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The anti-gun male
Julia Gorin

Posted on 01/30/2006 10:00:41 AM PST by Jotmo

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To: cyclotic
Man, I certainly hope the photographer was smart enough to photoshop those hollowpoints in. Otherwise, that photograph shows the worst irresponsibility toward gun safety in many ways.

My hope is that it was set up on a tripod with a remote shutter trigger or a timer. OR...maybe those were inert rounds in the cylinder.

Pointed at a target not intending to kill.
Shudder!! My first thought.

Finger on the trigger
Actually, I believe the index finger is aligned along side of the frame. As it should be.

A gun big enough to knock junior flat on his butt for starters

I was shooting a .357 magnum regularly and a .41 magnum occasionally from the time I was 10 or 11 years of age. A kid can have strong hands, wrists and forearms along with good shooting technique to overcome that issue.

I trust that this young man is being taught good firearms safety and the photo was done for illustrative purposes only. WITH safety measures in place.

I am not sure though that I like the image of a menacing child with a firearm. Gives the gun grabbers something to pass around and exploit.

61 posted on 01/30/2006 11:07:18 AM PST by Ghengis (Alexander was a wuss!)
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To: Jotmo
LET'S be honest. He's scared of the thing.

No, he's scared of EVERYTHING, and he is the typical liberal/socialist wimp that lives in this country.


62 posted on 01/30/2006 11:07:58 AM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: Vaquero

I notice you have a theme going here - staghorn and black steel.


63 posted on 01/30/2006 11:08:13 AM PST by LexBaird ("I'm not questioning your patriotism, I'm answering your treason."--JennysCool)
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To: Michael Goldsberry

That explains the large, "angular" graphic directly behind his head. Easier to line up when not behind the view finder.


64 posted on 01/30/2006 11:09:04 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Penthouse had articles? Whodathinkit.)
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To: pabianice

Ahhhh, Demo-projection at its finest.

All Democrat ills can be found by "reversing the projected track".


65 posted on 01/30/2006 11:10:23 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Penthouse had articles? Whodathinkit.)
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To: Ghengis

When I take pictures like that I utilize a mirror in front of a good back stop.


66 posted on 01/30/2006 11:11:12 AM PST by TEXASPROUD
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To: TexanToTheCore

Owning a gun also means a sense of responsibility.

Something pro gun control, pro abortion men always seem to lack, IMO.


They want SOMEBODY else to take responsibility for what they should do.


67 posted on 01/30/2006 11:17:55 AM PST by RedMonqey (People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
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To: Jotmo

Hoplophobia


68 posted on 01/30/2006 11:18:10 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Vaquero

good looking stag


69 posted on 01/30/2006 11:19:02 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: acad1228
and the kid in the picture has his trigger finger outside the trigger guard. I'm also assuming that the safety is on.

It's a revolver, the only safety is between the lad's ears.

70 posted on 01/30/2006 11:21:26 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Jotmo

As an armed, conservative woman, I only wish that the gun-fearing female was considered as abnormal as the gun-fearing male.

This is the 21st century - things should be changing.


71 posted on 01/30/2006 11:21:27 AM PST by JillValentine (To be compassionate to the cruel is to be cruel to the compassionate.)
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To: acad1228
I'm also assuming that the safety is on.

Revolver. Wheel gun. 6-shooter.

72 posted on 01/30/2006 11:23:05 AM PST by Doomonyou (FR doesn't suffer fools lightly.)
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To: pabianice
"If I had a gun I'd kill some people I know. I mean that literally. I hate them so much that I'd shoot them. That's why no one should be allowed to have a gun. I'd kill some people I know."

"A man's got to know his limitations." Dirty Harry (Magnum Force, 1973).

73 posted on 01/30/2006 11:23:58 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Jotmo
This is a near ancient piece, and it still has the same problems that it always had.

Not every man is a fighter and not every man should be a fighter. To be perfectly honest, I am a fighter, have always been a fighter, and in my later years I've begun to regret it to a certain degree. There is still a little piece of me that revels in physical confrontation, and to be honest, I don't like that piece of me very much anymore.

However, I digress. Having taught self-defense, I can say with certainty that the worst thing that anyone can do is arm the man (or woman) who doesn't have that fighting spirit. A weapon in the hands of the person who lacks the will to cause grievous injury or even death, is a weapon that will never be used in time.

Picking on the gentler people (Christ called them the meek) because they are gentle is pointless and cruel. Cajoling them into posturing as tough guys, when there is no way they'll ever really be tough guys is just reckless and places them in even more danger than they'd otherwise be in.

74 posted on 01/30/2006 11:24:13 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: jjm2111
Irresponsible photographer or photoshopped image. Even if the rounds were added to the pic, he's breaking the rule of pointing the weapon.

That was my first thought as well. I noticed though, that at least his finger was outside the trigger guard.

75 posted on 01/30/2006 11:26:13 AM PST by zeugma (Muslims are varelse...)
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To: Ghengis

I corrected myself on #40 about the trigger finger.

The photo was not so much about safety and the kid's abilities as it was about the perception with the gun-grabbers. In some ways, it's a cool photo.

I was with a buddy and his very petite girlfriend. He gave her a 2" barrel .357. It about knocked her over. Kind of funny actually. That's my experience with Magnum's and real little people. The kid looked like he should be able to handle it and bravo for him. The fact remains, it was a somewhat irresponsible act to take the photo, and really irresponsible to publish the photo on the Internet.


76 posted on 01/30/2006 11:26:21 AM PST by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: oldenuff2no

Bows are deadly, but they lack stealth. They might be quiet, but it's damned difficult to sneak them anywhere. Outside of woodland warfare, I wouldn't worry too much about guys with bows. We'd see them coming.


77 posted on 01/30/2006 11:26:40 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: mountn man

And guns require a certain temperment. As the instructor of the CCL class I took said, "If you threw an ashtray at your girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife during your last fight, you might want to rethink carrying a gun."


78 posted on 01/30/2006 11:29:15 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: cyclotic
The fact remains, it was a somewhat irresponsible act to take the photo, and really irresponsible to publish the photo on the Internet.

How about this one?


79 posted on 01/30/2006 11:31:43 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: Michael Goldsberry

you do realise you just gave about a thousand liberal DU lurkers strokes and caused many more to wet themselves when they scrolled down and got to that picuter right ?
:-)


80 posted on 01/30/2006 11:31:59 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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