When Sarah Joy Albrecht walked into Pennsylvania 2nd Amendment attorney Josh Prince’s office with her idea for “Hold My Guns,” he didn’t hesitate to ask: “Are you a gun grabber?”
A year earlier a very close friend of the Albrecht family committed suicide. Albrecht, age 43, daughter of a USMC Vietnam veteran, grew up with a love for liberty. Mother of five, Albrecht served as a doula and in childcare for 11 years. Her kids have grown up homeschooled and participating in shooting sports since the age of 8. In 2015, Albrecht herself obtained a Range Safety Officer certification as means to help coach in her kids’ rifle leagues.
Both she and her husband are 2A advocates, carry daily and have instilled both firearm safety and training in all their children, but Albrecht also understands the challenges of rights during a crisis. For example, in Pennsylvania, it’s a felony to hand over a pistol to someone else to hold on to — regardless of the circumstances — unless the intended recipient has a concealed carry permit.
In 2019, Albrecht sat across from Josh Prince and told him, “Grill me, Josh, because we can’t enter into a solution like this if people aren’t asking the hard questions about rights.”
Prince helped Albrecht reach answers on the hard questions and in turn develop FFL storage contracts and partner agreements. While attending SHOT Show 2020, Albrecht received a message from Prince: “You’re approved as a nonprofit.”
WHAT IS “HOLD MY GUNS”
Simply put, Hold My Guns is “offsite, private, voluntary firearm storage for
