Gila Hayes has been a staff instructor for the Firearms Academy of Seattle since 1993, teaching gun safety and armed self defense in the handgun and shotgun programs. She served as a reserve police officer between 1997 and 2007, primarily tasked with providing firearms training. Hayes is one of three founding leaders of the Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc., a membership organization formed for the legal protection of Network members after using deadly force in self defense.
