Gun manufacturers are banking on women, from the soccer moms to professionals. Many women at the Blue Ridge Gun Range in Chantilly, Va., and elsewhere around the nation are packing heat for sport, self empowerment and protection.
"I am a short chubby housewife. I'm not as scared of the bad guys because the guns are my great equalizer," said Jacque Blundell of Arlington, Va.
The gun industry is catering to women with everything from more girly guns and apparel, to all female hunting trips to free ladies nights at the range.
It's clear the feminine touch is adding up to big business.
"A quarter to a third of all our customers here are women shooters," said Keith Weaver, employee at Blue Ridge Arsenal.
Five years ago the National Rifle Association offered just 13 firearms training classes for women, today there are more than 200 nationwide.
"If you look at statistics, there are more crimes of passion committed by men than there are women, but I say that everyone has their emotions and one of the things you learn when you take firearms classes is you learn to control your emotions," said Sandra Forman, President of the National Rifle Association.
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