Shirley Watral is the author of Amazon bestseller Heels to Holster, is a motivational speaker and firearms trainer. This book Heels to Holster is a memoir of how she discovered the warrior inside as she survived an abusive relationship and thrived in the aftermath.
To reach more victims of domestic violence, in 2025 she wrote a movie script for Heels to Holster and has been developed into a movie.
She has a passion for educating women on how to handle firearms safely so they can become their own first responder. She empowers others by sharing her own life story and wants to encourage women to build positively upon whatever has happened to them and become a warrior for their life.
Two causes near to her heart are the fight against sex trafficking and domestic violence.
She serves as the Florida state director to Women For Gun Rights since 2020. Women For Gun Rights (formerly: The DC Project) is a nonpartisan organization of women for gun rights with their focus on developing relations with lawmakers. Their mission is to raise awareness among the community and legislation that firearms safety and violence prevention are achieved through education, not legislation.
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Our guest today is Shirley Watral. Shirley, is the author of Amazon bestseller Heels to Holster, is a motivational speaker and firearms trainer. Her book Heels to Holster is a memoir of how she discovered the warrior inside as she survived an abusive relationship and thrived in the aftermath.
She serves as the DC Project Florida state director since 2020, with the mission to raise awareness among the community and legislation that firearms safety and violence prevention are achieved through education, not legislation.
1) How are you using your personal story in Heels to Holster to empower other people?
2) Many people who have been victimized by violent crime seem to become anti-gun. You consider yourself a Survivor and an advocate for the Second Amendment. Is there a correlation between those two mindsets?
3) Tell us about The DC Project and what drives your passion to serve as the Florida State Director and spread the message about #EducationNotLegislation ?
– Public being misinformed about firearms and people in the firearms community
– Media play on words (mass shooting vs mass killing, Assault Rifle vs Armalite Rifle, weapons of war, automatic vs semi automatic, etc)
4) Recently FL Governor DeSantis invited the DCP to an important bill signing event – tell us about that?
– Hollywood Beach boardwalk shooting blamed on permitless carry (which becomes Law on July 1, 2023)
