A NWI training company got mentioned too!
Hoosier women set sights on growing handgun licenses - Post-Tribune
Hoosier women set sights on growing handgun licenses - Post-Tribune
Levan remembers an 89-year-old woman she helped train. At the end of the session, "she got up there and loaded her 9 mm and just closed her eyes" and asked Levan to put her hands on her back to keep her still as she fired.
"We didn't care if she hit the target or not. The whole idea was, again, educating her," Levan said. "She really felt like she accomplished something, and she did."
Why they do this to beginners I just cannot fathom. It makes us sound ignorant and cannot help beginners.
Why they do this to beginners I just cannot fathom. It makes us sound ignorant and cannot help beginners.
That quote from the article mystifies me. What is the point?
One of the most common reasons women get into guns is for self-defense, said Paul Helmke, former president and CEO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Particularly in the Chicago area, where headlines abound about homicides and shootings, there is "this perception that there's danger out there everywhere," he said.
"And if there is danger out there everywhere, you better be doing something to make yourself safe," Helmke said about why some people choose to get gun licenses.
Aside from personal reasons, there are some larger trends that affect who is shooting and buying guns, Helmke said. Gun sales and licensing tend to fluctuate around elections, he said. Especially in this presidential cycle, people worry that the outcome will sway gun laws one way or another, and groups such as the National Rifle Association can use that as an incentive to sell more firearms, he said.
Gun sales also tend to go up across the country when there are mass shootings, he said, such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 or Fort Hood in 2009.
I had to chuckle at the mention of colored "headphones"... still, they DO look like headphones, so I can't fault that much.
Of greater interest were the quotes from Paul Helmke... he almost sounded pro-2A in them (almost)
Yes, I know who he is and what he did for several years, to the point that when someone mentions "president of the Brady Campaign", that's still who I picture; I would have to look up the name of whoever is doing it now, and wouldn't know that person if I tripped over them.
So when I see quotes like:
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he appears to me to be addressing actual facts, not sullying them with opinion. I can respect facts. I know, the NRA doesn't sell guns... except for the ads in America's First Freedom for commemorative pieces, and of course the reviews of this or that, that someone decides is the newest "cool gun". Let's be honest, we all know that some folks buy for no other reason than that a gun was reviewed and reviewed well.
Overall, though, I'm pleased to see comments like this from Helmke, acknowledging at least the perception of risk and the proper approach to managing that risk. When the choice is to get up and face it, well-equipped, vs. cower in the corner wetting yourself... to me, the former will always be preferable.
Blessings,
Bill
I think some of you might be missing what the group is trying to accomplish. Many women are scared of firearms.Many women have never held a gun.Many women have never shot a gun.Expectations of accuracy (from this group in my opinion) push more away than bring people in. Women choose this sometimes as a way to even be comfortable with the fact guns are in their presence, let alone in their hands.
I think some of you might be missing what the group is trying to accomplish. Many women are scared of firearms.Many women have never held a gun.Many women have never shot a gun.Expectations of accuracy (from this group in my opinion) push more away than bring people in. Women choose this sometimes as a way to even be comfortable with the fact guns are in their presence, let alone in their hands.
Uh, I don't think anyone is missing any points. There is a world of difference between expectations of accuracy and someone closing their eyes and just pressing the trigger over and over with little regard for where the bullets are going.
True, could have been quoted out of context, it is the Media afterall.
Uh, I don't think anyone is missing any points. There is a world of difference between expectations of accuracy and someone closing their eyes and just pressing the trigger over and over with little regard for where the bullets are going.
This was quoted out of context
It's really sad that we as a community quickly jump to the attack before learning all the facts. Especially when we are drawing our facts from the Chicago Tribune.