Posted on 09/28/2011 9:46:08 AM PDT by Scythian
Pop quiz: Name one accessory that grandmothers, moms, girls, wealthy socialites, middle-class females and low-income women might be likely to own — and cherish — all across America.
If you answered “a gun,” you’d be correct.
Based on polling research and gun-sale statistics, an estimated 15 million to 20 million women in the United States own their own firearms. Dozens of those heat-packing women are documented in “Chicks with Guns,” a new book by photographer Lindsay McCrum that is sure to challenge almost anyone’s assumptions about gun ownership.
“Their numbers are really high but their profile is actually really low,” said McCrum, who spent three and a half years capturing artistic and arresting portraits of women with their weapons of choice.
“I was so surprised by the variety and breadth and diversity of these women,” McCrum said. “There are so many stereotypes about guns, mostly derived from popular culture, but the reality is so much more complex and varied than you can imagine.”
(Excerpt) Read more at today.msnbc.msn.com ...
Is this a book or a calendar?
I’d buy either...
Interesting photos, but somewhat beside the point. It is the handgun that is the firearm of choice for personal protection, for obvious reasons.
In the words of Billy Squier..., “My kind of lover, my kind of lover...”
where’s the hand gun :-)?
Gun ownership is now classified as “packing heat”.
Whatever...
My wife is one of those who believes “Don’t leave home without it”.
Caption the first photo:
The Most dangerous place in the world is between a mother and her child.
“Packing heat” is 1930s era Chicago gangster lingo.
Today’s terminology is correctly referred to as “concealed carry.”
Again, the media is clueless.
Go to the slide show ... enough handguns to suit ya. But really, do you believe women who are comfortable with shotgun and rifle are not going to have a handgun stashed someplace handy?
this is up your alley....
The ending is quite funny!!
Mine as well and her mom also packs a firearm. Her mom is a concealed deadly weapons instructor and usually buys me a new gun each Christmas. She’s a sweetie like her daughter.
Thanks for posting. I just ordered it from Amazon to arrive Friday.
If only those looked like chicks?
It's kind of annoying thought when you have to wait so long to get in some practice...a good kind of annoying! :)
My wife carries two: A S&W j frame in her purse and a Ruger LCP in her pocket
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