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Originally Posted by Wise_A
Where we falter is what we do with that. I think the industry and the shooting community trivializes female shooters in a lot of ways, and I think that shooters themselves are doing the community a disservice in how they behave and act at the range. It's not a boys' club anymore.
At the same time, I think we work too hard to treat women as being different than male shooters. Yes, there are obvious physical differences, but I also think that there's a strong association in men's minds that a woman shooting must be a new shooter, or in need of coaching (and so many of them really, really don't need any help).
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In 2016, Tennessee issued 180,000 carry permits (new and renewals). Roughly one in three, 62,000, were issued to women.
The Oct/Nov issue of Handguns (isn't it still August?)-- turn the cover page and there's a full page picture of Julie Golob. There's been a remarkable campaign the last several years to bring women into the firearms world, including 2A rights. Women of the NRA.
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