Women with Weapons

Erika from Range Time Tactical Shooting; a tactical shooting
organization that teaches all, including women, how to shoot better.

According to USAtoday, there has been a recent rise in women who choose to carry firearms. It has been stated that from 2005-2011 that the amount of women who have purchased or own a firearm has increased from a low 13% to a much greater 23%. This rise in female firearm owners is not going without proper training, however. One group that offers classes to aid in training women to defend themselves with firearms is named the "Well Armed Woman." This organization was founded by a woman by the name of Holly Young. She had created the organization to help women to not be "an easy target." Young had decided to found the organization to have a program where women can learn from other women, as she believes that "Men have their own way of thinking." The organization will hopefully be providing other classes of self-defense, such as knife defense, chokehold escape, etc. This organization or other organizations of like mind are not unfounded, as many women do require an extra edge over an assailant. The United States has approximately 84% of all women victims of firearms in the developed world. Also, most assailants of women are surprisingly not complete strangers, but instead either husbands or significant other that will attack a woman. Reasons such as these are why organizations such as the "Well Armed Woman" have begun springing up along with and increased number of women purchasing firearms. Firearms manufacturers have realized this boom in sales to women and have decided to act on it. There has been a large increase in handguns with pink slides and frames, holsters designed for women, smaller calibers for smaller women, and even purses or pocketbooks designed for firearms. I personally agree with women carrying and training with firearms, as women may possibly face more dangers than men simply because of the people that think those women can be taken advantage of due to their gender.

                                           Erika from RangeTimeTS talks about her AK74.

                                         Proving that women shoot just as much as the guys.