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Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby jdege on Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:34 am

Tennessee college senior defends posing for graduation picture with gun in her waistband
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/10/tennessee-college-senior-defends-posing-for-graduation-picture-with-gun-in-her-waistband.html
A Tennessee college senior is sticking to her guns after posting a graduation photo in which she stares wistfully off-camera while lifting her "Women for Trump" T-shirt to expose a handgun in her waistband.

Despite receiving what she called a surprising "amount of hate" on social media, Brenna Spencer, 22, says she has no regrets.

“I know the Tennessee state gun codes. ... I carry everywhere that I’m allowed to carry," the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga student said in an interview.

On Twitter, where Spencer's profile states that "political correctness offends me," she posted the provocative photo with the caption "I don’t take normal college graduation photos ..."

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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby Ghost on Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:53 am

Good for her, shouldn’t be news
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby yukonjasper on Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:21 am

That is great. Good parenting there. I wish more had the courage to stand up and make a statement.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby BigBlue on Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:31 am

Is there a holster in there or is she just ghetto carrying it?
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Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby INOR on Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:34 am

BigBlue wrote:Is there a holster in there or is she just ghetto carrying it?


I had read the article on fox earlier this morning. Someone called her out on that but she said she had a belly band on that is hidden.


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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby Bearcatrp on Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:58 am

Only a retard news outlet would consider this offensive along with the idiots who don't like this.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby yukonjasper on Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:54 pm

Bearcatrp wrote:Only a retard news outlet would consider this offensive along with the idiots who don't like this.


What's up with the use of that description? Offensive.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby BigBlue on Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:03 pm

yukonjasper wrote:
Bearcatrp wrote:Only a retard news outlet would consider this offensive along with the idiots who don't like this.


What's up with the use of that description? Offensive.


Probably meant 'retarded', which is defined in the dictionary as: "very foolish or stupid"
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby Holland&Holland on Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:51 pm

BigBlue wrote:
yukonjasper wrote:
Bearcatrp wrote:Only a retard news outlet would consider this offensive along with the idiots who don't like this.


What's up with the use of that description? Offensive.


Probably meant 'retarded', which is defined in the dictionary as: "very foolish or stupid"


It does have a slightly different connotation in common usage of the language.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby xd ED on Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:00 am

INOR wrote:
BigBlue wrote:Is there a holster in there or is she just ghetto carrying it?


I had read the article on fox earlier this morning. Someone called her out on that but she said she had a belly band on that is hidden.


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Seeing how there's no stars to count, I actually looked at the position of the pistol, and have to wonder if this is staged.

It would be impossible to draw with the right hand, and extremely awkward and slow to grab the grip with the left.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby Ghost on Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:23 am

What gun?
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby jdege on Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:23 am

Positioning a handgun to make an intriguing photo is a different task than positioning one to make for comfortable EDC.
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby yukonjasper on Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:35 am

Artistic license..................
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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby unfitmother on Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:44 pm

BigBlue wrote:
yukonjasper wrote:
Bearcatrp wrote:Only a retard news outlet would consider this offensive along with the idiots who don't like this.


What's up with the use of that description? Offensive.


Probably meant 'retarded', which is defined in the dictionary as: "very foolish or stupid"


I'm a little late to the party, I know...



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Re: Tennessee college senior defends posing for picture with gun

Postby jdege on Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:49 pm

Apparently it's a new thing...
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I'm looking forward to seeing someone posing in front of the Walker Spoon&Cherry.

In a couple of months after the snow melts....
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