Alphecca: Durango, CO a "Gun Town"

August 14, 2005

Durango, CO a "Gun Town"

Durango, Colorado sounds like my kind of town. Interesting story from the Durango Herald:

Durango's fondness for guns today is a legacy of that Wild West. Guns are inextricably bound to La Plata County's culture, past as well as present.
Gun use spans generations and puts a spin on life.

Three generations of Hendricks women stand on the family's ranch with guns drawn. From front, Judy, 63, Wendi, 38, Krii, 20, and Ashley Masters, 16. "I think every woman in America should own a gun," says Krii Hendricks.

Just ask Megan Westervelt, a recent graduate of Durango High School: "Our whole history is guns. We're here where we are because of guns."

Today, you'll find at least one gun in about 75 percent of all homes in the county, Sheriff Duke Schirard says.

Schirard handily won office in 1994 in an election decided partly over concealed weapons. Shortly after he took over, the sheriff issued the highest percentage of concealed-weapons permits in the state. Now, he tallies 675 permits countywide.

"We're just Second Amendment kind of people around here," Schirard says.

There was only one negative comment in the whole thing. I think everyone around La Plata County should buy and support the Durango Herald and patronize the advertisers. I wish the local newspapers around here would publish similar pieces.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at August 14, 2005 09:05 AM

Comments

Come on Jeff, doesn't that picture make you question your sexual orientation?

Okay, I just did a thought experiment, and nope, a photo of guys with guns wouldn't make me question mine, so never mind.

I live in a blue state but a red county, where even Democrats own guns. The divide between the "Two Americas" is not health care or Social Security reform or the war in Iraq, it's more basic and goes to questions of self reliance and individual responsibility and a citizen's relationship with his government.

Posted by: Steve Skubinna at August 14, 2005 08:31 PM

Well, that girl Krii is... Oh, never mind.

Posted by: Jeff Soyer at August 14, 2005 09:05 PM

I like how Grandma has the wheelgun and the rest all have semi-autos.

Lets me know which generation I fit in with...

;)

Posted by: Jay G at August 15, 2005 08:33 AM

Durango is a fine town. I usually take a road trip out there with my buddies once or twice a year. I wish I could live there, but real estate prices in the region are outrageous.

BTW, if you ever visit Durango, there's a nice gunshop right downtown.

Posted by: Cutter at August 15, 2005 09:56 PM

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August 14, 2005

Durango, CO a "Gun Town"

Three generations of Hendricks women stand on the family's ranch with guns drawn. From front, Judy, 63, Wendi, 38, Krii, 20, and Ashley Masters, 16. "I think every woman in America should own a gun," says Krii Hendricks.

By Golly, you're reading an archived post. Click Here to head to the main page and read current stuff...

Check it out:

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Colony: Alchibah