Ways to Be Empowered Firearms Academy

About Us

Dedicated Instructors

Our certified instructors and dedicated to you. We believe that the key to safety is firearm education.

Kerrie Ann is certified as a USCCA, NRA, and Refuse To Be An Victim Instructor and a Range Safety Officer. Her passion is Firearm Education and being a resource to the community regarding firearm ownership; because of this, she is one of the hosts of a show called "Sisters In Arms- A Firearm Story" on YouTube.

Classes We Offer

Dedicated Instructors

Massachusetts LTC / FID Home Firearm Safety Course. LTC-007
Continue Firearm Education - One-on-One private lessons.
Refuse to Be a Victim seminar for the community and businesses.
Situational awareness classes for Teens and Adults.
Real estate agents Safety Courses.
Basics of Pistol course. LTC LTC-002

We also can design a course based on your needs.

Our Motto

Dedicated Instructors

Our Motto

Kerrie Ann Auclair is the President and founder of Ways To Be Empowered (WTBE). She is a certified NRA and USCCA Firearms Instructor and Range Safety Officer. Kerrie Ann is the Women's Program Assistant for GOAL (Gun Owner’s Action League) and volunteers as the State Director for Armed Women of America as well as the DC Project. She is also a Massachusetts State Police Approved Instructor for Basic Firearms Safety (BFS), the course required to apply for your Massachusetts License to Carry (LTC). Kerrie Ann's passion for teaching and helping her community gave rise to Ways To Be Empowered. She understands the need for, and the value of, quality firearms instruction. Since firearm ownership is a personal choice, Kerrie Ann also offers situational awareness and pepper spray courses.