Letters From Ripley: Weapons Story

Thursday, 27 January 2022

This morning....I read a piece saying that for 2021.....there were 5.4 million first-time gun buyers across the US.

The real shocker? One-third of them were women.

No one said much about the states and how the numbers divide up....but I would guess the bulk of the women were from southern states.

What the women bought? Anyone's guess.

Bigus Macus said...: I'll post a couple of examples of Women and Guns,

Michigan Gun Instructors Train 1000 Detroit Area Women How to Shoot Handguns

https://www.ammoland.com/2021/09/michigan-gun-instructors-train-10000-detroit-area-women-how-to-shoot-handguns/#ixzz7JBYvdFEG; 27 January 2022 at 16:32
Bigus Macus said...: Survey: 5.4 Million First-Time Gun Owners in 2021, Growing Diversity Bad News for Gun Control Advocates
The industry saw a 44.5% increase among blacks and 33.2% of females as first-time buyers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/survey-5-4-million-first-time-gun-owners-in-2021-growing-diversity-bad-news-for-gun-control-advocates/; 28 January 2022 at 14:06