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