Gun Exhibitionism

If you spend any time in the world of social media, you’ve probably encountered women who post provocative pictures of themselves and their guns. Female columnist Nicole Russell recently wrote about this phenomenon for the Washington Examiner on December 17 in a piece entitled “Stop sexualizing guns, it’s gross.”

Russell acknowledged an alarming number of posts she has witnessed on social media of young women posting lurid images of themselves with firearms. “However, there’s an odd, growing trend among conservatives, particularly women, of posting photos of themselves with their guns (usually an AR-15 or the like) and with a revealing outfit in a sexy, flirtatious pose. This is absurd and needs to stop…. Look, in a way I get it: You’re in your 20s, and you still look hot. If you pose with a semi-automatic and you show off a great set of legs, there’s something titillating about the juxtaposition of the feminine and the traditionally masculine in one photo…. Making guns appear like they have a sexual appeal is not only a poor interpretation of the Second Amendment, but it is just stupid. The people who have guns should treat them with the same amount of respect and care as our forefathers, who made sure we had the right to keep and bear them. Go ahead and take your gun to the range and practice, go ahead and keep a gun at home for self-defense. But please, stop posting pictures of your half-naked self with a gun like you’re trying to make guns titillating again.”

Nephew to the Rescue

Fox News reported on December 16 about a California jeweler in South Pasadena who is grateful he engaged in nepotism by hiring his nephew, because his nephew protected him during a recent attempted robbery.

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