I posted this primarily because the newspaper that ran the story serves north suburban Los Angeles. The writer treated the subject matter the same as if it were about the Quilting Guild or the PTA. There is no controversy injected into the story by unnecessarily quoting anti-gun advocates; there are no fears expressed by the writer; no attempts to portray the individuals as unusual or as existing at the margin of society. It's straight journalism about people in the community enjoying an activity, with a small dose of gender irony for human interest.
Several of the shooting ranges and gun clubs mentioned in the story and sidebar are in Los Angeles or within a stone's throw. This is one small part of California that is seldom portrayed in the popular media for public consumption. It is the California inhabited by folks who believe in traditional values.
Some of the nicest women I’ve met, have been at the 3-4 local shooting ranges, here abouts.
“Oh honey, it’s a Smith & Wesson .38 special Plus-P revolver, model 642 with an internal hammer, and a box of hollow point Gold Dots! It’s just what I wanted!”
(kisses)
Lorena Bobbit autograph knives are out now???
I went to the range today to shoot my new .380 for the first time. Hubby and some of his buddies were there to coach me (first semi for me!). By the end of the lesson, they were all joking about calling before they show up at the door.
Good day.
oh yeah! :-)
Where to start on how stupid and wrong this is.
ONE HOUR lesson??
Hold it different if it's loaded so people will know??
This "instructor" needs a refresher!
An interesting point: It is easier to teach a woman to be a really good shot, than it is to teach a man to shoot well.
Besides being fond of Glock Pistols, a self-loading shotgun with a 21 inch barrel makes a really formidable choice for home defense. Under some circumstances, a .223 rifle is also very good, and for other circumstances, a .308 Win rifle or a .30-06 rifle is also very good.
In SoCal, I’d say a large percentage of women run the other way at the mere mention of the word “gun”.
I just got a new shotgun the other day.
I prefer shooting a bow, used to shoot well till I got carpal tunnel. Now I have a crossbow, and love it.
Many years ago I quail hunted with some women who were on the board of directors for the Womens Shooting Sports Foundation. We shot clays after the hunt and the guys at the preserve were making jokes about us shooting each other, etc.
When it came time to shoot they wouldn’t shoot against these women, they were so good. These gals could outshoot all those guys. I tied for the dead- ass last trophy, I’m not much of a shot.