NRA says: "Annie get your gun!"

[Hollowpoint]

Die künftige NRA-Präsidentin Sandra Froman meint, daß es für die Zukunft des Schießsports und des Legalwaffenbesitzes von höchster Wichtigkeit ist, Frauen verstärkt an den Schießsport heranzuführen und Vorurteile von Frauen gegenüber Waffen abzubauen. Recht hat sie!

To: ALL MEDIA

For Immediate Release

January 28, 2005

Incoming NRA president: Reaching out to women crucial in preserving 2nd Amendment freedoms

LAS VEGAS ­­– Reaching out to American women and introducing them to shooting sports will be crucial in defending and preserving the freedoms that millions of sportsmen and women enjoy. That was the core message delivered to a luncheon crowd at the 2005 SHOT Show during an address by the National Rifle Association’s incoming president, Sandra Froman.

“American women represent our greatest challenge and our richest opportunity to either save Second Amendment freedom, or see it surrendered to ignorance and fear,” said Froman.

Froman, who will become president of the NRA in April, spoke to hundreds of women at the SHOT Show’s annual Women in the Industry luncheon.

Froman encouraged women to spread the word about shooting to other women – and to take them shooting – in an effort to better their understanding and bring them out of the dark.

“How do we bring them on board? Simple. By reaching out to them with the truth about firearms and the truth about the freedom to own them,” said Froman.

“Invite them to come shooting with you, so they can try it themselves at the range…maybe some will enjoy it, maybe some won’t. But I guarantee you that every one of them will walk away from the experience a lot less likely to buy into the lies of those who want to take our freedoms away,” said Froman.

Introducing more women to shooting will not only play an important role in the voting booth, Froman said, but it will also help in reaching the nation’s youth.

“Young men and women represent the future of our freedoms,” Froman said. “But you know what? If you want to reach out to young people, you need to reach out to their parents first. In most cases, that means the mother.”

Froman praised programs like the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s STEP OUTSIDE program and the NRA’s Women on Target program, which both help to introduce shooting and shooting sports to many who might not otherwise get involved.

She also said reaching out to women as consumers can make a difference by introducing more “women-friendly” products.

“I believe we ought to offer women more options, more choices, more product innovation in firearms and hunting gear, so they don’t feel as though they have to use a man’s gun or wear a man’s clothes if they want to enjoy the shooting sports,” Froman said. “Besides, next to shooting, my favorite pastime is shopping.”

GRUß

[Guest MarcDW]

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