Shooting Wire

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA -The Palmetto Gun Club will be holding a Women On Target® Instructional Shooting Clinic on May 17 in Ridgeville, South Carolina. The Women On Target® program helps create opportunities for women by encouraging, educating, and mentoring women new to recreational shooting and hunting sports. Pre-registration by May 14 is required for this event, which has a fee of $20 and is open to the public. To register, contact Judith Marshall, at (843) 345-6396 or donjudy8595@earthlink.net.

Women On Target® Instructional Shooting Clinics allow women to learn all about firearms, and to gain confidence in newly-acquired shooting skills. Clinic topics address instruction on the safest way to handle a firearm, proper storage of firearms, and how to shoot. Clinics typically feature instructions for novices, loaner guns, plenty of safety instruction and positive reinforcement in a fun atmosphere.

Women On Target® was developed by the National Rifle Association in 1999 with the idea that there are many women interested in leaning how to shoot but are made uncomfortable by the classic view of the shooting sports being dominated by men. Women On Target® allows women to come together and learn to shoot, or improve their shooting, in the company of like-minded females. The program is appropriate for teenagers and up. Women On Target® clinics have been held in 46 states and over 200 are put on each year. Thousands of women have been introduced to shooting sports and hunting from the program.

A list of additional Women On Target® hunts and shooting clinics is maintained on the program website at http://www.nrahq.org/women/wot.asp.