Women of Marion: Learn to Defend Yourself (Without Guns) at Local Gun Shop

A Linn County sheriff training supervisor will be conducting a women's self-defense class in Marion

Chris Smaby will be leading the class — designed to help women ward off "unwanted advances or attack" — at Marion's Cedar Valley Outfitters, a weapons dealer. 

It's a two-night, six-hour class that begins either Dec. 4 or Dec. 6.

But just because it takes place at a gun shop doesn't mean you'll be raising a pistol in a firing range. It's billed as a "non-firearms" class.

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