Equipping ladies for firearms training

[shaunx]

Firearms training is an important part of any firearms purchase. A gun is useless if the person holding it doesn't know how to operate it.Many firearms training schools that were once an exclusively male domain have taken notice of the growing number of women interested in personal defense training and have developed courses designed exclusively for women.

 

[shaunx]

Tactics For Ladies

Safe gun handling is the first thing taught by the instructors at Gunsite, making this an ideal course for first-time gun buyers. Ladies learn how to safely load and unload their pistols, the Weaver stance, how to draw from a holster and safe dry firing techniques.

Night shooting and house clearing exercises are also part of the curriculum and ladies becoming safer and better gun handlers.
Sending a lady off to a course like this means she will need several accessories to get the most out of her training.so ladies get trained to the nearer centre for this.

 

[AZ_Rebel]

And your point is....?

 

[AZ Husker]

I'd much rather send a wife, girlfriend, or daughter off to another professional for training. Takes all the personal aspects out of the mix. I've found the easiest students are females who've never touched a gun. No bad habits, willing to listen, no macho attitudes, and look better from the podium!

 

[AZ Husker]

"and have developed courses designed exclusively for women."

For an activist, this is a very negative and derogatory statement!

 

[Double Naught Spy]

In other words, they are doing a course that would normally be done for anyone, but making it ladies only?

Are they offering any men's courses too?

 

[1911 guy]

How is this a bad thing?

The skills learned are the same, but without women having to put up with every guy on the line trying to "help".

Some women would rather learn with other women because they tend to be much more socially oriented, even while learning a skill. Us guys are usually more goal oriented and the two don't always mix well.

A lot of women are under the notion that shooting is a "guy" thing and feel intimidated by guys around while they're learning. They sometimes feel like they're "intruding" and all female classes take that block away.

I've heard from a few instructors that they'd rather teach women because they don't show up already thinking they know it all.

Frankly, I dont care if the class is only open to amputees with purple hair. More folks learning to use firearms responsibly is good.

 

[rjohnson4405]

I can only think there is a typo because someone wouldn't complain about firearms training designed specifically for women?

 

[pax]

That's true.

Here's a link to classes that I'm involved in helping to teach: http://www.firearmsacademy.com/womens.htm

Gila Hayes is the lead instructor on those classes, and she does an amazing job. We always have a ball with the students, too.

pax

 

[Fred Fuller]

Many firearms training schools that were once an exclusively male domain have taken notice of the growing number of women interested in personal defense training and have developed courses designed exclusively for women.

This would seem to be a complaint, given the inclusion of the "cussing" smilie at the end of the sentence.

shaunx, if registering a complaint at this development was your intent then you'd better get back over here most rickytick and clarify things, because if you're complaining at that you got some 'splainin' to do...

lpl/nc

ETS- I merged this with shaunx's other thread, since the two are very similar...

 

[Professor Gun]

I started organizing NRA Basic Pistol courses for women a couple of years ago and so far have conducted five. I run these specifically for women because over the years (I have been an NRA certified instructor for 18 years) I have discovered that a lot of women who are interested in learning how to use a handgun safely and properly were intimidated at the prospect of joining a class containing a lot of guys.

Most of the women in the courses I have organized have been thinking of purchasing their first handgun or have recently made a purchase. Also most of them are interested in having a handgun for personal protection. We teach the absolute basics and those who wish to get more advanced training are referred to those who specialize in that area.

As a rule (and remember there are always exceptions to every rule) I have found women as a group to be easier to teach compared to males. The women do not come in with a lot of preconcieved notions about firearms and they do not have the attitude that they have some inherent ability to shoot a firearm accurately and safely. I typically have very few requests from males for basic pistol training but if someone expresses interest I am happy to furnish instruction for them.

Traditionally handguns have been more of a "guy" thing. If we are going to keep our firearms rights it is essential that we get women and girls involved in firearms ownership and the shooting sports. They vote and the woman of the house is the one who usually decides what activities their kids get involved in, so we need to reach out to women and girls so that they are more open to gun rights and support of shooting sports. If running courses for women only meets that need, I think we should support it.