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Offensive? Us?(SPEAK OUT: YOUR FORUM TO PONTIFICATE, PONDER AND PROBE)(Letter to the editor)
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American Handgunner
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Wilwol, Lin
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I find the article by John Connor (Guncrank Diaries, May/June 2008) and pictures/illustrations depicting sexy women in American Handgunner inappropriate and offensive. With a growing female and youth following in the shooting sports, shooting magazines are viewed by people of all ages and both genders. However, many ads and articles continue to exploit women. They sell sex and sexy, not guns and the sports of shooting and hunting. They are demeaning and don't take women shooters seriously, not to mention inappropriate for the young ones. I have four daughters, two stepdaughters, and two granddaughters, so as you can see we are a predominantly female hunting family. I want to be ...