about the company

Brennan’s unique perspective of training has been based around a balance of both defensive and competitive shooting. He has had the distinct privilege of being able to train under a wide variety of instructors across the industry, ranging from multiple IPSC World Champions, SWAT Operators, Special Operations snipers, USPSA Grandmasters, and many others. His training has spanned topics including competition shooting, concealed carry, CQB, night vision, long-range precision rifle, scoped carbine, low light, weapons-based grappling, and more. 

 

He formerly taught as an instructor for Spectrain, a training company located in North Carolina. From there he moved on to work as the Lead Pistol Instructor for two years at Vortex Edge, the training division of Vortex Optics. 

 

Brennan is now the owner and Lead Instructor of Gateway Defense Training LLC where he travels the country teaching pistol and rifle classes with a heavy emphasis on performance shooting. He is passionate about helping people learn to increase their performance by exploring the key principles of shooting, learning to track their progress using quantifiable metrics, and developing a structured path for self-improvement. When he's not teaching, he is busy producing educational content for the Gateway Defense YouTube channel, revolving around the topic of performance shooting.