Call them ARs, black guns, or the modern sporting rifle, this mainstay of combat is becoming a very popular rifle among women. The growth of the AR at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade show has been tremendous. as Americans strive to own the latest technology in firearms, just as they do for cell phones. Here’s the latest, as reported by Shooting Sports Retailer.
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The NSSF Women Gun Owners study showed that while 56 percent of women owned at least one handgun and 50 percent reported owning at least one shotgun, 20 percent of women gun owners said they owned a so-called “modern sporting rifle.”
The highest proportion of women who owned ARs also owned a semi-automatic handgun, and the vast majority owned just one AR.
“That doesn’t surprise me at all,” says Sarah Ahrens, a firearms instructor and former Illinois police officer. “You take a woman to the range and give her an AR and a shotgun; which one is going to be more comfortable to shoot? Which one is going to be more adjustable to her frame? Which one is going to hold more rounds and be easier to load?”
Most women who owned an AR had one chambered in .223 Remington, with nearly 15 percent owning a .22 LR version. Nearly 51 percent of women AR owners bought their rifle within the last three years, and 65 percent of those bought the rifle themselves.
“I think with all the government stuff going on that people are afraid they’re going to be banned and they don’t want to be told they can’t own something,” Ahrens says. “So if they’ve been thinking about it, they’re going to go out and buy it.”
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