[45Gunner]

When teaching students proper shooting techniques, I usually start with the Two Handed Weaver and then move to the Modified Weaver. After they have those mastered, I move to single-handed strong hand and then to single-handed weak hand. This prepares the student for most situations. Further, when teaching the single-handed shooting techniques, most instructors will have the student place the non-shooting hand across their chest for one reason and one reason only; to prevent them from shooting themselves in the other hand. The by-product of this, if you will, is that it indeed offers a tiny bit more protection to the chest area should an opponents round hit it's mark.