Firearms Safety & Preparedness
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- American Women’s Self-Defense Association
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“You have an absolute right to defend yourself.”
- Armed and Female•
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“Fewer easy targets and more empowered women.” Can’t hardly argue with that.
- Basic Firearm Training
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“Whether you are interested in recreational shooting, competition, hunting, gun collecting, historical reenactment, home safety, or personal protection--the basics are where to start! NRA Basic Firearm Training Courses teach you the safety principles and help you develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude that are needed to successfully pursue your shooting interests.”
- Dangerous Housewife
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“Three years ago, my son became a victim of a vicious crime. Fortunately, he recovered fully. But my life was forever changed... I enrolled in an NRA Personal Protection course.” The Dangerous Housewife is a Christine Lavin fan, so she’s got to be cool.
- Gun Control and Economic Discrimination
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“While melting-point legislation prevents many of the nation’s poorer citizens from legally protecting themselves, no convincing factual, public policy, or legal arguments justify this outcome. Preventing those who have a legal right to protect themselves with a handgun from doing so on the basis of socioeconomic considerations simply cannot be the solution… A compelling argument can be made that melting-point laws (1) are arbitrary in determining which handguns they ultimately remove from the market; (2) may have a negative effect on the ability of the police to track down criminals through the use of ballistics tests; (3) do not contribute to crime reduction; and (4) discriminate against the poor who cannot afford to purchase more expensive handguns.”
- Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
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“America’s most agressive defender of firearms ownership”--probably because they’ve seen what happens when firearms ownership is outlawed. Founded by holocaust survivors who understand that one of the gateways to tyranny is government monopoly on force.
- Lesbians Arm Against Death Threats
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“We don’t necessarily like guns but we had purchased them. We were going to be pacifists, but not stupid pacifists. She picked up the 30-30 and just as I came in on two wheels, Wanda was running down the hill and the guys saw her and took off.”
- A Liberal Democrat’s Lament
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“My background is atypical for a somewhat high-profile supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am black and grew up in Manhattan’s East Harlem. I remain a 1960s Humphrey Democrat concerned with the plight of those most vulnerable in American society—minorities, the poor, the elderly, and single women—groups whose day-to-day realities are often overlooked in our public policy debates.”
- My Transformation From Anti-Gun Feminist To Armed Feminist
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Two turning points changed her from an anti-gun HCI member to a pro-gun GOA member. The latter was the Los Angeles riots of 1992. “No one was hurt, but a gun in my formerly liberal hand had, I believe, probably saved my life.”
- Nazi Confiscation of Registered Guns
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“New research on the Nazi confiscation of registered guns--and execution of gun owners--provides a poignant lesson on why Americans have always opposed the registration of peaceable firearms owners.” Apparently there was a call for registration in 1941, and it was the Nazi example that helped block the attempt.
- People With Strength
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In North Carolina in 1957 Klan attacks resulted in Blacks in Monroe County joining the NRA and receiving firearms training: and Klan attacks stopped.
- Pink Pistols
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“Pick on someone your own caliber.” “You don't have to be gay to join us, any more than you have to be Black to support civil rights. We include members from the GLBT, Polyamarous, and BDSM communities, but you don't need to be gay or have an alternative sexuality to join and shoot with us.”
- Police Have No Duty to Protect Individuals
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What can you reasonably expect from local law enforcement when you are in trouble? What are your options if they fail to aid you?
- Second Amendment Sisters
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Because “self defense is a basic human right”--even for women.
- Women & Guns
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Published bi-monthly by the Second Amendment Foundation, this looks like an interesting magazine. They’ve also got a forum for discussing the magazine and related issues.
- Women Against Gun Control
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“Women Against Gun Control is committed to the Second Amendment. We plan to develop a strong program educating women that women can use firearms quite effectively for self-defense.” And nobody there likes Sara Lee.
