In this case, I don’t think it has any political meaning: it’s supposed look like a “tactical” flag-patch, as used by special forces in combat sitations.
Monochrome patches are used when you don’t want a full-colour flag blazing out of your otherwise-camoflaged gear.
You’ll notice that the patch is mirrored too - I think that’s the standard for US military flag-patches on the right shoulder.
It’s meant to look how it would if it was a real flag blowing back in the wind:
They don’t want their soldiers looking like they’re moving backwards so quickly that their flags are pointing forwards!
That was my point as well. The only relevance I see with her gender is my observation that since the gun control debate has become more heated we are seeing more pro-gun videos like this one.
There have been videos about people shooting guns on the internet since as long as there’s been videos on the internet. There have been forums for people who like guns since USENET. This was not a particularly “pro-gun” video, there are many out there that fit that description much better. I think your perspective may be off a bit.
She’s been on youtube for 4 years, and is one of a plethora of female shooters in various background doing their thing. Certainly they are a minority of shooters, but there are many who are active. I don’t think political climate has anything to do with them enjoying the thing they enjoy.
Also, I wouldn’t call this a “pro-gun” video. It is just a video about shooting. Like if you watched a video where they race a car around a track, it wouldn’t be considered “pro car” or “pro racing”.
People might be SHARING video like this an effort to make a pro gun statement. I don’t believe that was Andrea’s intent, rather she found it interesting. I could be wrong.
Insurance companies do not get involved because things are dangerous
They get involved when things become expensive
And juries determine that, and that’s how it works. So, get ready for insurance to become involved; accepting that is going to be the best option for responsible people. We don’t get to own a yard full of fighting dogs AND live among people.
Dude, I’m late to this thread but I could swear that I just saw your avatar switch from The Shadow to Boba Fett right before my eyes. As much as I liked the old one I really like this new one.
Yes, I did change as I was posting, as I had just got this new figure, and thought it was time to change up my avatar. I mean, not change it up toooo much. Boba Fett has been my avatar through most of my time here.
If only it worked that way - unfortunately, it doesn’t. Taking legal + safe shooting sports enthusiast’s firearms away is not likely to reduce gun crime/gun violence one bit, so we need to look elsewhere for solutions.
I’ve never understood why our gun laws have been a Boolean yes/no kind of thing — when you’re X years old, you suddenly get access to all firearms. I think having a licensing system with different classes, and different age requirements for different classes (among other certs) makes a ton of sense. Phasing some things in past the age many mental illnesses have emerged (teens to late twenties) would also be pretty logical, IMO. But the stupid dualistic humans, sheesh…
My experience suggests that women have the highest potential to excel in Shooting Sports, where micro conditions on the firing line have major impacts on the target end. I was always told by my .22 4-position coach that this had something to do with the space between heartbeats, but since women have on average higher heart rates this can’t be the reason. Still, every woman shooter I know is a committed ass-kicker.
We used to have at our annual Shooting Sports awards banquet a trick shot exhibition/contest where we were all given 10 rounds in a timed match to shoot 5 mothballs hanging from strings at 50 feet, offhand. Of course, these were single shot iron sight target rifles, like my venerable Model 52. Good times if your targets started swinging. Proud to say I won the Mothball Match my senior year.
Shooting Sports is fun, it builds discipline, it gives kids something to do, and it used to be part of many High School + college sports programs. Ann Arbor Pioneer HS had a range in the basement for years, as did my YMCA growing up. I was a civilian member of University of Michigan’s ROTC Smallbore rifle team (Big 10 champs!) and they tore down that range a few years ago. Most all that went away in liberal, gun-fearing cities- and took with it opportunities to teach kids respect for firearms and their proper use.
That’s one reason this NRA member is appalled at the NRA’s politics, and wishes they would get back to their original mission of teaching marksmanship, firearm and hunter safety and sanctioning competitions. They still do some of this, but it’s clouded by all their political bullshit. Like all bureaucracies they have grown too big and have too great an interest in self-sustainability, and too little interest in focusing on the real needs of their members.
Surely there must be a gun association that is an alternative to the NRA that supports that kind of a mission? Vs. being a lobbying arm for gun manufacturers looking to maximize profits at literally all costs…
Perhaps it was a ‘trick shot’ insofar her sniper-distance-tiny-target challenge was significantly complicated by the fact that she was standing up. Neither she, nor her rifle, were propped up against anything and supported in the way that a true sniper would have to be to ensure a hit.
