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WOMAN ACROSS AMERICA FROM ALL DIFFERENT ADULT AGE GGROUPS INCREASINGLY ARE TURNING TO FIREARMS
FOR SELF PROTECTION, THEY'RE ALSO TURNING TO GUN SAFTEY COURSES AND EDUCATION. NOT ONLY
TO ENSURE THEY'RE OWN SAFTEY BUT, THE SAFTEY OF OTHERS. OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS KNOW ALL ABOUT
GUN SAFTEY AND THE GREAT SPORT FIREARMS HAVE BECOME.
THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GROWING FEMALE FIREARM TREND BOTH FOR
SPORT AND PROTECTION. DAWN WEHUNT AND KIPPY LAYTHAM FROM SPRINGFIELD
ARMORY ARE HERE. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURPRISED, BUT WHEN I READ
THESE STATISTICS I THOUGHT, WOW. MAY I SHARE THEM WITH YOU?
SURE. LISTEN TO THIS AND THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING.
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY, THERE WAS A 51% JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF WOMAN TARGET SHOOTING OVER
A TEN YEAR PERIOD. 51%, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT SURPRISED AT ALL.
I WAS. AND THE NUMBER OF WOMAN SPORT HUNTING INCREASED
NEARLY 42% TO JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION. WOW, I MEAN THE NUMBER CONTINUE TO JUST RISE,
AMAZING? THAT'S TRUE, SPRINGFIELD ARMORY HAS SEEN OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS A STEADY INCRESE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMAN INTERESTED IN FIREARMS. SHOOTING
HAS BECOME VERY SOCIALLY EXCEPTABLE FOR WOMAN. UH HUH...
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FIREARMS FOR ANYWHERE FROM SELF PROTECTION TO SPORT OR FUN.
AND KIPPY, FOR YOU...YOU ARE A CHAMPION TARGET SHOOTER, I'VE HEARD YOU'RE LIKE AMAZING TO
WATCH. OK.
I DO ALRIGHT... (LAUGHING).
...I CAN HOLD MY OWN. I'M SURE YOU CAN.
TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOU'RE BACKGROUND, AND BASICALLY WHAT WEAPONS YOU USE?
YOU BET. AS MOST PEOPLE I DIDN'T GROW UP WITH FIREARMS, LIKE MOST WOMAN.
MY DAD HUNTED, I REMEMBER HIM HUNING, BUT HE NEVER TOOK ME TO THE RANGE WITH HIM OR
ON A HUNT SO I WAS NEVER REALLY INTERESTED IN FIREARMS OR AFRIAD OF THEM. I JUST WASN'T
EXPOSED TO THEM. AND ABOUT THE TIME I WAS GRADUATING COLLEGE
I WENT TO A RANGE WITH A FRIEND TO SHOOT HIS FIREARM AND I WAS INSTANTLY HOOKED, I WATCHED
HIM SHOOT A MATCH AND THEN HE LET ME SHOOT HIS GUN AND LONG STORY SHORT...I'VE BEEN TRAVELING
THE NATION AND THE WORLD COMPETING WITH THEM AND JUST HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE.
WOW. NOW MOST PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY NOT REACH YOUR
LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK THE INTEREST IS FOR THIS PAST TIME?
WELL IT'S JUST FUN, IT'S CHALLENGING, IT'S INVIGORATING, IT'S EMPOWERING, IT'S SO HARD
TO DISCRIBE AND UNTIL YOU TRY IT, YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IS JUST HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
SO I'M WARNING YOU. (LAUGHING).
AND DAWN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHIME IN? I THINK A LOT OF WOMAN ARE LOOKING TOWARDS
THE FIREARMS LIKE I SAID FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT YEA, I AGREE WITH KIPPY. IT IS VERY FUN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ENDORPHIN RUSH. (LAUGING).
NOW KIPPY LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, FOR WOMEN OUT THERE--AND I'M ONE OF THEM, OKAY? I HAVE
GONE TO THE RANGE. I'VE DONE PRETTY WELL, BUT I'VE NEVER REALLY FELT COMFORTABLE. I
HAVE THAT INTEREST, BUT YET I'M NOT THERE. I...I BET YOU THERE'S A LOT OF WOMEN OUT THERE.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? LEARN THE BASIC FIREARM SAFETY RULES. THE
UNIVERSAL FIREARM SAFETY RULES. SURE.
UH, TAKE A CLASS WHERE THEY INSTRUCT YOU HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE THE GUN, SHOOT THE GUN,
LOAD THE GUN, UNLOAD THE GUN, AND IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU GO TO BUY A GUN THAT
YOU TRY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT. NOT ALL GUNS ARE CREATED EQUALLY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
IT FITS YOUR HAND. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE VERY LONG FINGERS, VERY LARGE HANDS, SO--.
SO YOU CAN HANDLE... --MY GUN IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN PROBABLY
A GUN YOU MIGHT BUY WITH SMALLER HANDS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GRIP FITS, AND THAT'S
ONE OF THE GREAT FEATURES OF THE XDM, ONE OF THE GUNS WE OFFER AT SPRINGFIELD ARMORY.
IT HAS A REPLACEABLE BACKSTRAP, WHICH ADJUSTS THE SIZE OF THE GRIP FOR A PERFECT FIT, NO
MATTER WHAT YOUR HAND SIZE. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT TAKE A WOMAN TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE? I THINK THAT'S GONNA VARY ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S
EXPERIENCE, BUT WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, THE MORE YOU LEARN, AND THE MORE YOU PRACTICE
WITH YOUR FIREARM THE EASIER THE HANDLING AND THE SHOOTING IS GONNA BECOME.
ANY LAST MINUTE ADVICE? UH, I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A GUN,
DO YOUR RESEARCH. YES!
STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TRY IT. GET SOME INSTRUCTION AND YOU JUST MIGHT
IMPRESS YOURSELF. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. (MUSIC) AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT GUN SAFETY OR ABOUT THE SPORT OF TARGET SHOOTING, VISIT US AT thebalancingact.com
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