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Holyoke feminists find gun-toting a blast. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
At Mount Holyoke College MA, the nation's oldest women's college, about 75 students are learning to protect themselves with a gun, as members of a campus chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters.
Focused on political advocacy and developing shooting skills, it's the first student chapter of a national group promoting firearm ownership by women.
The students see firearms as tools toward self-empowerment and self-defense, and something new and different to try on this elite women's campus. Some say they took up guns as the ultimate feminist response to a culture of violence. Others like the precision of shooting. Still others consider it a stress reducer like yoga or meditation.
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