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And don't forget your gun
Source: Independent Gay Forum/National Journal
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Country: United States

"As people who run an above-average risk of being attacked on the street, gays should pay careful heed to the possible role of concealed firearms in discouraging predation by criminals." (3/20/99)

Holocaust Survivor Denounces Anti-Gun Movement
Source: Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership
Author: Aaron Zelman interviews Theodore Haas
Country: United States

"In pre-Nazi Germany, the good, law-abiding citizens dozed while government passed laws (all purported to be for the public good) that paved the way for tyranny to flourish." An interview with a survivor of Dachau.

Women, Feminism, and Self-Defense
Source: 3rd WWWave
Author: Janis Cortese
Country: United States

This pro-gun article opens, "One of the issues that most divides the second and third waves of feminism is the issue of personal safety. The second wave's brand of social activism is sometimes accused of being 'victim feminism,' and the third wave's desire for more practical solutions is sometimes called giving in to the patriarchy. The truth, of course, is somewhere in between." (12/99)

Feminization of gun debate drowns out sober analysis
Source: Seattle Times
Author: Michelle Malkin
Country: United States

The conversion of gun control into a supposed modern icon of womanhood is inappropriate and dangerous. (6/23/98)

Good for the goose
Source: Armed Females of Texas
Author: Kathryn Graham
Country: United States

"If you believe passionately in political correctness and cannot bear to see it used as a weapon in a war against the idiots who originated the whole politically correct idea, do please leave now. And you needn’t return. Folks with no sense of humor give me a severe pain somewhere south of my belly button." (2001)

Deceptions of the Million Mom March
Source: Keep and Bear Arms
Author: Steven A. Silver
Country: United States

"Regardless of the numbers of women who turned out on Mother’s Day, they perpetuated numerous deceptions -- deceptions which have deadly consequences."

The difference between a pacifist and a victim
Source: Armed Females of Texas
Author: Kathryn Graham
Country: United States

"It is not immoral to resolve a physical conflict efficiently. It is only immoral to start one. A pacifist is committed to never, ever starting a physical conflict." (05/02)

So you are thinking of buying a gun
Source: Sierra Times
Author: Sunni Maravillosa
Country: United States

Ifeminist Maravillosa gives political and practical advice on the decision to buy a gun. (11/27/01)

What's with these apologies
Source: Armed Females of Texas
Author: Kathryn Graham
Country: United States

"I always have to ask the same question -- and endure the endless, whining answers -- every time I teach a new concealed handgun class. 'Why do you want to carry a firearm?' I ask a new crop of students. Each student acts somehow furtive, somehow ashamed, as though they are doing something they wouldn’t want to tell their mothers about." (2002)

When you must fight
Source: Armed Females of Texas
Author: Kathryn Graham
Country: United States

"Make no mistake, ladies. A man who does not want you carrying a firearm does not love you! His reasoning might be that he does not feel that you have the courage, the strength or the emotional stability to carry a firearm. Or it may be more sinister than that. He may not want you to have control over your own body and your own life!" (2001)

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