Liberal buys a gun.

[farmerbyron]

The lady is a really good writer and kudos to her for being open minded enough to challenge herself. Glad that the gun shop gave her an opportunity to hang around and see things for herself rather than just shut her down or be hostile. With OC coming up I think we should note how a friendly, non aggressive exposure to guns can win people over. Thanks for posting.

 

[Dave70968]

"One in three Americans owns a gun."

This is probably not accurate, one in 20 Americans probably has enough guns to arm the other 17

And a lot of those are probably on this board.

 

[Garand]

I was actually really impressed with her writting, I may even have to pick up her upcoming book.

http://jeannemarielaskas.com/index.html

Five hundred feet underground, Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a coal miner named Smitty, “Do you think it’s weird that people know so little about you?” He replied, “I don’t think people know too much about the way the whole damn country works.”

Hidden America (Putnam) intends to fix that. Like John McPhee and Susan Orlean, Laskas dives deep into her subjects and emerges with character-driven narratives that are gripping, funny, and revelatory. In Hidden America, the stories are about the people who make our lives run every day-and yet we barely think of them.

Laskas spent weeks in an Ohio coal mine and on an Alaskan oil rig; in a Maine migrant labor camp, a Texas beef ranch, the air traffic control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, a California landfill, an Arizona gun shop, the cab of a long-haul truck in Iowa, and the stadium of the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders. Cheerleaders? Yes. They, too, are hidden America, and you will be amazed by what Laskas tells you about them: hidden no longer.

 

[smokingsquirrell]

nice article, good read

cool to see someone who starts out like that ending up spraying an uzi at a zombie target.

 

[thegomezclan]

Good read, thanks for posting the link.

 

[TSgt Twitch]

Good article, Especially where she learns the value of blowing off steam

 

[11b1776]

Good read, good find OP!

 

[870WingBlaster]

That was awesome!

 

[Daryl Licht]

Good read. It is possible to reason with a reasonable person.

 

[mightymouse]

Well written article. Thanks, OP, for posting it.