The number of women buying guns and taking target practice at a Calgary business has jumped six-fold partly as a response to rising crime in the city, says the owner.
29/08/2008 6:42:35 PM
CBC News
J.R. Cox, owner of the Shooting Edge in southeast Calgary, said business has doubled in the last five years, while the percentage of his female clientele has jumped from five to 30 per cent.
He said one of the reasons is a growing sense of fear as more crimes hit Calgary streets.
"I'd like to say no, but the reality is yes. I mean we've seen many times that the police, they're always there after, I mean they're not there during the event," he said.
Cori Van Der Leest said she bought a gun to protect herself after moving from Taber to Calgary a few years ago.
"I'll warn you now I am not that good of a shot," says Van Der Leest as she loads her 9 mm handgun at the shooting range.
"If something was to ever happen, then I know I have that back behind me," she said. "Not saying to use it but just in your mind that as long as you know you can shoot a gun, then you can pretty much handle anything."
Cox says he knows police are doing their best to protect Calgarians, but he understands why a growing number of people are learning how to use a firearm.
On Friday, police asked for public assistance in finding a man wanted in a sexual assault early that morning. They said a woman was walking through a grassy area west of Macleod Trail between 78th Avenue and Heritage Drive S.W. when a man briefly engaged her in conversation and then forced her to the ground.
The man was described as Caucasian, about 30 to 35 years old, about 5-foot-10 with a medium build and short, brown hair.
This month, police released surveillance photos of two men who jump-kicked a woman from behind and continued to kick her as she was on the ground. Police believe the attack, which occurred as the victim was leaving a downtown bar, was random.
In July, police released a sketch of a man wanted in the sexual assault of a woman who was walking downtown early one morning.
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