Over two weeks in a safe, women’s-only environment, you will learn the mindset and skills to protect yourself and others—with and without a firearm. First you will learn or review the basics of handling a firearm, then about self-defense. Learn the difference between accurate target shooting and defensive shooting. Practice will be inside the classroom using SIRT pistols (laser-only shooting pistols) but you will be seriously challenged. Holsters and special clothing will be used. A $35 textbook is included in the registration fee. No firearms are to be brought to class. This course meets Concealed Carry Permit application requirements. Two 3.25-hour classroom sessions, plus a two-hour semi-private range instruction at a separate cost of $60, if you provide the handgun and ammunition, or $85 if the instructor provides. Instructor Alice Bean Andrenyak is a Master Maine Guide and Maine native who lives at Mere Point in Brunswick. Owner of Alice's Awesome Adventures and Maine e-Learning, she trains future Registered Maine Guides and outdoor enthusiasts in navigation, canoeing, SUP, sea kayaking, snowshoeing, nature studies, and overnighting skills, and is a former Guide's Board Examiner. She has been visiting Malaga Island for over 30 years and leads regular sea kayak and hiking tours of Malaga Island.