August 31, 2013

Confidence Through Shooting

Posted on February 2, 2012 by in News

BINGO! This is exactly what I have been preaching for the last few years. Shooting brings confidence. I think these women speak for many of us when they express the way they feel about shooting. Check it out:

Magic Valley Women Gain Confidence Through Better Shooting Skills

By Andrew Weeks – [email protected] | Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:00 am |

Ed Glazar * For the Times-NewsKris Rambur takes aim with her Glock 19 pistol Monday at the Twin Falls Rifle and Pistol Club as her friend Lisa Baily looks on. The women say that learning to shoot sparks more confidence and they feel better protected.

TWIN FALLS • Kris Rambur has seen it before — a calendar full of attractive women dressed in bikinis and holding guns.

The chauvinistic approach to women and guns makes her angry.

“Those things get me so riled up because those women don’t usually even shoot,” Rambur said.

The Twin Falls woman wants to help change the perception that guns are just a man’s hobby. Not all women are ignorant of guns, she said, just as not all men are gun savvy. She encourages women to become acquainted with firearms and to practice shooting, even taking classes to obtain concealed-carry permits.

There are at least three good reasons: It helps women have more confidence in themselves, she said, and gives them protection if they’re ever physically threatened by an attacker. And the third: Having a gun hobby is just plain fun, said Rambur, who target shoots at local ranges at least three times a week.

‘Bit by the Bug’

On Monday, she and friend Lisa Baily were at the TwinFalls Rifle and Pistol Club demonstrating their skills with firearms.

Hitting a bull’s-eye comes easy to these women. Baily, a 39-year-old Kimberly resident, started shooting about three years ago, while Rambur, 38, has been shooting since she was 17.

Her dad taught her about guns, how to hold a pistol, how to aim. But he never let her load them.

“He’d do things with the gun and then hand it to me,” she said. “I’d shoot it down range and then hand it back to dad, who’d reload it for me. So I never learned the mechanics of gun fundamentals until I took a class. That’s when the drive began. I just got bit by the bug.”

Read more: https://magicvalley.com/lifestyles/recreation/magic-valley-women-gain-confidence-through-better-shooting-skills/article_89b175a9-2f44-57ca-99ee-be13a592e64c.html#ixzz1lF76jkOm

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One Response to “Confidence Through Shooting”

  1. Glock Lady 9 February 2012 at 6:36 am #

    I love this post. It articulates much of what I’ve been trying to write about.
    I’m having a bit of trouble finding community in the girls with guns set, and this post gives me hope. Here’s my post about feeling alone, if anyone is interested: https://wp.me/p282sy-1m