Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am very interested in seeing this photo but I think all the url's I'm trying to click on are second hand and broken. Could it be re posted the url? Perhaps one with a TinyURL to ensure non corruption? I'm really dying to see it. The Rabs. On 10/18/13 4:08 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Larry - > > I posted the photo because I was appalled and scared and chagrined to find > that my in-laws were all Tea-Party supporters who owned non-registered guns > because they are convinced that the Muslim president Obama will be coming > after their guns. I was surprised that anything in the photo was sharp > because I was shaking with anger as I took it. Then I got up and left, > saying that I would return when there were no loaded guns in the room. I > didn't return until the next day when the gun-toting guys were gone. > > I like the photo or I would not have posted it. It reflects what I saw and > what I felt at the time. If it were up to me, all handguns would be > abolished since their only purpose is to take lives. > > The photo has provoked comment and I'm glad. It served its purpose and is, > therefore, a successful photo. > > Tina > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > >> Don't over react to guns. They are common in rural America. There are far >> more guns in the US than there are Leicas, Nikon, Canons, and all other >> fine cameras combined. The gun culture is alive and well not only in the >> south but in the North West, the mid-Atlantic states and in New England. >> The next time you take a drive on a cross country highway stop in at a >> Cabella's or a Bass Pro sporting goods store. You will see enough guns on >> display to arm a regiment and enough ammunition to stock a medium sized >> rebellion. Schools are even closed during deer hunting season in much of >> Pennsylvania. A successful hunt is the key to a well fed holiday season. >> New York City even hosted the Bannerman warehouse until it moved up the >> Hudson to Pollopel Island. Bannerman and family were merchants who bought >> up most of the military surplus from the Civil War, the Spanish-American >> war and WW I. Most of the world's rebellions until the outbreak of WW 2 >> used Bannerman supplied weapons. My father even had a Sears Roebuck sized >> catalog of Bannerman's arms available for resale. >> >> When I was a boy the country was much less urban than it is now. In rural >> communities gun ownership was accepted as a fact of life. Most families >> owned at least two guns, a shotgun for hunting and a 22 cal. rifle for the >> kids to plink around with. Most high schools had rifle teams, usually >> subsidized by the Army. Indeed an armed population was considered the key >> to national defense. What enemy would attack a country with a well armed >> citizenry? The NRA, rather than being dedicated to supporting the Second >> Amendment, was an advocate of teaching marksmanship in schools. >> >> I currently own three guns, a shotgun, a rifle, and a handgun. My favorite >> is a Browning semi-automatic 22 rifle, also John Browning's favorite gun. >> It is beautiful, a true work of art. I bought it on sight 40 years ago. I >> lusted after that gun more than I ever lusted after a Leica camera. It has >> appreciated in price more than twenty times the price I paid. >> <http://www.basspro.com/**Browning-SemiAuto-Grade-I-22-** >> LR-Rifle/product/102<http://www.basspro.com/Browning-SemiAuto-Grade-I-22-LR-R >> ifle/product/102> >> 17873/> >> >> I was taught to shoot as a ten year old at a YMCA camp by a German doctor >> who had served as in infantryman under the Kaiser during WW I. At one time >> I was even capable of shooting a bullet through the center of a cigarette, >> end on, at 50 ft. I shake too much now and my vision isn't what it used to >> be. >> >> The prevalence of arms has a low correlation with gun murder rates. >> Vermont and New Hampshire are the U.S. states with the highest per capita >> gun ownership, minimum regulatory requirements, and also the lowest rates >> of gun homicides. What really disturbs me is traveling through Europe and >> the Middle East and seeing all those young military types in airports and >> wandering the streets with fully armed large magazine assault rifles slung >> over their backs. How responsible are they? You guys who are appalled at >> seeing weapons, think about that. >> >> Now about Tina's picture of a "Tea Party" family reunion. This may be a >> minority opinion but I think it is a poorly composed, unsharp, snapshot of >> a family at a dinner table with one person handing a gun to another. Just >> a >> bad picture. Peter is right is stating that prudent gun handling practices >> are being violated. The is no indication that it is a "Tea Party" meeting >> at all. Even Tina's original title on her web site does not identify it >> as >> such. This picture is far below Tina's usual standard and I suspect was >> titled and posted only to evoke comment. And you can see. It did. >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/ >> listinfo/lug>for more information >> >> > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/