Three years ago, Italian photographer @gabrielegalimbertiphoto took this picture of me and some of my “friends” for a National Geographic article about Americans and their guns.
The magazine decided not to publish the article (which I am relieved about because the world has changed so much!) but I am now able to share his work.
I wasn’t going to share the photo publicly but it’s starting to make its way around the Internet on other platforms and accounts so I wanted to give my perspective on it.
1. These are not all my guns.
2. Most have been sold.
3. The main reason I did it was to give a normal all-American face to gun ownership and because… #MERICA 😎
4. I know people will criticize “showing off” an arsenal of weapons and say that it makes you a target but see #1 and #2 ..and also, Texas has Castle Doctrine (look that up if you don’t know what it is) 😉
What a privilege it is to live in a country where we can own what we want and defend ourselves ⚔️
#HoldTheLine
The magazine decided not to publish the article (which I am relieved about because the world has changed so much!) but I am now able to share his work.
I wasn’t going to share the photo publicly but it’s starting to make its way around the Internet on other platforms and accounts so I wanted to give my perspective on it.
1. These are not all my guns.
2. Most have been sold.
3. The main reason I did it was to give a normal all-American face to gun ownership and because… #MERICA 😎
4. I know people will criticize “showing off” an arsenal of weapons and say that it makes you a target but see #1 and #2 ..and also, Texas has Castle Doctrine (look that up if you don’t know what it is) 😉
What a privilege it is to live in a country where we can own what we want and defend ourselves ⚔️
#HoldTheLine
When I hear the irrational arguments for gun control, what my brain translates them too is:
“Corrupt government, please take away the only thing that prevents you from making me a prisoner in my own home…”
“Evil tyrants, please remove from me the only weapon that will slow down your advancement of all out totalitarianism…”
“Mentally ill young man, here, let me make it easy for you to slaughter me and my peers while we dine at this fine establishment…”
“You want to violate my body and home without resistance? No problem! At least I’m not supporting the NRA….”
“Oh look, the Chinese army just landed over yonder, I’ll put some frozen egg rolls in the oven so they’ll have a snack to munch on while they massacre us…”
🤓👍🏻
Gun ownership is an inherent right, not up for debate.
No statistic will ever justify disarming a population and you only disarm a population because of one thing: you want them defenseless so they can’t fight back.
#HoldTheLine
“Corrupt government, please take away the only thing that prevents you from making me a prisoner in my own home…”
“Evil tyrants, please remove from me the only weapon that will slow down your advancement of all out totalitarianism…”
“Mentally ill young man, here, let me make it easy for you to slaughter me and my peers while we dine at this fine establishment…”
“You want to violate my body and home without resistance? No problem! At least I’m not supporting the NRA….”
“Oh look, the Chinese army just landed over yonder, I’ll put some frozen egg rolls in the oven so they’ll have a snack to munch on while they massacre us…”
🤓👍🏻
Gun ownership is an inherent right, not up for debate.
No statistic will ever justify disarming a population and you only disarm a population because of one thing: you want them defenseless so they can’t fight back.
#HoldTheLine