For the ladies!

  FIRE AWAY!

 Christine Fewkes

HATS OFF TO THE LADIES

I have been involved with firearms training for a long time, probably longer than I want anyone to know.  That’s because it will give away my age!  Over the past couple of years I have seen an over whelming interest of ladies that are concerned about their safety and the safety of their families.  It has really increased within the past year.  I began to notice this with one of the classes I do generally on a monthly basis.  I hold a Basic Safety and Skill Class at a range in Delaware County.  This is a very basic, but informative class.  It runs for about five hours and includes a live fire segment at the end.  The live fire segment gives a new shooter an opportunity to get a feel for what it’s like to fire a gun.  A lot of the students that are in the class have never fired or for that matter ever handled a firearm.  I really emphasis the fact that this class is just the starting point for them if they decide to own a firearm and that the responsibility is something that can never ever be taken lightly.  I tell each and every one of them that they need to continue to get additional training with a knowledgeable, experienced instructor.  In this way they can improve their skill level so that if they ever need to utilize a firearm for self defense they will be able to do that in the most efficient and effective manner.

Now let’s get into the purpose of this article.  I think that it is fantastic that the women are finally getting involved with the shooting sports.  They realize that it is a lot of fun and a very rewarding and a great confident building activity.  In addition they are learning and practicing skill sets that they can use to protect themselves and their families. 

I personally have found that from an instructor’s point of view, that they are (the ladies) so much easier than the guys to get better results from in a shorter period of time.  I have narrowed this down to the fact that they tend to listen and follow the instructions that they are given.  For whatever reason guys come out and they think because that they are males that they are born with the ability to shoot a gun.  Well I am here to tell you that is not always the case.  They may have bigger and stronger mussels and that can be a beneficial factor, but sometimes the most important mussel, (the one between their ears) might be a little deficient.

Hey guys I not bashing you just stating my opinion!  That opinion is based on a lot of years of experience. 

I have had the pleasure to train and shoot with some classy ladies, like Christine in the pic at the top of the article. Christine and her husband Don are very good friends of mine.  They are both dedicated and responsible individuals who take Self Defense and the Use of Force very serious.  You can usually find them at the range one or two times a week practicing so they can maintain their shooting skills at a very high level.  When Christine is on the firing line she is totally focused on what she is doing.  She does not except anything less than accurate effective hits on the target.  Ladies like her and other women that I have trained and given lessons to are dedicated to their shooting and their well being.  They have become very proficient with a lot of different types of firearms. 

LADIES, TRAIN HARD/ FIGHT EASY!