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Book Title:
Women's Guide to Buying Your First Handgun
Series:
Firearm/Pistol For Life Series
Author: Ruperto
Elpusan Jr.
Be sure to look for
ISBN #0-9772088-3-4 at Amazon, Powells and other fine
online retail bookstores. |
People
are interested in the use of handguns for any number of the
following reasons, in the listed order of popularity:
·
Personal protection
·
Recreational shooting
·
Competition shooting
·
Hunting
·
Collecting
Women
tend to be overwhelmingly motivated by the first reason ---
personal protection.
There
is the recognition of the need to be self-reliant in taking
responsibility for the protection of self, family and home.
And there is a recognition that they can do more to
protect themselves from the criminal element that can
potentially accost them when they are away from home in their
daily activities.
Pepper
spray is a worthy self-defense tool but it has its limitations.
Stun guns are often ineffective.
Knives and batons require an inordinate amount of
training and expertise to use effectively.
Long
guns can do the job but are impractical as carry weapons.
You can’t put these things in your purse or your
pocket. Shotguns
are good for home defense and certainly should be considered.
However, handguns can be effective as home weapons and
have the added benefit of possible double duty as a carry tool
and the comparative ease of storage at home, which is important
especially if there are children living in the house.
Certainly,
women do participate in recreational shooting and hunting,
especially those who were raised in rural areas where gun
ownership is a normal part of daily life.
However, among newbies, women comprise a very small
minority of the participants in these endeavors.
Such is also the case with competition shooting and arms
collecting.
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