Y'know, babe, every local NRA range offers classes just for women, starting with basic gun management (cleaning, dismantling, parts, safety) and then moving up to range practice and self-defense. CP took the advanced-level self-defense class (the all-gender version!) and said it was amazing, the things he learned.
CP has several gun magazine subscriptions. I used to take a load of donation stuff every month to the local women's shelter's thrift store. The manager told me, "we can't take anything gun-related... but my husband and I shoot, so I'll take those myself, if you want to keep bringing them."
I was absolutely gobsmacked. A shelter for battered women and they refused to educate or encourage women in every option for self-defense. It was seriously a what-the-fuck-over moment.
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Date: 19 Apr 2007 05:23 pm (UTC)CP has several gun magazine subscriptions. I used to take a load of donation stuff every month to the local women's shelter's thrift store. The manager told me, "we can't take anything gun-related... but my husband and I shoot, so I'll take those myself, if you want to keep bringing them."
I was absolutely gobsmacked. A shelter for battered women and they refused to educate or encourage women in every option for self-defense. It was seriously a what-the-fuck-over moment.