opportunity to attend the Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training. Too many have been touched by the suicide of a friend, colleague, or family member. As firearm owners, it is important that we learn how we can help those who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. We are especially grateful that Hold My Guns® is helping with this training. Having an option for firearm owners to retain their firearm rights and firearms while they deal with a temporary condition is a valuable tool to assist with suicide prevention.”

Stephannie Weidner

Stephannie Weidner

CEO, Active Self Protection (ASP)

“Active Self Protection is honored to partner with Hold My Guns®, FFL holders, and the gun community at large to find innovative solutions to help people facing challenging situations to take courageous action to protect themselves and their loved ones.”

Bill Dermody

Bill Dermody

Marketing Director, Heckler & Koch USA

“Mental health is one of those issues that has affected just about everyone, including friends and colleagues here at HK. We couldn’t be more proud to be working with a network of such great Americans. They are passionate advocates for mental health, with an understanding and respect for the culture of the legally armed citizen.”

Austin Allgaier

Austin Allgaier

President and COO, Mantis

“We’re 100% aligned on the mission to support HMG in their efforts to support responsible gun ownership. When we exercise individual responsibility, the entire community benefits. We’re thrilled to see such a positive response to HMG and are excited to see their growth continue.”

Alexander Caruso

Alexander Caruso

Founder and CEO, POM Industries

“POM Industries financially supports the mission of Hold My Guns® because we want to ensure that our community has the option of voluntary firearms storage, and the peace of mind that goes with knowing firearms are secured in a professional, stigma-free environment”

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Vision Statement

Working together within the firearms community, combined with appropriate community partner alliances, we will raise awareness and promote a self-governance, non-legislative approach to addressing the prevention of suicide, theft, and accidental shootings. We will encourage educational and enrichment opportunities that approach stressors contributing to suicide risk (such as financial wellness, conflict resolution, or re-acclimation after deployment) in a way that is matter-of-fact, helpful, and in the stigma-free environment of partnering gun shops. Isolation and lack of connectedness, which are risk factors for suicide, are holistically addressed as gun shop customers volunteer shoulder-to-shoulder through community service opportunities available through HMG partnering gun shops. It is inevitable that those taking the time to serve others will in turn feel a sense of pride and camaraderie knowing that they are working together to make a difference in their neighborhood.

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