Girls With Guns

Superior Tactics

When I originally started running entries titled girls with guns it was not supposed to be a cheesecake parade. I was looking for examples that challenged the common narrative. However, it is getting more and more difficult to find photos of women wearing clothes and wielding a firearm at the same time.

The Daily Caller runs a regular feature in the Outdoors section. Sheriff Jim Wilson is a 30 year Texas lawman who ended his career as the Sheriff of Crockett County, Texas. He writes a column discussing weapons, training, legal considerations and tactics.

Sheriff Jim Wilson

The Sheriff gives sound, common sense advice geared to the gun owner who is concerned about self defense. At the same time he considers his audience. He realizes that not everybody who reads his column is a gun enthusiast. Many aren’t willing to spend hours on the range. Rambo would be bored reading his advice. That is Rambo’s loss.

One piece of advice that Sheriff Jim gives is that when something goes bump in the night, don’t go looking for trouble. He points out bad guys already have a plan and they are prepared to execute it. A homeowner awakened suddenly is at a disadvantage. It is better to gather the family to a point of relative safety and prepare to defend you and yours.

This is not namby-pamby oh whoas’ me. This advice is the line in the sand. Friend or foe identification, problem solving, fear, uncertainty, and moral considerations all contribute to “lag time.” Lag time is the time it takes to react (appropriately) to what is happening.

I looked at a myriad of photos, like the one above and had a Eureka moment. That is not a nearly naked chick wielding a gun to titillate. No, she has turned lag time from a defensive disadvantage to an offensive weapon. Brilliant!

Most crooks I have run across in thirty years are macho males. Picture this, they enter a residence thinking clock radios, TV’s and stereos when suddenly they are confronted by her. What is the first thing they think?

Wow, look at the rack on her! Trust me they never saw the gun. At this point a physiological reaction sets in. All the blood rushes from the head on their shoulders to points south. Advantage girl with a gun.

I am not being sexist. It works on women crooks also. The thoughts of a female malefactor are likely to be: She’s had surgery, those are so fake. Is that cellulite on her hip? How tacky!

So ladies when you hear something go bump in the night, grab your gun, hunker down and take off your clothes. The bad guy will never know what hit him.

Don’t confuse Sheriff Jim’s advice with mine. Hope I don’t run across Sheriff Jim. I’m probably due an ass whopping.