GoFundMe Set To Raise Money To Arm Women

By Tom Knighton

If you poke around the website GoFundMe, you’ll see where people are asking for money for all kinds of things. Expand that out to places like Kickstarter and you can find plenty more. My personal favorite is the guy who raised $55,000 to make potato salad.

However, there are often some pretty worthy causes out there as well.

This one might just be the most worthy:

I am a father, a husband, and a Navy veteran. In 2013 I took part in an effort to help women living in high crime areas gain the means and training to defend themselves. It was called the Armed Citizen Project and was formed by Kyle Coplen. Based on mountains of research and an overwhelming consensus of law enforcement officers, military vets, and crime experts we believe the best way to help women is by empowering them to exercise their rights.

I now seek to help the women in Southern Illinois who are most vulnerable of becoming victims of violent crime. With your help I will assist 50 women in attaining 50 shotguns .

All recipients of self-defense weapons and training will undergo background checks and receive FOID (Firearm Owners Identification) …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms