Ryan outfits 10 yr old daughter with deer-hunting gear (gave her rifle as gift at age 9)

[OneGrassRoot]

138. GREAT question!

She really doesn't fall into that "at risk" category at all, not on the surface, at least (other than being a Beck/Limbaugh follower, that is).

She is very popular, active in sports, VERY good in school. She has so much going for her.

My hope is that when she goes to college, she'll broaden her horizons and evolve from the racist, bigoted mindset she's been immersed in her entire life thus far.

Maybe this was a way to please her father and to seem cool, though he adores her and she surely didn't need to do anything with guns for him to be pleased with her, and she knows that. Her poses with NASCAR stuff would have been plenty to please him; she didn't need to throw in a Glock. He denies that it was his idea at all and seemed a little surprised.

That's what made me wonder: Maybe this is some kind of weird trend for certain areas (this is Southwest PA...not very diverse at all). I've researched but can't find studios advertising such a thing, nor could I find other senior pics using guns in poses other than one funny one. Hers isn't meant to be funny at all. It's not tongue-in-cheek.