Chapter 14
Jean
“Okay. Now we’ve already gone over safety and maintenance, it’s time to get down to business.” I smile as I take up the .38 I’m training her on and lay the textured grip in her palm.
She grips it nervously and nods to me, looking across the tiny clearing to the target painted on a dead tree twenty feet away. It’s a small triangle, maybe four inches across. “Why are we shooting from so close up?” she asks.
“Because distance shooting is for rifles. Self-defense shooting generally happens within twenty feet. We’ll practice at certain distance intervals. Twenty feet, fifteen, ten, five and two. Once we are done with a few clips, we’ll move inward.” Good thing I have an awful lot of ammunition.
The rain stopped yesterday afternoon, leaving the ground so soggy we sank into i
