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posted by malcolm on November 16, 2008 at 5:48 AM | link to this | reply

they are armed to the teeth. And the cat looks pretty scary too..

posted by Smittenheimer on November 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM | link to this | reply

Re: OTA I enjoy target practice with firearms when the chance arises
But safety is paramount!!

posted by mysteria on November 15, 2008 at 8:46 AM | link to this | reply

Re: The Old West mousehop
The photos are great in my opinion.  They lend a sense of otherworldliness to the subject.  I think I enjoy them as I am a fan of surrealism. 

posted by mysteria on November 15, 2008 at 8:45 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Something like this, IMO, is never objective. What I mean is....
I agree with your points my dear muFFin.  I exercise my 2nd amendment rights yet I don't brandish my weapons to any degree.  Nor do I feel the need to. 

posted by mysteria on November 15, 2008 at 8:41 AM | link to this | reply

I grew up around guns and I am to this day very uncomfortable around them. ~Peace, OTA

posted by Blue_feathers on November 14, 2008 at 6:15 PM | link to this | reply

The Old West
I grew up in Nevada and Utah, and was always around guns, so they don't bother me much.  Except when I don't trust the mind of the holder of the gun.  These pictures gave me pause. 

posted by mousehop on November 14, 2008 at 5:51 PM | link to this | reply

Something like this, IMO, is never objective. What I mean is...
A person who undertakes a project like this naturally must have strong feelings one way or the other.  So, inevitably, gunowners are going to be portrayed as either good, normal people or as inbred-hillbilly fanatics.  The people in these photos are obviously extremists, and not folks you would want to be living next door to.  Any time there is a forbidden fruit, there're going to be those who get off on overindulging in the forbiddenness of it all.  Were it suddenly taboo to lick envelopes, there'd instantly be a plethora of sites all over the wayward web with scandalous pictures of fruitcakes posing alongside ginormous stacks of envelopes and their mutant offspring licking letters.

posted by CunningLinguist on November 14, 2008 at 2:22 PM | link to this | reply