Expmag

The source content provided is not a firearms business. Experience Magazine was an award-winning publication by Northeastern University that closed and no longer accepts submissions.

The content is a first-person essay titled "This is why I carry a gun" by Pamela, who founded the Massachusetts Women Gun Owners Facebook group — a networking community with 803 members.

Pamela's account documents:

• •Her military background (Air Force Security Forces, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan 2006-2007)
• •The triggering event: a nearby murder that prompted her to take personal security seriously
• •Her decision to obtain a Massachusetts concealed carry permit
• •The Massachusetts Women Gun Owners group she founded, which serves women of all ages and professions (librarians, teachers, law enforcement, real estate agents, hairdressers)
• •Safe storage practices with a young child in the home
• •Her perspective on gun laws, enforcement gaps, and the underlying causes of violence

"It's a networking group with 803 members, composed of women of all ages, from younger women who are hoping to get their license to carry in the near future to grandmothers. We have women from all different career fields."

The group focuses on practical information: carry options (holsters, belly bands, corsets), education, and safety — while maintaining anonymity to protect members' families.

This is a cultural snapshot from 2019 about invisible gun owners in communities — people whose friends and neighbors might be surprised to learn they carry firearms. It's not a directory listing for a business.

• •If you're looking for the Boise Gun Club or a similar firearms business, this source content doesn't match that business.