A stark difference from 20 years ago women across the country are owning guns and participating in target shooting and hunting more than at any time in the past. According to a 2015 survey by the National Sports Shooting Foundation (NSSF) more than one-third of women gun owners identified as new to gun ownership. The report also shows some major increases between 2004 and 2011 including a 77-percent increase in women who own firearms a 36-percent increase in women who target shoot and a 23-percent increase in women who hunt.
Yet even with more women engaging in shooting sports thats still not the reason so many are purchasing guns. Its not for hunting. Its not for fun. Its for self defense. A 2017 Pew Research Center survey reported that women are more likely than men to cite protection over recreation as a major reason for owning a gun. Whats more 27 percent of women gun owners cite self defense as their only reason compared to only eight percent of male gun owners.
Now more than ever women are buying guns to protect themselves. They work long hours and walk home alone at night on city streets. Women live alone in apartments suburban homes and country farms and they do it independently of men. 50 years ago self and home protection typically fell to the man in the household but thats not the case today. The modern woman is stepping up her role to protect herself and the people she cares about.
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A stark difference from 20 years ago women across the country are owning guns and participating in target shooting and hunting more than at any time in the past. According to a 2015 survey by the National Sports Shooting Foundation (NSSF) more than one-third of women gun owners identified as new to gun ownership. The report also shows some major increases between 2004 and 2011 including a 77-percent increase in women who own firearms a 36-percent increase in women who target shoot and a 23-percent increase in women who hunt.
Yet even with more women engaging in shooting sports thats still not the reason so many are purchasing guns. Its not for hunting. Its not for fun. Its for self defense. A 2017 Pew Research Center survey reported that women are more likely than men to cite protection over recreation as a major reason for owning a gun. Whats more 27 percent of women gun owners cite self defense as their only reason compared to only eight percent of male gun owners.
Now more than ever women are buying guns to protect themselves. They work long hours and walk home alone at night on city streets. Women live alone in apartments suburban homes and country farms and they do it independently of men. 50 years ago self and home protection typically fell to the man in the household but thats not the case today. The modern woman is stepping up her role to protect herself and the people she cares about.
Continue reading Arming Yourself: A Womans Self-Defense Guide to Concealed Carry (CCW) at Ammo.com.