Subdeacon Joe Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/10/01/gay-gun-activists-growing-lgbt-push-to-support-second-amendment/ “When I auditioned, I was openly gay. But I was surprised as nobody cared. They only cared how well I could shoot and represent our season,” said Cheng, who quit his job at Google after the show and is now an NRA news commentator and is releasing his first book “Shoot to Win.” “There is this stereotypical view of the gun community as anti-gay rednecks, but nothing could be further from the truth. It was interesting as the History Channel never ‘outed’ me on the show even though they had hours of footage. I asked why and they said simply that it just wasn’t relevant.” Indeed gay rights and gun rights often go hand in hand says Gwen Patton, the rep for gay gun rights organization Pink Pistols National. “We don’t want people to hurt us, we want people to run away from us, and the best way we have found to do that is to be armed,” Patton said. “Now if someone tries to attack us, we can defend ourselves. Ideally we don’t want any altercation at all, but if there is a perception that the gay person on the street could have a concealed gun, it might make the perpetrator think twice.” According to FBI Hate Crime Statistics, sexual orientation is the second largest motivator for bias crimes in the United States, second to racial bias, and far exceeding the number of religious or ethnically-spurred hate crimes. Patton said while she has never had to use her firearm in defense, another gay member of a local Philadelphia chapter recently did. “All he had to do was display it, no bullets were fired,” she said. “Guns can be a very useful tool, but society has turned them into something they are not. They aren’t the boogeyman.”
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 More folks to fight the antis.
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 2, 2014 Author Posted October 2, 2014 And breaking the stereotypes of gays being anti-gun and that gun owners are anti-gay.
DocWard Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 More folks to fight the antis. Yes. And breaking the stereotypes of gays being anti-gun and that gun owners are anti-gay. Yes again.
Billy Bristol Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Great article.....and here I thought it was gonna be about happy guns
SGT. QUINCANNON, SASS #32999 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 In recent years my eyes have been opened on this issue. My daughter has a lesbian couple as two of her close friends, and they are sweet, fun, warm people. The more shooters, of any race or orientation, the better, IMHO.
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 In recent years my eyes have been opened on this issue. My daughter has a lesbian couple as two of her close friends, and they are sweet, fun, warm people. The more shooters, of any race or orientation, the better, IMHO. That's never been a doubt IMHO - I know many folks of same-sex orientation as close friends (being in the theatre business of yore). Other social issues are suspect - but this isn't the place to discuss here GG ~
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Firearms don't have a gender preference.
DocWard Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 In recent years my eyes have been opened on this issue. My daughter has a lesbian couple as two of her close friends, and they are sweet, fun, warm people. The more shooters, of any race or orientation, the better, IMHO. I have a friend that owns a small business in town. I was visiting with him a few days back because business was slow. He isn't very knowledgeable about firearms, but is interested in learning more. A lesbian couple he knows came in, and we started talking, and they both shoot. It appears in the not to distant future we are going to be trying to get some range time in. Firearms don't have a gender preference. Then why does my .22 WMR shoot better for my wife than it does for me? I clean it, take care of it, make sure it's working well, and it goes out and shoots tighter groups for her.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I have a friend that owns a small business in town. I was visiting with him a few days back because business was slow. He isn't very knowledgeable about firearms, but is interested in learning more. A lesbian couple he knows came in, and we started talking, and they both shoot. It appears in the not to distant future we are going to be trying to get some range time in. Then why does my .22 WMR shoot better for my wife than it does for me? It's not the gun but the ammo perhaps.
DocWard Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 It's not the gun but the ammo perhaps. So should I give the ammo a stern talking to, or be nicer to it?
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Firearms don't have a gender preference. ....no, they don't. GG ~
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 So should I give the ammo a stern talking to, or be nicer to it?Share your feelings.
Michigan Slim Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Share your feelings. There are days I would very much like to share my feelings with ammo!
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 2, 2014 Author Posted October 2, 2014 In recent years my eyes have been opened on this issue. My daughter has a lesbian couple as two of her close friends, and they are sweet, fun, warm people. The more shooters, of any race or orientation, the better, IMHO. When I was teaching basic pistol I found that the GLBT people had more of an issue coming out to the "gay community" as being gun owners than they did about coming out to gun owners as being gay. Plus they were usually somewhat surprised that a bunch of mostly middle aged, straight, white, right-of-center gun owners didn't really care who or what they slept with or what their other politics were, just be safe and support the RKBA.
Yul Lose Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I used to work with a gay couple in Az. and man did they love to hunt quail. One of them moved into a supervisory position and was my boss. I called in sick one day so that I could go quail hunting and he asked me if I was really sick or was I just going hunting. I answered that I was going quail hunting in a new area that I had spotted on one of my sales calls. He said okay, but that Saturday I had to take him and his partner out to hunt the area.
DocWard Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Share your feelings. I'm really not comfortable with that... There are days I would very much like to share my feelings with ammo! Well, on the other hand, there is that...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 I don't give a dang who he sleeps with -- does he have any .22LR he can loan me?
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Firearms don't have a gender preference. Even the pink and purple ones don't care.
Sparky Nelson Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 I don't give a dang who he sleeps with -- does he have any .22LR he can loan me? Loan? You mean you're going to give it back when you're done? That'd be a neat trick.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Loan? You mean you're going to give it back when you're done? That'd be a neat trick. Yea, I only need one bullet to carry around for a while.
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