February 07, 2004
Take a woman shooting this weekend
After chemistry class yesterday, I had the pleasure of taking a friend and classmate pistol shooting for the first time in her life, at the excellent Reed's Indoor Range in Santa Clara, California. She did very, very well, and handled my Glock 23 (.40S&W/Liberty) competently. She confirmed my long-standing impression that women learn basic pistolcraft much more quickly then men, on average: they know that they don't know, so they absorb training with intensity and sincerity, no chips on their shoulders.
I always leave the range feeling very good about the world when I introduce a friend, especially a female friend (who's much more likely to need a pistol), to the art of the pistol. I urge you to do the same: take a woman to the range this weekend.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at February 7, 2004 01:20 PM | TrackBack"She confirmed my long-standing impression that women learn basic pistolcraft much more quickly then men, on average: they know that they don't know, so they absorb training with intensity and sincerity, no chips on their shoulders."
This has been my universal experience too.
Good job converting another to The Way.
Hi Russell, next time my girlfriend and I go to the States, I am going to take her to the range too! Being a feisty Maltese girl and all, she is already into fencing, so I suppose that using a firearm will be a natural next step.
Posted by: Tom on February 10, 2004 12:40 PM