The Scary Reason Some Men Like Guns Better Than Women (Barf Alert)

New York Magazine ^ | Ann Friedman

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And don't even think about so much as laying a finger on my wife of forty years (and I don't think I care for the way you are looking at her!).

[driftless2]

Sometimes I wonder if these NYC scribblers ever leave Manhattan. If Miss Friedman would go looking for a house in Wisconsin, where I live, she would notice many of the prospective sellers have hunting rifles and shotguns out in the open.

I noticed this when my wife and I went looking for house shortly before we got married. Gun violence in Wisconsin outside Milwaukee is pretty rare despite the millions of firearms. I assume Ann would swoon at the sight of a gun in the open. The gun might load itself and try to shoot the poor girl.

[21twelve]

“writ large”

I was going to say writ poorly.

[Gaffer]

Frankly, I think that some of what she wrote is just fantasy, at least from the perspective of how ‘this gun thing’ personally affected her. There may have been commercials, or even passages from other books, but her personalization connection to them likely does not exist.

She’s just a NYT Blair, or a New Republic Glass in my opinion.

[real saxophonist]

Bump.

[real saxophonist]

Every woman I ever dated, I took them shooting. And they all loved it.

[Antihero101607]

One of the few times I actually read the article before spouting off.

I’m never going to get that time back.

[niteowl77]

I once owned a handgun that I thought was a quality item, but it turned out to be overpriced trash even with a discount. Though just a rimfire, it was made to look like a more capable pistol to bamboozle the average Joe, and plenty of paid hacks endorsed it (in the ways that paid hacks do). It was fussy about what it was fed, frequently misfired and would occasionally go off with very little pressure on the trigger. It pretended to fill the hand, but there wasn't really enough substance there to get a good grip in any reasonable circumstance. In the end, about all it did was waste ammunition to no good purpose and exasperate everyone who gave it a try. Lots of noise when it did work, but accuracy was dismal. I couldn't wait to be done with that thing, but it wasn't easy to find someone to take it off my hands.

If I were to go through that experience again, I'd name the gun "Ann."

Mr. niteowl77

[PLMerite]

Gadzooks! Are they remaking “Beetlejuice?”

[LambSlave]

Because you can have as many as you want and the other’s don’t get jealous? Actually I think my PTR-91 does get jealous sometimes, or did until the boating accident.

[trebb]

And the author is a prime example of why jokes get out - no freaking sense of humor.

[DH]

Ann Friedman.

Another woman man and gun hater in a fit of hysteria.

She must have had another yeast infection when she wrote the article.

[Buck-I-Guy]

“For years the NRA defended laws that kept guns in the hands of known domestic abusers.”

I’m calling BS on that!

[SpeakerToAnimals]

Why a motorcycle is better than a woman:

My motorcycle does not care if I look at other motorcycles.

My motorcycle won't get mad if I ride other motorcycles.

My motorcycle never has a headache when I want a ride.

[Oratam]

Anne was up against a hard deadline and had nothing. So, she recalled a silly sign hanging up on an office wall and because she’s humorless and a liberal, she wrote an article using her “I’m Outraged” template. It’s put out by Mad-Libs: Journalist Edition. Just fill in the blanks.

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You can just hear the creaking of the twisted panties.

[lcms rev]

Sounds like she was just looking for something to get upset about and guns happened to be a handy target.

The one thing I have a hard time believing is that she lived in an area where guns are a part of life, gun laws are lax, and yet she never met a single gun enthusiast/collector. I’m sorry, but that’s just unbelievable. They may never have told her about the 6 safes full of guns in their basement, but she met them.

[Graybeard58]

Ugh, figures it was Sinkspur. Feel sorry for his wife, if he has one.

A vile FReeper, I haven't thought of that screen name in years. Still a member, he hasn't commented in 8 years, since he was exposed on F.R., for the utter phony that he is.

[glasseye]

Thoroughly bored with women who wake every morning feeling like victims.

Wonder how many cats this girl has?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What a flamer.