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Roanoke woman invents Apron Gun Holster and a new business
WDBJ7-TV ^ | June 8, 2012 | Holly Pietrzak

Posted on 06/09/2012 7:29:16 PM PDT by Bratch

ROANOKE, Va.—

A Roanoke business woman's gun and where she keeps it has helped her launch another, new business.

Eliane Coleman Niemann has owned The Health Shelf, a full service herbal wellness center, for 18 years. She got quite a scare one day in 2009 and thought she was going to be robbed. Nothing happened, but an idea was born. It's called the Apron Gun Holster.

"I didn't want my customers to come into a health store and be talking to me about their health, and I'm doing reflexology on their feet and then seeing a pistol on my side," said Niemann.

After no luck searching for something suitable, Niemann bought material and had this apron made. She has her concealed carry permit and keeps a gun on her for protection. She encourages other small business owners and workers to do the same.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: apron; banglist; ccw; concealedcarry; entrepreneur; holster; roanoke

1 posted on 06/09/2012 7:29:23 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

She has man hands


2 posted on 06/09/2012 7:35:46 PM PDT by Old Griz
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To: Old Griz

Ha!

The picture is of a model. (I think!)


3 posted on 06/09/2012 7:39:28 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Old Griz

And a man butt.


4 posted on 06/09/2012 7:41:09 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Bratch

I like this flash bang bra holster.
http://www.flashbangholster.com/Flashbang_Holster/Photos.html


5 posted on 06/09/2012 7:42:27 PM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: Old Griz

I reckon that’s been done before...maybe not marketed, though.


6 posted on 06/09/2012 7:43:31 PM PDT by HiJinx (He who controls the water, controls life.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

bflr


7 posted on 06/09/2012 7:46:55 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Bratch

8 posted on 06/09/2012 7:49:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Bratch

How cool this lady is a friend on mine. I hope lots of people buy her invention she is a nice person and works hard a little success would be great.

Those are for sure not her hands.


9 posted on 06/09/2012 7:52:58 PM PDT by virginia lurker
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To: Bratch

Staying alive is an increasingly important health issue...


10 posted on 06/09/2012 8:01:18 PM PDT by One Name (Go to the enemy's home court and smoke his ass.)
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To: JoeProBono

I sure hope Thunderwear includes a quadruple layer of Kevlar at the bottom of their holsters!


11 posted on 06/09/2012 8:09:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Kevlar alone won’t cut it, there needs to be a trauma plate piece down there too. What’s the point of stopping the bullet if it still mashes your nut into pudding? Can still die from trauma/shock.


12 posted on 06/09/2012 8:49:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: virginia lurker
How cool this lady is a friend on mine. I hope lots of people buy her invention she is a nice person and works hard a little success would be great.

Commas are our friends.

13 posted on 06/09/2012 8:58:24 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: sockmonkey

“I like this flash bang bra holster.”

Wow! Talk about a pair of 38’s!;)


14 posted on 06/09/2012 9:40:27 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Bratch

I got a visual on when a potential robber walks in: “’Scuse me while I whip this out.”


15 posted on 06/09/2012 9:42:55 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Too much information, my FRiend.

As for the holster apron, it looks like a great idea. If I was a shop owner who had to wear an apron, that seems like a much better place to hide a weapon then under a counter. I suspect most robbers know better than to allow a victim to reach for a gun hidden near the register.

I wonder if anyone sells a holster hat so you can quickly draw and fire even with your hands in the air. A quick search came up with Mad Hat holsters, but those look like standard holsters to me. Oh well. Now I’m trying to recall the movie where the hero had a gun taped to the back of his head. Wasn’t that Die Hard?


16 posted on 06/09/2012 10:15:41 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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To: CitizenUSA

...than under a counter.

I made the old “then” versus “than” mistake—possibly other errors, to.

(Yeah. This time it was intentional.)


17 posted on 06/09/2012 10:20:31 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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To: virginia lurker
I hope lots of people buy her invention she is a nice person and works hard a little success would be great.

I know a place where you can buy periods wholesale for your sentences.

18 posted on 06/09/2012 10:31:50 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: CitizenUSA

It was die hard. He had it taped to his back, between the shoulders.


19 posted on 06/10/2012 5:36:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

That was on today. Samuel L. Jackson was in it as the racist shopkeeper.


20 posted on 06/10/2012 5:45:06 PM PDT by rabidralph
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