Thank you to all of you that gave me help on this,to that other guy.PO

Don't mind him, he's had his purse stolen before and is still bitter.

they make holsters for women. awesome resource https://www.youtube.com/user/faliaphotography

Sorry if I am so Wise.

Please, please consider signing her up for a session with an experienced instructor, even if it's just one introductory review/lesson. They can evaluate her strengths and weaknesses objectively -- plus any cross-eye dominance or other issues she may be struggling with -- and offer her tips and advice without any parental baggage attached. As a parent, you bring biases to the topic that you probably don't even realize exist. She may also not take advice from you as objectively as she would from someone else.

An instructor can also answer any questions she might have about on-body carry (she should have SOME questions about it) as well as best practices for off-body carry. There are zero reasons a woman of any size can't comfortably conceal a gun on her person, but sometimes purse carry is the right choice. Both are valid options and she should explore each of them so she can make the best decisions.

It still baffles me how people will take a pottery or glassblowing class rather than self-teach, but refuse professional instruction with firearms! Just going to the range and firing off ammo does little except reinforce bad habits.

He may have expressed himself poorly on the keyboard, he does make a point. I think purse carry is a bad Idea. If I were a BG I would just shove the girl to the ground from behind, and grab the purse. Also lasers present another problem of finding a holster, but if she does go with a laser go with a green one. The green one can actually be seen at a distance on a sunny day. I've tried a few lasers, and found them to be more of a distraction.

I will do that,my son in law is a police officer that was also a trainer,I had him go over proper technique and everything else,I am not a teacher at all,I gave her the basics. I'm all for getting her private lessons. I'll look for a good professional teacher and get her what she needs.

I have learned that I'm the same way? What have you done to practice. I have been struggling and I tend to turn my head slightly so the dominant eye focuses on the site.

Suggestion, from someone who's learned to shoot with either eye and either hand - instead of struggling with awkward positions to use your left eye and right hand, just practice using the right eye even though it's not the dominant one.

The importance of the eye dominance test is not so that you know which eye to shoot with, but so that you know to work on using your non-dominant eye if necessary. It does take practice, but will make you a better shooter in the long run. It doesn't even have to be live fire, just do lots of dry fire and practice bringing your sights up to use whichever eye is on the same side as the gun.

Just a couple thoughts. What if you blacked out the left lens on some shooting glasses, forcing her body to use her right eye? Maybe the brain could eventually be trained/retrained for right eye dominance during shooting? Or maybe if you took a little medical tape and taped her left eyelid shut her muscles could get used to the feeling of holding just her left eye shut? Maybe just the sensation of her left eye being held shut while the right is open could help train her muscles?

I have no idea if either would work, just guesses. Hope you get it figured out!

I might suggest getting her a .22lr pistol to train with before you put a .40S&W in her hands. This takes the over emphasis on recoil out of the equation until she becomes proficient with proper technique. Then slowly graduate to 9mm, then to .40 if she is comfortable with that round. I've seen it far too often as an RSO, particularly with smaller carry guns. The squinting could be related to recoil wariness. The Sig Sauer Mosquito or Ruger SR-22 are excellent for training.