Gun ownership rising among women

[davidn3600]

Many people assume that "every shooter in the United States is a 50-year-old white guy," quips Natalie Foster of the website "The Girl's Guide to Guns."

Many people are wrong.

The number of women who owned guns spiked to 23% in 2011, compared to 13% in a 2005 Gallup poll. While the organization hasn't released updated statistics yet, most think the rates will continue to rise.

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...Shooting gives us a sense of equality, a sense of safety, a sense of being in control of ourselves. That sense of control is empowering, and is something we should seek in other aspects of our life. This, along with the "tough woman" image of shooting guns, gives us a more positive self-image, which is a powerful thing.

...Since I started shooting I've taken up weight-lifting and started studying nutrition and trying to eat right. It has made a huge difference in my self-esteem and helped me to realize the extent of control I have over myself, much as shooting does. I would encourage every woman shooter not to stop there, but to continue to step outside of her comfort zone and find other activities that energize and empower her to be the best she can.

http://news.yahoo.com/more-more-women-buying-guns-why-123214928.html

[upaloopa]

1. Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep.

It starts when your always afraid. Get out of line the man comes an takes you away.


Need to protect those 2A liberties

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Even paranoids have enemies

As to gays, ex-wives, lesbians, and transfolk

[badtoworse]

3. Maybe it does. So what?

Women are far more likely to be victims of rape and domestic violence. They shouldn't have access to effective self defense? Your post is asinine.

[upaloopa]

4. Sure in your world where guns make eveybody safe. More guns will make us safe!

Last edited Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Here are some more asinine facts for you.

Women are more likely to be killed with their own gun than they are likely to use it for defense.


A study of risk factors for violent death of women in the home found that women living in homes with 1 or more guns were more than 3 times more likely to be killed in their homes. The same study concluded that women killed by a spouse, intimate acquaintance, or close relative were 7 times more likely to live in homes with 1 or more guns and 14 times more likely to have a history of prior domestic violence compared to women killed by non-intimate acquaintances.7
Family and intimate assaults with firearms are 12 times more likely to result in death than non-firearm assaults. This research suggests that limiting access to guns will result in less lethal family and intimate assaults.
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-gun-policy-and-research/publications/IPV_Guns.pdf

On edit: I'll save you from posting this gunner talking point, "that study is flawed." Now you don't have to waste your time posting that asinine statement.

[badtoworse]

6. Your post is irrelevant

It should be up to the women to make the choice. It should not be up to someone else to decide for them. I know lots of women and the vast majority are smart enough to consider the facts and make rational decision. You don't disagree, do you?

[Robb]

5. Well, that settles it.

I mean, who can argue with an article written by "Erica Ritz" of The Blaze, sponsored by "Tactical Firearms Training Secrets"?

Seems legit!