We had an extra day in our schedule to host Deputy Sarah Hendrix from the County Employee Resources Department. These are the people in charge of handling the Concealed Carry Permits for our County. Many of our women have asked how they can get a permit since our County is one of the few that issues these permits, so I called Sarah and asked if she would speak to our Club. She was able to get permission to drive up with Joyce Martinez and they gave a great presentation to 43 women.
During the process of registration, I managed to anger many, many men from our area who wanted to attend. Unfortunately, this was something that I had decided for my Women's Program, and we just didn't have the room for anyone else. In addition, I had spoken to Sarah, and she wanted to limit this to women only since they wouldn't ask the questions they needed to if a guy was huffing that it was a "stupid question." I agreed with her, so I spent a month getting called nasty names and yelled at for being a sexist. Hahahaha! Really? Funny!
The night ended with many women making their interview appointments and some women choosing to turn in their applications because they didn't believe that this would work for them. I was really happy with how things went, and we received some great feedback.
Our Shotgun event was the very next night. Paul Neidermann from J & S Aircushion came up and volunteered his time to show the women how to properly use a shotgun - and for many women, to get over the fear of using a shotgun. Properly finding the pocket on a woman is often the hardest part for us, and when it hurts, we won't shoot it anymore. Well, Paul solved that problem for us, and we had a great time. There were a couple women who had never held a firearm before attend this month's event, and they left with some safety background and had a great time. There was one woman who had never fired a shotgun who went three rounds of trap and was hitting 20, 22, and 24. Way to go!
As for my personal shooting, I waited until all of the women had gone through the line once or twice and worked with Paul. Once they were done, I jumped in so I could give it all a try. Paul was patient with me, explained what the hell I was doing "looking down the barrel." That was one of the hardest things for me to comprehend. I understood that I wasn't to use the bead to aim, and that I wasn't to aim, but simply to react and shoot. But I had no idea what it was to look down the barrel because when I tried to, then I was reaching my head over the stock rather than resting my cheek on the stock. When I hit the first clay, I think Paul was more excited than I was. I went on to hit quite a few clays and I had a great time!
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| Showing the proper place to mount |
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| Once mounted, put your face to the stock and bring the barrel down. |
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| Now, you're ready to shoot |
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| Joelle is on the left of me and Wendy is on the right |
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| Myself with Jodi Marhoefer and Miki Marhoefer |
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| Found the pocket |
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| Paul is telling me, "Look here!" |
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| And here's where I finally hit the first flying clay of my life! |
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| Once the ladies were done with their lesson, they tried some rounds of trap |
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| One of our helpers even worked with Paul and then tried out the information. And he was a great sport about the pink shells. |
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