Armed America
Kyle Cassidy, a regular poster on the Livejournal Guns community, has finally released his book, Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes.
I think he does an excellent job of showing that we're not all just a bunch of crazed armed rednecks like Ted Nugent.
Anyways, here is the link to his book. Go check it out.
Kyle is a great photographer, and he's not as radical as Oleg Volk(who is so awesome it hurts). Anyways, he deserves whatever support he can get for this book. I had considered posing with my dad for Kyle's book, but that fell through due to medical issues with my dad.
BTW, Kyle has posted many of the photos up at armedamerica.org. Go check it out.
posted by The Green Gun @ 1:50 PM
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This is an important book. It makes no editorial statement, proffers no venomous rhetoric. It simply puts a human face on the typically abstract and much maligned "gun owner." They are our neighbors, our friends, our coworkers. We normally would not fear these people, so why should we fear them with guns?
That said, it is understandable to fear a stranger with a gun. And, in our modern society, there are more strangers than acquaintances within our close proximity. This is partially because our communities (read, suburbia) are so large and uninviting that we tend not to actively participate in them. This makes us suspect and fear those around us, which is why I believe most gun owners own guns in the first place.
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