Armed and Female

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[SJackson]

I didn’t come up with the term “Armed and Female.” Paxton Quigley did. She’s a neat lady. I know her, trained her, taught with her, and have the privilege of recommending her book to people, because it’s an absolute manifesto for women who take control of their surroundings. In fact, I borrowed the title just to get your attention. Which, now that I have it, shall be directed to the concept of women and defensive firearms. I remember one of my first female students. She was in her sixties, an accomplished academician and author with strong roots in what was then called “women’s liberation.” She had considered the gun to be a hideous side effect of testosterone poisoning. Then, she was assaulted by armed criminals and nearly died. “It occurred to me,” she told me later, “that I had neglected one element of my empowerment.”

She bought a .38 Special. She came and took our training. We got her into a better .38 Special and showed her how to use it. That one phase of missing empowerment was now complete.

End of story.

Yes, dammit, it is that simple. I am an unlikely feminist, but a feminist nonetheless. I have knowingly risked my career more than once to testify for women, in a world where I was a firearms instructor dependent on cops coming to me for training and I was testifying against police departments that wrongfully fired female officers for not “qualifying” with their department’s male-oriented guns, holsters, and shooting techniques.

[SJackson]

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[EQAndyBuzz]

I was hoping this was a thread of the ladies in the IDF.

[baltoga]

Ok Freepers lets bring us some “armed and female” pics.

[TheConservativeParty]

Armed and Female. Because my dobermans can be shot or possibly bribed with a steak.

[Uri’el-2012]

http://www.paxtonquigley.com/

[Citizen Tom Paine]

An armed woman is a rapists greatest nightmare. Every father out there shoot teach their children firearm safety and how to hit what they shoot at.

[smokingfrog]

Good article.

A 20 gauge Remington 870 youth gun would be an excellent house gun for the ladies. (And they are relatively inexpensive.)

[baltoga]

Beach babe in Tel Aviv

[smokingfrog]

[Molly Pitcher]

Excellent and encouraging article for you

[Northern Yankee]

Excellent and encouraging article for you

Uh-oh... this could be trouble! ; )

[GladesGuru]

The last line in the linked article is worth passing on to as many as possible.

“When most women carry guns, most rapists will masturbate alone in the dark.”

Well said.

[Shimmer1]

list ping?

[HiJinx]

Looks like that stretch of land just east of the San Pedro along Highway 92 in Palominas...with the Bright Spot in the background...

Of course, I could be totally wrong!

Nice shotgun, by the way.

[smokingfrog]

Is that anywhere near San Diego?

[appleseed]

Thanks for the heads up.

The Isolation factor part of the article is good stuff.

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[prairiebreeze]

LOL!

Thanks for the ping Molly.

[hiredhand]

Good article! I found a photo I was looking for...had to scour a stack of CDs! She whooped butt that day! My brothers and her brothers were with us, and nobody brought anything else that could beat her! The "kitchen table" stack went with us, but hers is the Armalite SPR and not only is she an excellent marksman, but the rifle is very accurate. :-)

[Neoliberalnot]

Please comment on the best night-vision scopes for the money.