While handguns are far and away the most popular firearms among female gun owners, AR-style rifles are making a major impact in the women’s market.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 …read more
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