WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021   ■   ONLINE

NRAWomen.com Reloads for 2021

(Fairfax, VA) – NRAWomen.com, the premier online resource for women who shoot and support the Second Amendment is now in its 10th month of publication. NRA Women’s formula for success is simple: Deliver 2A and gun-related information, education and entertainment for women, by women. Would you like to know what that looks like? Here’s a short list of some of our most popular recent pieces that got our readers talking, typing and tapping targets.

Don’t waste that 9 mm, kids! There are gun owners in California who haven’t been to a range in years! Maybe not. But unless you are down to literally your last few rounds that might be needed to protect yourself or your loved ones, don’t become a range recluse, a munition miser, an ammo accumulator. Here are five reasons why it’s OK to burn up some of that ammo you’ve been hoarding all year.

Women who are thinking of arming themselves for self-defense face a number of challenges, but among the most insidious are the cultural myths that people who know nothing about guns will repeat to you to try to scare you away from gun ownership. Whatever the motivation of these scaremongers, here are three gun fears that you can safely ignore.

With so many easy packing .22s on the market, one might assume that they are a popular option for personal protection. However, professionals in the self-defense community almost universally pan the use of small rimfires for self-defense. Manufacturers say they’re for "sporting purposes only," but there's no doubt that they are being pressed into service as defensive options. Do .22 LR pistols make sense for self-defense?

The ability to seamlessly rack a pistol’s slide has nothing to do with hand or upper body strength. It’s a skill that any shooter, regardless of gender or size of the pistol, can easily master. So take heart, stay positive and recite the words "push-pull" with Gunsite instructor Il Ling New

Although the goddesses of myth were imbued with mystical powers, we have to imagine that 3,000 years ago any modern firearm would have seemed like magic. In that spirit, we’re highlighting three goddesses of old with a new thought experiment: What gun would a goddess carry?

As an outdoor writer, it’s always my goal to never be “that girl.” You know—the girl who gets whispered and joked about because her behavior pegs her as a diva, a lightweight or a party crasher. How do you avoid being “that girl” in camp?

Whether you’re a long-time shooter or a newbie looking to buy her first shotgun, you’re in luck—these days, manufacturers are designing shotguns built specifically for women, and you have options you couldn’t have dreamed of only a decade ago. Here are six great shotguns just for women!

Beef tartare? Coffee? Hot tubs? A Cosmopolitan? Experts say pregnant women should avoid all of these things, which then begs the question, “Can I do anything I like?” Harboring new life is amazing, demanding and requires some sacrifice. But—must expectant mothers leave their guns in their safes for nine months? Should the pregnant pause?

If you live in a place that may not be your forever home—an apartment, condo or townhome—you may have been hesitant to invest the time and money into a large gun safe, for a variety of reasons. Turns out, modular safes have been around for a few years now and are becoming more popular. Here’s how to install one of your own.

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About NRAWomen.com: NRAWomen.com is updated daily and supported by a weekly newsletter, and speaks to both the millions of new women gun owners—and the millions more who welcome them with open arms. First launched in April 2020, NRAWomen.com incorporates the best in gun safety and handling information, provides news on the latest developments in the world of firearms and hunting, and entertains with interesting and educational stories about the outdoor lifestyle we love. Follow NRA Women on social at Facebook.com/NRAWomen, Twitter@NRAWomen and Instagram.com/NRAWomen.