Scientists Confirm: Guns are Manly

guns.com ^ | 25 April, 2012 | dabneybailey

[marktwain]

UCLA anthropologists found that test subjects holding a handgun are significantly more terrifying than people holding tools or other objects. Are you surprised?

During the experiment, scientists asked men to hold an object, ranging from hand guns and water guns to saws and paint brushes. The anthropologist took a photograph of each hand and showed them to 600 test subjects, who were then asked to guess the approximate height and strength of the person holding the object.

Their answers confirmed what we knew all along: people who hold guns are more intimidating. On average, test subjects guessed that men with pistols were 17% taller and stronger than the weakest subject, the man holding a caulking gun (we would've guessed water gun).

The anthropologists suggest that this is a result of primordial psychology that judges the threat level of strangers based on their physical stature. As it turns out, a man holding a spear or a shotgun is more threatening than a man holding a fluffy bunny or nothing at all. Did we really need lab coats and government grants to come to this conclusion?

We find these results particularly interesting in the context of the gun debate. After all, one of the primary arguments for gun access is that criminals will be more hesitant to break the law if they think that their targets are packing heat. Thank you, UCLA, for giving scientific validity to an argument that we all already knew was correct.

[Joe Brower]

Rule #1: never put your finger in the trigger until you are ready to shoot the target.

How do you know she isn't ready to shoot you? $;-)

[GonzoGOP]

Scientists Confirm: Guns are Manly

Not always.

[Cricket24]

That’s why I carrying when I am walking...just in case! I do have a concealed carry permit! I’ve only had to reach for it once a couple of years ago. I didn’t bring it out but the guy who stopped knew I wasn’t reaching for a piece of candy!! LOL It served it’s purpose!

[csmusaret]

Not so manly:

[Future Snake Eater]

Nope.

[Dead Corpse]

My Daughter wants one of those. She's 8 years old.

I let her fire one of my EBR's and she's seen a pink Barbie AR and the Hello Kitty AR. And she wants one for her very own...

My son wants one too. He's 4. He wants his in black though.

I'm proud of my kids. ;-)

[Tainan]

“Force multiplier”

[ctdonath2]

Oh yeah.

[absolootezer0]

not sure, is that a sig p220?

[stuartcr]

???Well yeah, projectiles are always more manly than receptacles...

[petro45acp]

psyco-ologists, right behind the barristers!

[Durus]

I would have guessed 226 in .40 but you might be right.

[NonValueAdded]

Emily Miller is pretty sexy too and she's doing great work.

[Disambiguator]

She appears to be left-eye dominant.

:^)

[2001convSVT]

Just another reason for universal open carry!

[backwoods-engineer]

I'm proud of my kids. ;-)

Sounds like a couple of kids who will be self-sufficient in the hard times to come. You should be proud--of them, and of how you and your wife are raising them.

[backwoods-engineer]

Emily Miller is pretty sexy too and she's doing great work.

She sure is, on both counts.

I like a woman with a little meat on her bones and a lot of brains in her head. Miller has gone from a woman looking out for her own safety to being a full-on advocate for the 2nd Amendment. And writes for a mainstream Washington newspaper.

[SampleMan]

Gosh, what possible motive could they have for such a study?

[Disambiguator]

Manly? It depends on your definition of a man.

[jagusafr]

Your.
Tax.
Dollars.
At.
Work.

Sheesh - in other news, the sky is blue.