Bill's GS on MPR

[CarRacer]

Here's a good write up on women and guns on MPR, with some quotes from the Bill's GS owner.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/01/18/social-issue/women-speak-gun-control

[pacificbob]

It says 14% of permit holders (over last decade) are women. I thought it was 12% and predicted that in mn it would max out at 15% Where are they getting that number??

[plblark]

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/Docume ... 0Final.pdf
This report lists issued by zip code and gender.
It doesn't total by gender so there's some text manipulation and Excel work involved but:
Male: 17,671 85.092%
Female: 3,096 14.908%
Total Issued in report: 20,767

Interestingly, the top 20 zip codes by permits issued:
Zip Code F M # Male % Female %
55304 40 233 273 14.652% 85.348%
55330 42 211 253 16.601% 83.399%
55303 28 194 222 12.613% 87.387%
55044 29 186 215 13.488% 86.512%
55372 32 160 192 16.667% 83.333%
55124 27 159 186 14.516% 85.484%
55379 17 149 166 10.241% 89.759%
55016 24 137 161 14.907% 85.093%
55024 18 135 153 11.765% 88.235%
56308 34 118 152 22.368% 77.632%
55082 19 133 152 12.500% 87.500%
55746 23 128 151 15.232% 84.768%
55033 32 113 145 22.069% 77.931%
56401 24 118 142 16.901% 83.099%
55901 27 115 142 19.014% 80.986%
55106 16 122 138 11.594% 88.406%
55110 12 123 135 8.889% 91.111%
55803 19 112 131 14.504% 85.496%
55448 19 110 129 14.729% 85.271%
55025 18 110 128 14.063% 85.938%

[Lunchbox]

I was amazed at the reception the lady doing the article got. She just got lambasted by one lady that came in to use the range, enough to the point I made a strategic break for the door to go have a smoke.