{"id":55405,"date":"2016-04-01T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=55405"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:56:07","slug":"granny-gun-senior-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/granny-gun-senior-skyrocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Granny Gets Her Gun!  Fearing Crime, Senior Gun Ownership Skyrockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55408\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/NA-CJ609A_SHOOT_9U_20160328193907.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"granny-gun-senior-skyrocket\" title=\"Granny Gets Her Gun!  Fearing Crime, Senior Gun Ownership Skyrockets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55408\" title=\"Granny Gets Her Gun!  Fearing Crime, Senior Gun Ownership Skyrockets\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/NA-CJ609A_SHOOT_9U_20160328193907.jpg\" alt=\"WSJ\" width=\"700\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/NA-CJ609A_SHOOT_9U_20160328193907.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/NA-CJ609A_SHOOT_9U_20160328193907-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/NA-CJ609A_SHOOT_9U_20160328193907-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: WSJ<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1950, Americans couldn\u2019t get enough of the hit Technicolor musical <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_UB1YAsPD6U\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"granny-gun-senior-skyrocket\" title=\"Granny Gets Her Gun!  Fearing Crime, Senior Gun Ownership Skyrockets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie Get Your Gun<\/a>. <\/em>Sixty years later,<em> \u201c<\/em>Granny, get your gun!\u201d might be more common to hear around town.<\/p>\n<p>As the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/more-seniors-take-aim-at-shooting-ranges-1459243804\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"granny-gun-senior-skyrocket\" title=\"Granny Gets Her Gun!  Fearing Crime, Senior Gun Ownership Skyrockets\">reported<\/a> this week, gun ownership and usage among senior citizens has risen dramatically over the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>Over 22,000 people aged 65 and older took basic firearm training courses from NRA-certified instructors in 2015, reported an NRA spokesman. That number is four times greater than it was five years ago and represents a significantly higher growth rate than the overall average.<\/p>\n<p>Wall Street Journal reporters accompanied residents of the Austintown Senior Center on one of their recent trips to the gun range. One member of the group, 63-year-old Phyllis Engler, a recently retired physical education teacher, was pleased with her debut. \u201cI have arthritis in my shoulder so it was hard holding [the pistol] out, but I think with practice I\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She planned to buy a pistol and apply for a concealed-carry permit. She had a message for criminals: \u201cThey better not mess with the women of Austintown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WSJ also spoke with gun store owners around the country to get a sense of why senior citizens are purchasing more firearms: \u201cMany dealers and older people around the country said personal safety was the priority,\u201d the article reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to the owner of Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware, Ohio, knowing how to shoot gives older people, \u201ca sense of security and safety. It\u2019s a great equalizer in this crazy world we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miles Hall, owner of H&amp;H Shooting in Oklahoma City, agreed: \u201cToday\u2019s buyers are scared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Personal defense isn\u2019t the only concern. Older Americans, like the rest of the country, fear that federal regulations will prohibit firearm purchasing in the future. Target shooting\u2014a hobby without the physical demands of golf or tennis\u2014is an additional motivation.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone believes senior citizens have business at the range.<\/p>\n<p>David Hemenway, a professor of health policy at Harvard University, said \u201cthe evidence is pretty strong that [owning a gun] isn\u2019t going to help you\u201d because shooting an intruder or assailant is difficult. \u201cYour heart starts beating like crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they\u2019re running at you, you have half a second or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What did Hemenway recommend instead? \u201cGet a dog, get a good lock, get good neighbors, get a cellphone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hemenway wasn\u2019t clear whether seniors should beat their assailants with the cellphone or use it to play solitaire while they wait for the police to arrive. Either way, Hemenway clearly doesn\u2019t believe seniors can be trusted with a firearm in a life-threatening situation.<\/p>\n<p>The distinguished Harvard professor may be surprised to learn that seniors can\u2014and do&#8211;learn how to use their firearms safely and effectively. The Austintown shooting club provides a great example, as does Stephen Eyler, who, after purchasing a Glock for himself and his wife, immediately signed up for shooting lessons.<\/p>\n<p>The Eylers purchased their firearms because they worried about random shootings, people with mental problems and \u201cradicals,\u201d Mr. Eyler said: \u201cYou see it on the news almost every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owning a firearm gives the Eylers a way to defend themselves and, unlike Prof. Hemenway\u2019s recommendation, ensures they won\u2019t be victims in an encounter with a criminal.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> <em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Jordan Michaels.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, gun ownership and usage among senior citizens has risen dramatically over the past five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":55406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,111,216,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-industry-news","11":"category-s-h-blannelberry","12":"category-this-week","13":"tag-buzz","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Granny Gets Her Gun! 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