# RSWC #255 Valentina Green, Naturally Armed

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Podcast: [Riding Shotgun With Charlie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-shotgun-with-charlie-554233)
Published: 2026-06-30T12:30:00+00:00
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Riding Shotgun With Charlie #255 Valentina Richardson Green Naturally Armed Sometimes, someone takes everything by storm and comes out of nowhere. I think this happened with Valentina, but I found out she was paying dues quickly. We've been following each other on the socials for a while and I know she's been working and doing classes at Gun For Hire range in New Jersey. We got a chance to meet at the Sig Academy in Epping, N.H. for a GOA National Women's Range Day event. The following weekend she was in the home state of Massachusetts speaking at the Gun Owners Action League event. We had a chance to talk more there and we filmed a show the following morning. We drove to the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, where the "shot heard round the world" was fired. Valentina is pretty new to firearms, the 2A community, and advocacy. She grew up in Newark, N.J. Her father was in the military and was a police officer. With firearms in the house, she was taught that she wasn't supposed to touch them. That was the policy. End of story. There was never a push to get out and teach her or take her shooting. She has a job in social services, training and employment. She got married and started a family. As she was working her way up, she had to deal with lots of stress. Her friends decided that she needed a way to relieve some of the career stress. For her birthday, they took her to a shooting range, saying she looks like she would be good at shooting. As soon as she fired her first shot, she wanted more! She could feel the weight and stress of work leave her body with every round she fired. Like many folks, when she gets into something, she really gets into something. She was on a quest for information and training. It took eight months to get a firearm identification card so she cou…

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