Gun Ownership Steadily Increasing Among US Women
Voice of America
03 Jul 2021, 16:05 GMT+10
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - In 2020, Americans battled a pandemic, social injustice and a contested election - conflicts that led many people to become gun owners.
And, consistent with a slow trend over the past decade, more of those gun owners are women.
Beth Privette, who helps run the Women Arm Yourselves Safety program in Brevard, North Carolina, said she added two classes to her calendar in 2020 because there was such a need for it. In the last year and a half, we ve seen quite an uptick, she told VOA.