March-April 2015 1 At One with the Gun The World’s most advanced laser sighting system is now available in green. Accurate. Rugged. Proven. www.lasermax.com 2 Women&Guns Women&Guns March-April 2015 Volume 26, Number 2 On theCover With a competent instructor observing, you should practice the basics of trigger press before you begin live fire. Dry fire is an often neglected component of training that should not be overlooked. Story by Bob Campbell, beginning on Page 20. Contents NEWS PAGE 6 Survey of women gunowners; 2015 court cases; Washington State initiative challenge. DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES PAGE 10 Prioritizing gun knowledge yields some surprising results. By Lyn Bates. SHOT 2015 PAGE 12 A whole lot of new guns and gear appear in the Nevada desert to kick off the year. By Diane Walls. RIFLES PAGE 18 Comparing three hunting rifles and their calibers in the field. By Carolee Anita Boyles. PROFILE Page 24 Christina Pincus has been training with guns since an early age and is ready to follow her dad into self- defense training. By Carolee Anita Boyles. HANDGUNS PAGE 26 Since the Glock appeared on the American gun scene it has been praised and condemned. Some perspective after all this time. By Bob Campbell. TRAINING PAGE 30 The Second Amendment Foundation debuts a new Training Division. By Lynn Givens and Tiffany Johnson. LEGALLY SPEAKING PAGE 32 The lessons “taught” in Ferguson, MO, last year are not necessarily the lessons learned. By Karen L. MacNutt. MAKING a DIFFERENCE PAGE 36 Learning to say “I will” instead on “someone should.” By Genie Jennings. TRAVEL PAGE 38 Traveling with guns is possible, but requires care. By Debbie Caruana. RESOURCE DIRECTORY PAGE 44 FROM the EDITOR PAGE 46 Never mind the zombies, watch out for the snow! By Peggy Tartaro March-April 2015 3 Women&Guns www.womenandguns.com PO Box 35 About the Authors Buffalo, NY 14205-0035 Ph. (716) 885-6408 Fax (716) 884-4471 Lyn Bates is the Vice President of AWARE (Arming Email [email protected] Women Against Rape and Endangerment, www.aware. JULIANNE VERSNEL GOTTLIEB org), a nonprofit organization that provides information Publisher and training to enable women to avoid, deter, repel or PEGGY TARTARO resist crimes ranging from minor harassment to violent Executive Editor assault. She has been a competitive shooter, recipient of the National Tactical Invitational’s Tactical Advocate Contributing Editors Award, and certified to teach a wide range of self-defense Lyn Bates Carolee Anita Boyles techniques. She has authored the book Safety for Stalking R.K. Campbell Victims, blogs at www.aware.org and can be reached at Gila Hayes [email protected]. Genie Jennings Roger Lanny Carolee Anita Boyles has been writing about hunting Sheila Link and fishing since 1981. She currently lives in Tampa, Karen MacNutt Diane Walls Florida with her son, Chris, and two golden retrievers, Dave Workman Teal (like the duck), and Shira. Webmaster Debbie Caruana is circulation manager of Women Keeva Segal &Guns. Advertising Sales Cole Media R.K. “Bob” Campbell is a working, sworn law- 360-665-0542 enforcement officer who writes about guns and [email protected] self-defense issues for W&G and several other gun [email protected] publications. His book, available from Merril Press, is The Handgun in Personal Defense. He has written Published by: extensively on the use of carbines by police and civilians. The Second Amendment Foundation His abstract on police carbine marksmanship is used as www.saf.org a reference by the National Institute of Justice. Women&Guns Magazine (ISSN 0145-7704) is published bi- Karen L. MacNutt is a consulting attorney for the Second monthly by the Second Amendment Foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational and literary research and publishing Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association organization. National Office: 12500 NE Tenth Place, Bellevue, and Gun Owners Action League. She maintains a WA 98005. Phone: 425-454-7012. SUBSCRIPTIONS: One year (6 issues), $18.00 US; single copies, $4.00. All subscriptions are cash general law practice in Boston, and is an active rifle and in advance. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Six weeks notice required pistol competitor. on all changes. Send old address as well as new. Not responsible for missed issues due to failure to notify of address changes. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Women&Guns, Attn: Diane Walls is a long-time martial artist and former Circulation Dept., PO Box 35, Buffalo NY 14205-0035. Contents TaeKwon-Do instructor. She is currently on staff at © 2015 by Second Amendment Foundation. 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Gun Owners—Purchasing, Women who purchased a gun While defense was the most Perceptions and Participation, within the last year (37.4%) popular reason for gun ownership, at the 2015 SHOT Show in Las spent an average of $870. Over 15.3% of respondents said they Vegas. half (58.1%) were purchased at a purchased a gun to learn to hunt The press conference for the local gun shop, while 42.6% were and the social aspect of wanting to study’s release was Standing purchased at a mass retailer such go shooting with friends or family Room Only, and dozens of people as Cabela’s or Walmart. was the reason for 9.5% of those were turned away from the event. In making a firearm purchase, surveyed. NSSF and the study’s authors the women studied consulted Nearly three quarters of the consulted with women industry with family members (65%), respondents (73.4%) have taken members to insure that the study manufacturer’s websites (54.8%), at least one training class and covered relevant topics. As might friends (51.9%) and gun shop the women surveyed took, on be expected from an industry- personnel (51.8%) for information average, 3.5 gun training classes. funded study, the focus was on prior to their purchase. Women took concealed carry participation in various aspects of The majority of women (67.3%) permit classes (33.3%), hunter gunownership, including shooting considered their purchase for at education (32%) and range safety sports, and on respondents’ least a few months or longer before instruction (31.4%). purchases. actually buying. The women surveyed But the picture of women The study also found that participate in shooting activities gunowners that emerges from women gunowners spent an an average of once per month. the study is one of engagement average of $405 in the past year on Nearly all—95.5%-- have tried and progress. The study was accessories. Most of the accessories target shooting and it was the conducted in 2014 among women were gun care/cleaning products one activity a majority (62.4%) 18 to 65 who owned at least one and basics such as targets, eye continue to participate in with firearm.