Increase, yes. To 23 percent. But what percentage of men own guns? (I would bet it is near 50%). so a clear majority of gun owners are still men, yes?
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "I have no data at hand, but my observations tell me that far more men than > women own guns. " > > Rising Voice of Gun Ownership Is Female ( > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/rising-voice-of-gun-ownership-is-female.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 > ) > > In the debate over firearms regulations, the voices of gun owners have > largely been those of men. But at firing ranges across the country, a > growing number of women are learning to use firearms and honing their > skills. > > Womenâs participation in shooting sports has surged over the last decade, > increasing by 51.5 percent for target shooting from 2001 to 2011, to just > over 5 million women, and by 41.8 percent for hunting, according to the > National Sporting Goods Association. > > > > Packing Heat: Statistics Show Number Of Female Gun Owners On The Rise ( > > http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/20/packing-heat-statistics-show-number-of-female-gun-owners-on-the-rise/ > ) > > For reasons ranging from sport to protection, the number of females buying > guns has seen a spike in the last few years, CBS 2â²s Ann Mercogliano > reported. > > In fact, according to a recent Gallup poll 23 percent of woman reported > they are gun owners, up from 13 percent in 2005. > > > > The rate of women buying firearms seems to be increasing. It's almost like > they believe that someone is trying to take the right to own firearms away. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362087 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
