Seven Women Sound Off on Gun Safety Part 1: The Beginning

By Jenn Jacques

As part of the Bearing Arms Against Domestic Violence campaign, we’re running a 7-part series on how seven prominent women in the firearms industry handle gun safety in their own homes. In part 1, the women establish how they became gun owners and what they were first taught about gun safety.

Give us the “Reader’s Digest” version of why and how you became a gun owner and what you first learned about gun safety.

WALLER: When I was in grade school I would shadow my dad in the duck blinds and pheasant fields of Wisconsin. He fostered my love of nature and often took me along on his hunts. He taught me gun safety with shotguns because of his love of bird hunting and when I was 12 years I went through a hunter safety course which was my first real introduction to handling different types of hunting guns. I wasn’t introduced to handguns until I moved out West six years ago, but I’m recently the proud owner of a 40cal and 9mm to accompany my plethora of rifles and shotguns. But the concept with all firearms is the same. Always have respect for all weapons and apply your safety training whether …Read the Rest

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