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Women turn to shooting for protection, outdoor fun
New York Times News Service via The Birmingham News ^ | March 02, 2006 | JULIA CORCORAN

Posted on 03/02/2006 11:53:14 AM PST by neverdem

Edited on 03/02/2006 11:56:40 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

NEW YORK - Marjory Fagan stood motionless, slowed her breathing, stared ahead intently and then moved her index finger almost imperceptibly. Bang! Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil and piercing report, she steadied herself, leveled the rifle and pulled the trigger again.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunporn; nra; womenontarget
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I couldn't find the story in the NY Times. Maybe they don't want New Yawkers to know about the West Side Rifle & Pistol Range.
1 posted on 03/02/2006 11:53:17 AM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Nothing quite says "Fix the roof" Like a hot chick with a shotgun!


2 posted on 03/02/2006 11:54:14 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Islam, Religion of Peace and they'll kill you to prove it.)
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To: trubluolyguy

LOL!!


3 posted on 03/02/2006 11:56:04 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: neverdem

NYT News Service supplies a lot of stories to its media subscribers that don't run in the NYT. Good to know they sent this one out.


4 posted on 03/02/2006 11:57:16 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: neverdem

If my daughter decides to not re-enlist and move home, we're going to have a weekly mother-daughter night out at the target range.


5 posted on 03/02/2006 11:57:17 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: neverdem

She's just a "straw" buyer according to the jack booted BATFE.


6 posted on 03/02/2006 11:57:26 AM PST by Sybeck1
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Yikes if you're "Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil and piercing report" you've got a long way to go to get to a round worthy of self defense. The Boy Scouts have 10 year olds on the range with those.

That said I used to know a gun store owner who wore a .22 on his hip and asked him why a .22? He said, "I can pull this out and put 5 rounds exactly where I want them, and then if I need to, I can disappear behind that door and come out with something a lot worse."

I guess there's some point to that, but I just kept thinking, with the right round, you'll only need one.

7 posted on 03/02/2006 12:03:41 PM PST by Sax
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To: neverdem

Gotta obey the rules.

8 posted on 03/02/2006 12:04:58 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Prophet Muhammed, Piss Be Upon Him)
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To: Sax

At least a close range, they won't go right through the guy, and break something in his store.


9 posted on 03/02/2006 12:09:54 PM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: Brad Cloven

Always wondered if there really was such a thing as a
"P(_)$$y Posse".


10 posted on 03/02/2006 12:10:11 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
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To: Sax
Yikes if you're "Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil and piercing report" you've got a long way to go to get to a round worthy of self defense.

you've never shot a good varmint load have you? .22lr or .223 might be next to nothing, but there are some varmint loads in 22calibre that'll poke a bit.
11 posted on 03/02/2006 12:12:08 PM PST by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: stuartcr

That's a point, but with my arse on the line, I'm not opposed to breaking some stuff.


12 posted on 03/02/2006 12:12:14 PM PST by Sax
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To: neverdem

Chicks with guns?? Someone post the Coulter pic from the shooting range. It's, like, mandatory!


13 posted on 03/02/2006 12:12:19 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: absolootezer0

Sure, I've got 3 .22's and owned a mini-14 chambered in .223 for many years. Heck of a lot of difference between .223 and .22.


14 posted on 03/02/2006 12:13:42 PM PST by Sax
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To: Tanniker Smith

15 posted on 03/02/2006 12:18:11 PM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
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Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil and piercing report,

A .22 has recoil?

When did this start?

16 posted on 03/02/2006 12:19:31 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil

WHAT recoil?

17 posted on 03/02/2006 12:19:39 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: neverdem

This was posted over at AFCOM.

Funny a heck.

http://media1.yourdailymedia.com/files/6KCTL06bbaCv.wmv


18 posted on 03/02/2006 12:21:07 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

AFCOM=ARFCOM


19 posted on 03/02/2006 12:21:31 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: neverdem

"Bang! Wincing slightly from the .22-caliber rifle's recoil and piercing report..."

Nuff said, the reporter is an uninformed idiot.


20 posted on 03/02/2006 12:22:09 PM PST by Ursus arctos horribilis
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