Miss Ives is taking some shooting lessons, during which Mr. Chandler explains to her that it’s a different story when one is targeting humans, or anything else that is alive – then a person needs to be able to detach themselves from their humanity in order to pull the trigger.
He specifically tells her to avoid looking in the eyes of anyone she’s about to shoot, as that would stop her dead in her tracks. At the same time, she seems quite confident shooting at the bottles in front of her, so she seems to have some potential holding a gun.
Of course, things would be different if she has to use that gun to defend herself. In order to repay Chandler for the shooting lessons, she starts teaching him how to dance, explaining to him that it’s pretty much “the opposite of homicide”, in that one must always look into the eyes of the “opponent”. After that, the two engage in a gentle yet confident dance in a nicely staged scene.