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CNN Money: Gun Sales to Women Rising
moneynews.com ^

Posted on 02/09/2014 3:20:41 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

For the firearms industry, women are the next big opportunity.

They are a desirable demographic and the number of female gun owners is growing, CNN Money reported.

Sometimes the appeal may include a fashion statement.

Glock offers both sub-compact and slim line handguns for women. Smith & Wesson offers a model called the “Lady Smith.” Mossberg markets shotguns and rifles with a pink camouflage pattern, and one shooting range in Las Vegas offers pink AK-47s with the bachelorette parties that it caters to.

"When you are aiming at your target and you're executing a safe shot, you're not thinking about what's for dinner," said Karen Butler, owner of Shoot Like a Girl, a company that introduces women to shooting via sponsorships from gun makers.

"You're not thinking about the problems of the day. You're thinking about what you have to do to hit the target. When you do that, it's just a sense of relaxation, followed by a sense of gratification. I think that every woman should experience that feeling," she told CNN.

Almost 80 percent of gun retailers reported a rise in female customers in 2012, according to industry figures. In Florida, 22 percent of the concealed carry permits are held by women. In Texas, women hold 28 percent of concealed carry permits, up sharply over the past decade.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; bho44; trends; women

1 posted on 02/09/2014 3:20:41 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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2 posted on 02/09/2014 3:22:58 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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Center mass, baby !

3 posted on 02/09/2014 3:23:29 PM PST by tomkat
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It appears as though the ladies have had enough of the PROG’s new feminized metrosexual males. LOL!


4 posted on 02/09/2014 3:25:19 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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Holly Peers...

5 posted on 02/09/2014 3:34:25 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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For the firearms industry, women are the next big opportunity

Sounds good to me. There is no down side to this.

6 posted on 02/09/2014 3:39:55 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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Good to see fingers off the triggers.


7 posted on 02/09/2014 3:40:10 PM PST by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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yes it is...
8 posted on 02/09/2014 3:43:38 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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Nice scope.


9 posted on 02/09/2014 4:08:55 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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10 posted on 02/09/2014 4:20:16 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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A third of the people in my CCL class were women. Several months ago my mom asked me to take her to the shooting range so she could learn how to shoot. Women are getting sick of being told that their best defense is to pee on their attacker.


11 posted on 02/09/2014 4:52:55 PM PST by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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Good to see fingers off the triggers.

Triggers?! There were guns in those pics?! Huh, I completely missed that...

12 posted on 02/09/2014 7:39:19 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell XS)
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Oh, come one, ladies, what’s the matter - don’t fancy being assaulted and raped by one of the newly-empowered young Black thugs?

That’s racist!


13 posted on 02/09/2014 11:02:29 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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14 posted on 02/11/2014 3:49:13 AM PST by Peet (Oderint dum metuant)
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Wow!


15 posted on 02/11/2014 4:20:11 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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