Fear and Loading: Meet the NRA's Most Wanted Customer

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Published 2018-07-26

American women are buying more guns than ever before, mostly to protect themselves. Manisha Krishnan heads to Texas for the annual A Girl and a Gun conference where women are being trained to fend off sexual assaults and home invasions with firearms. She's trying to find out whether gun culture among American women is fuelled by fact, or fear.

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All Comments (21)

@sukabean7986 4 years ago

“Stay strapped or get clapped” (sun tzu “art of war”)
@trit0nfromthae587 3 years ago

“If you ain’t strapping you gon get caught lackin” - Abraham Lincoln
@jeffiejeffersonmcjeff7596 2 years ago

Paranoia and situational awareness are two very different things. If you're eyebanging literally every person you see trying to figure out if they're armed, you're paranoid. If you're just keeping your eyes up and you're passively taking note of people or things that stand out in your environment, you're situationally aware.
@copper12heavy69 3 years ago

"If you try to take my bread, you'll get two to the chest and one to the head" Pillsbury Dough Boy.
@zedanide6984 3 years ago

"Roll the dice you finna get iced" -JFK with his AK
@brillsmith2207 3 years ago

"I got nines in the bedroom, glocks in the kitchen A shotty by the shower if you wanna shoot me while I'm shittin" Biggie Smalls
@Levan_K 3 years ago

"Stay strapped or get clapped" - - George Washington (probably)
@ozzey5246 3 years ago

“I was shot, so I don’t think you should be able to protect yourself.”
@Just-the-Gameplay 3 years ago

"Poopity scoop" -Kanye West
@colossalmindb.t.s.8755 3 years ago

"I lost all my guns in a boating accident" -Colion Noir
@davidmcconnell1663 3 years ago

Never bring a stabby stick to a yeet cannon boogaloo - Theodore Roosevelt
@titan_o7 2 years ago

One phrase that I always respond with whenever people ask me if concealed carrying is a necessity is “I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and both have it.” It’s about being prepared for the worst possible scenario, and having the tools to deescalate that event or stop the threat if necessary.
@hk4lyfe59 3 years ago

"America runs on Dunkin" -Starbucks
@D0nnyy 4 years ago

"Gotta stay strapped" -Thomas Jefferson
@triclopsgamer5934 2 years ago

"I hate the thought of killing anything, its the last thing I would advise, but as a matter of survival, all creatures are fair game." - Les Stroud
@HauntMyNight 3 years ago

Comparing Canada to the U.S. is like doing that thing where you mom said "well your sister did this, why can't you do this" because you ain't your sister
@sepronioruiz-valuroso6715 3 years ago

“Mess with Gods hour get the Sig Sauer”-Jack Wilson
@NiteshKumar-tn8xt 5 years ago

"So I went to Texas. The heart of gun culture in America" Montana: Ohkay Idaho: Ohkay Wyoming: Ohkay Alaska: Hahaha
@romeoh4859 3 years ago

That pool analogy was spot on
@tomgosy 2 years ago

If you want to carry a gun, do it. If you don't want one in your house, don't get one. It's as simple as that, you have a CHOICE. No one should have the ability to limit your choice or your rights