Shipman Journalism

Jacqueline Janes held a 300 blackout rifle at eye level, aiming at a target sitting far across a field speckled with yellow weeds.

She pulled the trigger the same way she has since she began shooting for sport in 2009, but something was different. The echoing pop from the gunfire was less intense because of a 9mm silencer attached to the rifle’s barrel – but it was still loud enough that she wore earplugs.