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Among First-Time Gun Buyers, roughly half have been women
a Gender Shift
https://www.newser.com/story/311118/...ss_world_login Social unrest and the pandemic appear to have achieved what decades of marketing campaigns from gun companies failed to do. A new study has found that almost half of all first-time gun buyers since the start of 2019 are women, the Wall Street Journal reports. Gun sales soared during the pandemic, with a record high of 21 million background checks carried out last year. According to the 2021 National Firearms Survey, which polled more than 19,000 adults, an estimated 3.5 million women and 4 million men became new gun owners between January 2019 and April of this year. The gun market has traditionally been much more male-dominated. A Pew Research Center survey in June found that 30% of Americans own a gun—39% of men and 22% of women. According to the National Firearms Survey, new gun owners have also become more racially diverse in recent years: 55% were white, 21% Black, and 19% Hispanic. But existing gun owners who bought more weapons were mostly white (74%) and male (71%). Michael Cargill, owner of a gun store in Austin, told the Washington Post earlier this year that his customers became a lot more diverse in 2020. “It didn’t matter if you were Democrat or Republican, white or Black," said Cargill, who is Black. "One side said, ‘Trump’s going to be reelected and it’s going to get violent,’ and the other said, 'Biden’s going to win and he’s going to come after the guns.'" He said his new customers included many women who were worried about rising violence. |
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Yes, my wife wears hers often
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That will shit their pants the first time they are confronted. If not been in the Military or law enforcement or properly trained need to put the guns away.
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I'd like to tell you we stopped at a light one night and a couple hoodlums came towards car and got a suprise. You know when that hammer cocked back it musta been real loud. |
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Women usually take the training seriously, unlike the know-it-all jackass men. Our range is putting through 15 women a week for familiarity/safety/accuracy and CCW.
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And the other 85% of the women would freeze. Just like the other 65% of the men would freeze. |
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My wife a serious shooter is a member of 5 groups of female shooters. She shoots at least 3 times a week.
They have names like Gals with guns. Considering this is the peoples republic of upper NY state there are a lot of gun woman in this area. My wife manly shoots handguns but she is quite capable in other disciplines also (guess living with me for the last 51 years my interest in the shooting sports had to rub off.) She has like me a unrestricted NY carry pistol permit and in fact does carry regular. We live rural and knowledge like that can come in handy if the shit hits the fan. Just coming home on lightly traveled back roads with no cell service having a gun with you is very prudent. As far as a couple of the naysayers on here have said she is well prepared and capable of taking care of herself both out and in our house. If things go bump in the middle of the night up here I fell very comfortable that my armed wife is going to be my back up or take care of business if I'm not home! |
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Half "have been" women? What are they now?
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