Posted on 11/07/2009 9:48:00 AM PST by AJKauf
A recent article in the Telegraph discusses the rise of “ladies-only gun camps.” Why ladies-only? The article doesn’t say, but I know that similar training efforts have been sex-segregated because some women feel a bit intimidated by the inevitable “let me show you how it’s done, little lady” behavior that some guys exhibit — as if there’s something intrinsically masculine about shooting a gun.
Of course, there isn’t. Nor should this be a surprise. The tragedy at Fort Hood was ended by a female police officer. What might have been an even bigger massacre in Colorado Springs two years ago was stopped because an armed woman named Jeanne Assam stopped a mass murderer with a rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in the lobby of a church.
While gun ownership in America has traditionally been associated with militia duty — which men were required to do and from which women were excluded — throughout our history, at least some women have been armed and quite proficient. Unsurprisingly, the closer to the frontier you were, the more common this was. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s account of his travels in 1819 Arkansas describes his surprise at one small settlement where he attempted to engage the lady of the house and her daughters in polite conversation:.....
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Guns make people equal. Which would you rather do ladies?
Try going hand to hand with a 6 ft 250lbs rapist or put 2 slugs in his chest, one in his head from across the room?
ironically, a woman who parents died at the Kileen Luby’s in 1991 had a gun in her car but could not use because of Texas law.
When society breaks down, women are the most vulnerable.
My firearms instructer told our class, (100% male), “Two things a man should never try to teach his wife or girlfriend is to Drive, or Shoot Firearms”.
Incidently, he also stated that our class was the first all-male class in years.
There are lots of women who are “manly: than many males - Obama comes to mind.
I always carry my .32 Beretta Tomcat. I’m trying to build up my wrist and arm muscles to be able to carry my dads’ 1911A1 Springfield .45 ... my .32 is loaded with Glaser Safeties alternating with Hydra-shocks ..... and I don’t believe in signs .....
She is some beauty.
Her name is Suzanna Gratia-Hupp.
> Never understood the average females aversion to guns.
It’s all down to how we are raised, and the left has a big impact too. “Traditional” families (with no thought to REAL tradition, where pioneer women had to be handy with firearms) train their daughters that guns are for boys. Liberal families teach their children that guns are bad, but especially bad for women because they are “earth mothers” (yecch).
Luckily I was brought up in a REAL traditional family with deep roots on how this country was founded. And with an understanding that there is nothing quite so naturally fierce and deadly as a mother bear protecting her cubs.
It’s not really an aversion. For one thing, if you have a smaller hand or a weaker grip, it can be hard to fire a handgun. I can’t fire an automatic because it takes me forever to get the slide back, which usually makes it jam.
Revolvers tend to be more reliable but they can be heavy. However, with new materials, they’re getting lighter, and in any case most women would only shoot when the person was fairly close, so even a small one would work.
I have a daughter who is in law enforcement, btw, and she told me something about the training that this woman had gone to. It’s called ASRRT or something like that, and it means assertive. You go, you take the initiative, you attack. That’s exactly what the officer did at Fort Hood.
In short, I think the mentality is important. Women are not aggressive and we don’t think in terms of attacking. However, when you’re under attack, you can’t think only of defending yourself (the traditional pose, which resulted in deaths at Columbine and upstate NY a few months ago) but you have to take the initiative and be aggressive. This is what is going to be hard for all women, and, in our wimpified culture, for many men.
I actually thought of her during all this. I couldn't remember her name, though. Jeanne Assam. Why can't our heros be more a part of our everyday consciousness, rather than the bimbos of Hollywood?
It was one of the most heart and gut wrenching statements I've ever heard in any Congressional hearing.
Not all of us have an aversion to guns. My dad made sure I could shoot as well as my brother. I now own a gun and my brother does not.....
Threaten my children and you will find out is a hurry just how aggressive a woman can be....
Have you not heard the term “mama grizzly”?
Because heros are out doing their jobs while hollweird bimbos have PR firms busy making sure their name is in the news every other day.
BTW I am very average in size and have no problem firing my .40. If strength is a problem, there are hand and wrist exercises that can be done.
SirKit and I just went to our Firearms Safety Class a couple of weeks ago, and got letters of reference sent in to the town's Police Chief,(one from our Pastor) so we can each get our Class A License to Carry.
Our instructor said that as part of the fee for the class, he includes an hour at the Pistol and Rifle Range, so we can try out all types of weapons to see what we might like. I frankly can't wait to try out the pump shotgun, but for keeping in the car with me, if I'm driving late at night, or for close by in the house if hubby's gone, we might get a 22. Our instructor's wife had one, and it was very comfortable to hold. I've never fired a gun before, so it will be a new experience for me, but I'm looking forward to it.
for women I also recommend Paxton Quigley: Armed & Female
Oh, I agree. Threaten my children and you’re dead.
Years ago, when my kids were young, I was living in a neighborhood that had a lot of biker gang members living there. This was SF, so these were seriously bad biker gangs that managed to leave a trail of bodies behind them mostly because of drug dealing wipe-outs.
One of the boys (only about 12 yrs old, but about 5’6” and fat) from a group across the street had been harrassing my little girls, who liked to play out front, and one day he showed up with a chain and began to threaten them. I’m very small and thin, but I rushed down the steps, chased him down the street, tackled him and dragged him down. He burst into tears and the neighbors started screaming for me to leave him alone. Neither he nor his family ever bothered my kids again.
Never cross a mother.
Taurus makes quite a few models out of titanium. Very light, but sturdy weapons. I've even recall seeing one with a sorta purple hue to it.
I couldn't believe how light a Taurus .357 Titanium was, compared to my D.Wesson.
“She is some beauty.”
And the woman looks nice, too!;)
Yes, indeed. Conservative women...aah:)
A 22 is nice and handy, you’ll like it. To me, rifles are too big to handle around the house but I like ‘em on the range :-)
My wife used to carry a .22 until I got her a Bersa .380. It's a nice gun, shoots to point of aim, and the recoil is hardly noticeable. I suggest you give one a try.
Oh, I’ll try as many I as I can before we buy anything.
I made the mistake 3 years ago of taking my new wife to the range. She has NEVER fired a pistol before in her life. AT that time my choice was a Kimber Ultra Carry .45 ACP. She finally agreed to try. NEVER, NEVER take you wife to the range and let her shoot your Kimber. It will not be yours anymore. She was scared of the recoil, but the double recoil springs ate the recoil and she could (and still can) hold it and put all of them in the 10 ring at 5 meters. Good enough for a small woman with a .45 ACP. I ended buying two new Kimbers for myself. (My step daughter likes to shoot too! Good thing I make some good money!!)
I made the mistake 3 years ago of taking my new wife to the range. She has NEVER fired a pistol before in her life. AT that time my choice was a Kimber Ultra Carry .45 ACP. She finally agreed to try. NEVER, NEVER take you wife to the range and let her shoot your Kimber. It will not be yours anymore. She was scared of the recoil, but the double recoil springs ate the recoil and she could (and still can) hold it and put all of them in the 10 ring at 5 meters. Good enough for a small woman with a .45 ACP. I ended buying two new Kimbers for myself. (My step daughter likes to shoot too! Good thing I make some good money!!)
Sorry for double post.
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