Some alumnae from Mount Holyoke College find shooting club troubling

Vancouver Sun | February 15, 2003 | Elizabeth Mehren

[tarawa]

Sabrina Clark, if you're still looking... I'm here for 'ya

[tarawa]

ping

[happygrl]

Mout Holyoke has, as one of its traditions, the nurturing of the "uncommon woman."

Kudos to these independent thinkers there in the middle of liberal land.

There may be hope yet.

[SirFishalot]

I compete regularly in CMP and HPR matches and I have noticed that there are more and more girls and woman getting in on the lines. I think it's great for the sport. In fact, one of the top shooters (High Master) here in WNY is a 20ish year old female college student.

[Seeking the truth]

I remember meeting Cassie at CPAC two years ago.

That's when she told me she was setting up a chapter at Mount Holyhoke.

I was impressed by her daring to go into the belly of the beast and today, I am even more impressed by her success!

[Betteboop]

Our gun club has a girls shooting team that is doing very well and growning. Girls from 8-18 are invited to join and participate. We look forward to having more participation. We also run a Women's Day at the Range in the summer and that has also been very successful--we hope it will continue to grow.

[absalom01]

"Clark, ... said she recently dumped a boyfriend who told her he would never permit handguns in their home. "I thought about it for maybe 30 seconds, and then said, 'no, never mind, you can go away now,' "

heh

The world turned upside down.

[SauronOfMordor]

"Research shows categorically that having a gun in the home is an independent risk factor for suicide or homicide," Wintemute said, citing a California study that showed that women who purchased handguns were 50 per cent more likely to be homicide victims than the state's general female population.

Gee, might that be that women generally don't purchase guns unless they feel themselves to be at risk, and that the feeling is often correct? Does the "research" control for such factors as "woman living alone in high-crime area", "woman being stalked by violent ex-boyfriend/husband", etc, etc?

[RogueIsland]

Clark, who is majoring in the ethics of foreign policy, said she recently dumped a boyfriend who told her he would never permit handguns in their home.

Dang. Someone needs to set up a matchmaking service that will help me find women like this.

[TontoKowalski]

Dang. Someone needs to set up a matchmaking service that will help me find women like this.

Were I still single, I'd set my sights on Miss Clark.

Student government president Erica Stock suggested they could all try different calibr eweapons -- and then switch off. But Sabrina Clark was not sure she wanted to part with the .357. "I just love that gun," Clark said.

[VeniVidiVici]

I love to read stories about people defending themselves. This is one of my favorites, possibly because it happened right up the road from me.
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A Heathrow, Florida, woman had endured unwanted advances and spying from a greenskeeper at her local golf course for more than six months. In a final invasion of his victim’s privacy, the stalker, armed with a handgun and a rope, found his way into the woman’s home. After ordering her husband out of the way, the man confronted the woman, pushing her into a back bedroom and letting loose a volley of five shots. The wounded victim was not about to go easily , however, and fired back with one shot from a .38-cal. revolver she had bought for protection. The shot proved fatal to the 50-year-old man whose body was found next to a backpack full of pornography. The stalker was also under indictment for five counts of lewd and lascivious assault on a child. (Boston Herald, Boston, MA, 5/11/99)
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What the article doesn't say is that she tried for months to get the cops to do something about this guy. She finally realized she was on her own, bought a handgun and took lessons. Needless to say, I guess she passed :-)

[justshutupandtakeit]

Mt. Holyoke's student government president is a Second Amendment Sister? And the organization has 75 members at the school? I must have awakened on a different planet this morning.

[Chemist_Geek]

Someone needs to set up a matchmaking service that will help me find women like this.

No kidding! Ahhh... to have a date at the range.

[hollywood]

"If we are talking about personal protection," he said, "how about a weapon that when you fire it is not going to discharge a projectile hundreds of yards and kill some kid on a tricycle?"

Ok, for argument sake, I'll agree with that premise. Now, go and design such a weapon. Let's see what you come up with. My fantasy weapon-of-choice for personal protection is a bullet-proof invisible dome that I activate with my mind if something bad is about to happen to me. See, I don't need a gun.

[wku man]

"Besides, Kelly said, "Shooting is really fun. This is a dirty secret these girls have discovered. It horrifies many people to hear that. How can it be fun to shoot a gun? Well, it just is."

A woman who gets it...amazing! Is she married, I wonder? I need to find a woman like her.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Ches]

"The things that women reach for when they reach for guns are often the things that all girls want: self-esteem, something fun to do with your friends, something really interesting and offbeat,"

Another story about bored White wimmen with guns.

[El Gato]

Ok, for argument sake, I'll agree with that premise. Now, go and design such a weapon.

It's already been done. It's called a shotgun. Deadly, and very messy, at close range, but very short ranged, depending on load. With loads containing small pellets it's perfect for urban self defense. Sort of hard to carry around though, especially concealed to avoid cases of the vapors amoungst the hoplophobes. Thus a handgun is better for "outside the home" self defense, you just need to be even more aware of what's beyond your target.

[Ches]

"Most of the Mount Holyoke community, said spokesman Kevin McCaffrey, "is on the opposite side of this issue"."

So what? I don't like bowling but I don't need to make an issue out of it.

[oyez]

Yep, a girly man. When a man will not attend to his responsibility to defend his family he has failed his marrage obligations and is liable seek sources of false security.