What are you, a girl?!

I thought I was onto some blogfodder.  A workgroup I associate with at my office has a dozen people.  3 of them are women.  I found out one has a Beretta 92, the other has a Mossberg 930, and was checking with the 3rd.  If she had possessed a firearm (she would have no qualms over her personal ownership, likes the Sig P238, but her roommate is anti-gun, so...) that would make 100% of the females, but less than 50% of the males.  Then the initial reaction is the rib the males over, "Sheesh, the WOMEN have guns but YOU can't, fellas?  Whaswrongwitchu?"

But that is ALL wrong, and I am ashamed to admit this first impulse.  Owning or desiring to possess, or carrying, or knowing how to use a firearm is a not exclusivity manly trait.  It's not a demonstration of masculinity. 

That sort of thinking leads to the weiner jokes that gun-banner love to deploy.  It's simpleton thinking.  And I need to alter my thought process.

Firearms are an equalizer tool that facilitate effective individual defense for most anyone.  Self Defense is a human right, not relegated to a specific gender.  When I am advocating for shooter's rights I should never hinge it on any masculinity argument.