CT: License to carry: women with guns on the rise

[Midwest]

Connecticut : License to carry: women with guns on the rise


Good positive story on how the number of woman who have carry permits in Connecticut has increased. Women now occupy 60 to 65 % in the NRA Pistol Safety course classes up from 20% just a few years ago,


http://wtnh.com/2016/01/19/license-to-carry-women-with-guns-on-the-rise/


"I think there’s a big shift towards wanting to be able to protect yourself and defend yourself,” said Hardy. Hardy says not only are the numbers on the rise, so is the ratio of women to men in the classes. “It used to be about 20 percent women in my classes. For the last year and a half, maybe two years, it’s been closer to 60, 65 percent,” said Hardy. Elizabeth Koegler is one of his students. She took the course two months ago and just received her permit on Tuesday."
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[Plan2Live]

My observation here is consistent with the article you posted. I taught a Concealed Weapons class two weekends ago and 6 of the 27 students were women. As recently as a year or so ago we would do good to get 2 women per class. In this last class, when we left the classroom and moved out to the range, we cycled four waves of students. I had two women and two men shoot in my lane. Both women out shot both men. The difference? The women listened to what I told them and followed directions.

 

[larryh1108]

I think this is trending coast-to-coast. It's a reason I believe the pro-gun sector will expand instead of contract. Women control an awful lot of what we do, as a society, and what our children are exposed to. If it's good enough for momma, it's good enough for me.

 

[abq87120]

My wife has packed heat since 2008. Her night stand gun is a Glock G19. Currently packing a Glock G42 (.380 ACP) in her Galco purse. She is a better shot than I am. She has carry tickets in AZ, UT and had one for NM before it expired. What a great wife.

 

[old lady new shooter]

This is completely logical. The two points made by the "feminist" movement that actually make sense IMO are that women should not be limited in their activities simply by virtue of the fact that we are women*, and we should not see ourselves as the damsel in distress requiring a man to rescue us. Samuel Colt's equalizer proposition applies to us at least as much as to a small-framed man.

*Just to clarify, I absolutely oppose any watering-down of standards for professions requiring physical strength, especially military and first responders. A firefighter has to be able to carry a 200-lb person down a ladder while wearing a heavy suit, if a woman can do that she should not be prevented from being a firefighter, but if she cannot then she needs to find a different profession.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Love it.