2a4all
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One's weak foot is on the opposite side of the strong foot. A Lefty has no need to reverse.
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"Yeah, It's Loaded" - A Portrait of Open Carry in and around Northern Virginia
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One's weak foot is on the opposite side of the strong foot. A Lefty has no need to reverse.
Yes, it may actually improve their shooting, But some folks only see improvement as hitting more 10-rings. If they are having fun and hitting the target, why mess with stuff? Sell changing her grip to her as a way to have even more fun and she might buy it.
stay safe.
ProShooter
Regular Member
Sorry....helping people improve their shooting is a habit for me. Having fun is terrific and if the shooter can improve their skills and have fun, super!
Glock27Bill
Regular Member
Way to go, ladies!!
To those readers who wrote derogatory comments on that site: What part of "empowered" don't you understand?
To those readers who wrote derogatory comments on that site: What part of "empowered" don't you understand?
DocDaddy
Regular Member
ODA,
When I first saw the other article, I thought that was your wife and daughter when I read that article (the one from the British reporter, Thread: http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/s...oms-in-VA-for-article&highlight=british+women
Article: http://netnemesis.org/misc/UK Marie Claire July 2010 - Girls With Guns by Andreina Cordani.pdf).
Your wife's name kind of stands out so I thought that was her and also seeing your daughter up at Busch Gardens with you and your family that one time and then your post in that thread saying it was your family verified my assumptions. Atleast this one posted some pics of your wife also. Dobar!!!
But isn't this Washingtonian.com a repeat of that same story? Which is good though! A more local public venue than being published overseas.
When I first saw the other article, I thought that was your wife and daughter when I read that article (the one from the British reporter, Thread: http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/s...oms-in-VA-for-article&highlight=british+women
Article: http://netnemesis.org/misc/UK Marie Claire July 2010 - Girls With Guns by Andreina Cordani.pdf).
Your wife's name kind of stands out so I thought that was her and also seeing your daughter up at Busch Gardens with you and your family that one time and then your post in that thread saying it was your family verified my assumptions. Atleast this one posted some pics of your wife also. Dobar!!!
But isn't this Washingtonian.com a repeat of that same story? Which is good though! A more local public venue than being published overseas.
ed
Founder's Club Member - Moderator
The Washingtonian was not much of a "story". It was more of a photo essay. The common thread in this whole thing was the DC based independant photog that took and "owns" the pics to sell to whomever he feels. He was originally contracted to do the pics for the overseas magazine, but marketed them to others as well..
His name is Eli Meir Kaplan
Ed
HeroHog
Regular Member
Terri is actually SCARY good with HER .44 Mag Red Hawk and HER Model 59 S&W so bigger guns don't bother her. She does want to learn to better grip the gun and we just haven't had the time to do that till now. I am getting a range membership and once her working hours allow, she will be getting some much needed range time and after that, she will be a force to be reckoned with!
ODA 226
Regular Member
Thanks! Most of these hoplophobes don't trust anyone with a firearm because they don't trust themselves with one!
ocholsteroc
Regular Member
Wolf_shadow
Activist Member
ed
Founder's Club Member - Moderator
You are exactly right Tess. She does not carry like that. Caitlin made the same comment. That was at the request of the photographer for contrast and make the gun "stand out"..
I taled to her about it as soon as I saw the pic.
Repeater
Regular Member
I actually like the photograph, so I can understand the photographer for wanting the pose like that. However, the text should have clarified for accuracy that Carrie does not carry that way, and why.
Carrie. Carry. That's interesting; I hadn't noticed that until now. I wonder if she gets any jokes about that?
Repeater
Regular Member
Compare this to Broadview Security
I especially like this picture:
Here you see two women in the kitchen. Everything looks perfectly normal, including the two handguns. Nothing looks posed or artificial. The facts that the guns look like a natural part of the picture instead of out-of-place is important. The fact the these two women are carrying indoors is also important. All of this helps to normalize open-carry.
Finally, that picture stands in sharp contrast to those old Broadview Security TV ads. Those ads are obsolete ever since Broadview merged with ADT. I think all of us remember those 'women in jep' commercials, like this one, and this one, featuring mother and daughter.
I think it is reasonable to believe that with regard to your family, under a similar threatening invasion, the outcome would be different.
What a pitiful piss-ant that guy is! At least my wife and daughter have the mindset, the ability and the means to defend themselves against lethal attack... Thanks for chiming in there Repeater!
I especially like this picture:
Here you see two women in the kitchen. Everything looks perfectly normal, including the two handguns. Nothing looks posed or artificial. The facts that the guns look like a natural part of the picture instead of out-of-place is important. The fact the these two women are carrying indoors is also important. All of this helps to normalize open-carry.
Finally, that picture stands in sharp contrast to those old Broadview Security TV ads. Those ads are obsolete ever since Broadview merged with ADT. I think all of us remember those 'women in jep' commercials, like this one, and this one, featuring mother and daughter.
I think it is reasonable to believe that with regard to your family, under a similar threatening invasion, the outcome would be different.
45acpForMe
Newbie
If we are going to talk about security systems ads my favorite one is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCSC8BBOO_o&feature=related
Nothing beats a full auto AK-47 for home defense.
The actress ain't hard to look at neither!
And yes I agree the picture of carrying around the home is great. It dispells the defenseless woman at home alone stereotype.
Nothing beats a full auto AK-47 for home defense.
The actress ain't hard to look at neither!
And yes I agree the picture of carrying around the home is great. It dispells the defenseless woman at home alone stereotype.
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Repeater
Regular Member
Well, that stereotype seems to work for various Lifetime movies, but in real life, it's better to be armed.
ed
Founder's Club Member - Moderator
She is OpenCarrie on her rare postings of this message board
DinFreemont
Regular Member
I continues to shock me sometimes how absolutely stupid hoplophobia sufferers are.
Repeater
Regular Member
The most recent comments now include rude remarks over the looks of some of these women. I'm surprised it's taken this long. When you have no facts on your side, resort to name calling. Make fun of how people look.
Sad.