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This may not be the norm but it also shouldn't be a rarity.

I had a female student in class who had never pulled the trigger on a handgun. She borrowed one of my guns and a mutual friend gave her a crash course on loading and operation. I admit I was a little nervous and kept a watchful eye on her.

She shot the course, loading and operating the gun with proficiency, with enough points to pass. Was it pretty? Well, let's just say I still wouldn't want to get shot by her. She fumbled rounds, dropped her magazine, and shot my target stand but she was never unsafe. And what probably made the biggest difference is she listened to safety and range commands and followed them religously.

She has since gone to the range with regularity, carries whenever she can, and she is championing conceal carry to those around her.

Quite frankly, I would take a classful of her any day over the self-proclaimed gun expert I (and most of us) seem to have in every class. I have more problems with them on the range than I do with the new folk.