ProArms News & Views

I once drove a CandyApple Red Flare Stepside Ford Truck.

It was Sharp and useful.

It also was a male magnet, unfortunately I was getting married.

After marriage I bought a PINK metallic Ford Probe. It also was Sharp and maybe not as practical. But for me and my husband it was great and all we needed.

It attracted men and women.

When it got wrecked (not by me) I bought a Purple Mustang.

Sharp it was.

Maybe not as practical to some, but we had no kids and when we traveled it was great.

It was a women magnet. I do apologize to the friends who bought it. You see he was a college student but also he was spoken for already.

Sorry to his now wife for all the women it attracted. Now I drive a white SUV. Now we could not get all our stuff and everyone else that usually goes places with us in a car. But with the SUV we can all go together at times. Plus all the times we have to carry so much stuff.

It is also sharp and practical.

So getting to the styles of guns that attract different people.

We all have different taste.

Different likes and dislikes.

So what style gun you like is different from me.

BUT THEY ALL MUST BE PRACTICAL AND USABLE FOR THAT PERSON.

I always purchased the vehicle then picked the color. Buy the gun then pick

your options that are available if they have any.  Now getting to the

big fuss about marketing and PINK. Yes pink sells.

Also Hot babes sell. It can also be overdone and stop a sale.

As most of you know we are also in the lawn equipment retail business. Yes they have ads with women on mowers and with chainsaws. And there is no way they could use this equipment with what they have on or don’t have on.

If all the ads are this way it can turn women to another brand.

You would be surprised at the women who purchase and use mowers and chainsaws. They sometimes can be the determining factor if their husband is able to make a purchase. Now getting to the point of advertising and  stereotyping.

Women who shoot, mow use a chainsaw are rough-tough and non feminine.

If women shoot they shoot pink guns or they are rough and tough.

Maybe they are single, or husband is disabled, or no longer with them, so they have to mow, clean the yard, learn to shoot.

They want and need what will work for them when needed. This does not mean design and color can not be added, as long as it does not take away from it being reliable and usable for the person who has to use it.

I personally want to see the ad with the Tarzan man in a lion cloth, or Rambo in colored g-strings with the tanned body shooting the decked out 1911 with faux pearl grips with gold inlaid on the slide. Alligator holster and magazine pouches.

Or the XD with blue flames.

Just my opinion.

Terri