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Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by smoldesu »

I wonder if part of the driving force behind this is simply that men have purchased more guns in the past. Firearms are heirlooms in most families, and a hunting father is always want to expose their son to the craft. Men simply have more avenues to get guns from, with the strange way our social structure is organized.

It will be interesting to watch the concept of weapon ownership be emasculated over the next few years, I can only wonder how the traditionalists will react in the long term.

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by yhoneycomb »

itsme-alan wrote: post #5
rubyist5eva wrote: post #4

Guns are the great equalizer. Women don’t have equal rights until they are equally capable of defending themselves.

Guns are not the way to do anything

“Political power flows from the barrel of the gun.”

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by abestic9 »

stuff4ben wrote: post #20
onethought wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which world/country are you referring to?

You live in a place where none of that happens? Really?

People around the world are living in places where guns are not used as a solution to crime. There are many in fact that view guns as more of a problem than a solution.

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by soco »

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #18
itsme-alan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guns are not the way to do anything

In unequal power situations, guns are mighty useful. A world where no one needs firearms is a nice ideal, but unfortunately we don't live in that world. The police cannot be trusted to show up anywhere in time to defend you, and in fact might shoot you instead of whoever is attacking you anyway. Are many firearm proponents ideologically crazy and/or reckless? Unfortunately Yes. Does this have negative societal conseq…

Somehow I never read news about "rapist shot dead by attacked woman". Are you positive that buying more firearms will make it happen? Because it definitely doesn't look we're there yet.

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by carlob »

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #18
itsme-alan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guns are not the way to do anything

In unequal power situations, guns are mighty useful. A world where no one needs firearms is a nice ideal, but unfortunately we don't live in that world. The police cannot be trusted to show up anywhere in time to defend you, and in fact might shoot you instead of whoever is attacking you anyway. Are many firearm proponents ideologically crazy and/or reckless? Unfortunately Yes. Does this have negative societal conseq…

Are you aware of the fact that there is a number of countries where the average police officer is unarmed as well?

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by deelowe »

smoldesu wrote: post #21

I wonder if part of the driving force behind this is simply that men have purchased more guns in the past. Firearms are heirlooms in most families, and a hunting father is always want to expose their son to the craft. Men simply have more avenues to get guns from, with the strange way our social structure is organized. It will be interesting to watch the concept of weapon ownership be emasculated over the next few ye…

The community has thus far been extremely supportive of women. Some of the most popular competitive shooters are females. Sporting clays is extremely popular with women now. Lena Miculek especially has made quite a name for herself.

Despite what the media likes to portray, the gun community isn't a bunch of racist rednecks and tends to be a very open and welcoming group. Just don't bring up politics...

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by opaidsj9123 »

smoldesu wrote: post #21

I wonder if part of the driving force behind this is simply that men have purchased more guns in the past. Firearms are heirlooms in most families, and a hunting father is always want to expose their son to the craft. Men simply have more avenues to get guns from, with the strange way our social structure is organized. It will be interesting to watch the concept of weapon ownership be emasculated over the next few ye…

I really think this is a great development. The only political cause I have ever donated to is gun rights, as I essentially view it as the canary in the coal mine for civil liberties in america. I would like to see gun owners as diverse as possible.

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by moate »

blcknight wrote: post #6

This could just be titled “Nearly half of all new people are women!”

Not so fast! When it comes to demographics for groups, things don't always break down along populations. Think about how there we don't see women as ~51% of computer engineers.

That said, previous numbers show that gun ownership by gender was about 2:1 in favor of men (45% of American men own guns vs 19% of women).

This does show a pretty big spike in the number of women purchasing guns.

Re: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds

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Post by Balero »

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #18
itsme-alan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guns are not the way to do anything

In unequal power situations, guns are mighty useful. A world where no one needs firearms is a nice ideal, but unfortunately we don't live in that world. The police cannot be trusted to show up anywhere in time to defend you, and in fact might shoot you instead of whoever is attacking you anyway. Are many firearm proponents ideologically crazy and/or reckless? Unfortunately Yes. Does this have negative societal conseq…

You need to have the big "I consider America the world" disclaimer at the top.

A world where a regular person in their everyday life do not need firearms exists all over the world. Are you the police? are you the military? and if so are you currently working? If not then you do not need a gun.

The police all over the world do show up when needed, and the don't shoot people unless it is a complete last resort. In the very rare case you are a person that is being attacked, they're even trained so well they don't shoot the person attacking you and can deal with it in better ways.

The only thing firearms help an average person do is compete in a shooting competition. Take a look at the rest of the developed world and realise that your thoughts on this only apply to one country.

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