Guns And Women: A Growing Trend

A ‘trend’ the media has just discovered.

Via WBTV:

There is a growing trend across the country and it’s being felt here in Charlotte. The number of women buying and shooting guns is growing.

I went to a local gun range where I talked to women and got their thoughts on the trend.

When I visited the Blackstone Shooting Sports range in Charlotte, I found many women shooting at targets. Corey Brausch told me, “It’s not something that’s just for the boys, it’s definitely for us too!”

For many women these days, gun ownership hits the target. Catherine Wells told me, “Fun. Just fun. A sense of relief knowing that I can do something accurately.”

Ashton Currie Coonrod says, “Finding a target and being able to have that challenge of hitting it on the dot, you know, that’s a lot of fun. And it’s a great social thing to be able to do with my girlfriends, with my husband…”

Nathan Davis is general manager of Blackstone Shooting Sports. He says 30 percent of the membership base here is female and it’s growing. He added, “New entrance to the market, that segment is growing all the time. That’s ladies, that’s people of different ethnicities that haven’t generally been involved in shooting sports. That’s people of different demographics. So the point is, the new entrance to the market, that trend is growing significantly, while the traditional shooter is, that is somewhat of a declining segment.”

Cathy Wright of Chapel Hill is a gun enthusiast and has received national recognition for her support of the second amendment. She thinks there are many reasons more women are picking up guns.

“A lot of women come from a rural background,” she says, “and they have used guns all of their life or they have been around guns all of their lives, so it’s comfortable for them. It’s a nice segue. The other group, perhaps, are the women who are concerned about their personal safety. And they get involved and learn how to shoot a gun, and they’re introduced to other guns, and they enjoy the experience.”

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