What’s Wrong: Some Women or All Guns?

By Ammoland

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Though this isn’t exactly another series (like How We’re Taught About Guns), one thought leads to another about women and guns. Last week I reviewed anti-gun propaganda directed especially at women, as well as some corrective perspectives by women themselves in the firearms community.

Our usual readers probably agree that the healthy, rational approach to guns is to acquire sufficient acquaintance and skill to use them safely. But what explains why so many women hate guns and reject gun ownership as some kind of evil?

Some are the classic “low-information” types. That is, they just don’t know the facts, and may not have encountered those who do and who would model confident behavior with firearms.

Some are afraid of guns because of their association as weapons with violence. Hoplophobia itself never killed anyone, but it’s probably gotten some people killed. Even given the opportunity to learn, someone phobic can’t face her fear without slow and careful acclimatization.

Women who have been victimized by threats or assault …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand