Concealed Carry Views from 1895

[Lady Di]

Can you believe that some people thought that it was "unladylike" for a "girl" to carry a concealed weapon in 1895? Check out this letter to the editor from Judge Campbell that was published in the N.Y. Times on November 30, 1895. Maybe I should stop carrying or change my screenname to Unladylike Di? :lol:

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E2DB1139E033A25753C3A9679D94649ED7CF

[Bill of Rights]

Of note, they did say that while some would consider it demoralizing and unladylike, this opinion would change with women being raised from childhood with such instruction. I would guess that the portion of society to whom they referred in this would be those who felt that a lady should not have to defend herself, but that she should have a gentleman there to step smartly to her defense. Needless to say, while I have no objection to a gentleman doing so, I believe that the lady is no less capable of defending herself should she have trained and at that moment choose to do so.

That this was originally published in the New Hork Slimes is sad commentary indeed. Where they once not only promoted the idea that men should CCW, that women should do likewise, and that it would have a proper effect upon crime, today, they actively promote the reverse and would deny the right of self-defense to all if they could.

How far they've fallen in the intervening years! :(

Cogito, ergo porto.

Blessings,
M

[Lady Di]

Well, since I tend to have "old-fashioned" values, it would appeal to me to have a gentleman come to my defense; however, I realize that I am responsible for my own personal safety and I take that responsibility very seriously.

Yeah, it's too bad we have to go back to the 1800's to find a major newspaper that wasn't liberally biased. The good news is that the readership of print media is in a rapid decline. Do you think they'll ever make the connection? :roll:

[Bill of Rights]

Yeah, it's too bad we have to go back to the 1800's to find a major newspaper that wasn't liberally biased. The good news is that the readership of print media is in a rapid decline. Do you think they'll ever make the connection? :roll:

Not till they're out of business!

Sadly, while readership of print media is declining, the rest of the MSM isn't a lot better. At least we still have some folks with intelligence enough to realize that the Communist News Network (CNN) is not the be-all and end-all of news. Some even realize the shocking truth that news and propaganda are not the same thing! :shock:

Blessings,
M

[Lady Di]

The Internet and networks like Fox News have changed the face of news reporting, and elitists in the MSM are having difficulty coping with the reality of it all.

This type of website scares the heck out of media elitists. They used to have a monopoly on disseminating information, or should I say misinformation. :wink:

[packnrat]

as to the print media having trouble, the local city rag, has been trying to give free copys away in my small town, the salesman just can not get very many to take them.

sure it is a sales ploy to get you intersted....but it is not working.

print = read about it tomorrow.
plenty of time to get the lies bigger.

tv = see it to night.
time to get the video of some one bleading.

radio = here about it now.
hate radio, got to love it.

[VegasGeorge]

Well, I think it's perfectly "lady like" for a woman to carry in her purse. Belt carry, open or concealed, is a bit butch for my taste. And, I'm definitely put off by women groping around in their undergarments to find their piece.

Just my take on it. :wink:

[Bill of Rights]

It's all personal preference and opinion, of course.

I think it's pretty cool to have a woman choose to be responsible for her own safety, no matter where she carries.

I don't have an issue with a woman carrying in her purse IF she plans to have her purse on her at ALL times-not set on the floor, not on the table or the kitchen counter, but on her person. The gun does her no good if she can't access it when she needs it, and out of her physical control, others CAN access it.

With that said, I can agree that depending on the woman in question, I could take "butch" from the image of her carrying on her belt, but "concealed means concealed" and some can carry that off quite femininely. (There is the belly band, of course, also, not to mention that wonderful picture Oleg Volk did of the woman wearing a dress and carrying in a thigh holster. The caption, as I recall, read to the effect that a perpetrator might get a flash of her underpinnings when she draws:shock:, but he's not going to live to tell anyone about it. :twisted:

Cogito, ergo porto.

Blessings,
M