Kyle Cassidy traveled 15,000 miles over two years photographing Americans in their homes and asking one question: “Why do you own a gun?”
A good question, particularly since most of these guns are not easily reconcilable with the notion of self-defense and their true place should be somewhere in the Armed Forces. All the photos were later compiled in the book with its German edition being published this year. The pics below are taken from the latter. As said by Alan Cooperman from The Washington Post: “Each picture in Armed America could be a pro-gun advertisement – or an anti-gun poster. That’s what makes the book so riveting.” Check out Kyle’s Site HERE
Feb
America the beautiful…and locked and loaded (16 photos)
Author: Leo
In: Beautiful, Creepy, Kids, Photography, These People Exist
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The 2nd Amendment is not about self-defense…
This is the most pathetic thing ever. Some man like beer and women, them in the other hand prefer Guns
is there a connection between big guns and small penises,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Self-defence against criminals is just a bonus of gun ownership – the main reason to arm the population is so that their own government can’t oppress them – like the english govt that the settlers were trying to escape…
Its preparation for the zombie apocalypse. That’s why I own guns >.>
Hitler, Stalin, and a couple other dictators like gun control too
Beer and Guns… Good combination
WTF for?
I have a gun so I can shoot Republicans…
OH NO A BLACK POWDER RIFLE! That definetly belongs in the “Armed Forces”.
from US vs. Miller….1939.
In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a ’shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length’ at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary military equipment or that its use could contribute to the common defense.
so we’re not supposed to have anything EXCEPT firearms that are used by the military! Which is it?
White people are scary…