Please don't take Mommy's pistol away (image)

[erikm]

Maybe this one is an odd idea, but here goes. This is basically a set of composition notes.
Center of picture: Mother, standing and smiling happily, cradling (not holding) a shotgun in her arms.
Just in front of her are a couple of smallish children, smiling and standing side by side. They're short enough that they don't reach the mother's arms.

Caption can be any one of a number, but "My mother can protect me, can yours?" or some of the other ones here seem to fit.

In the politically incorrect variant, change the shotgun for an assault rifle.

Cheers,
ErikM

 

[P12]

I like the expession on the child's face!

Depending on what part of the country she is depicted to live in, she should be worried!

If the caption matches the face, it's a hit right on the mark.

 

[RustyHammer]

Lo Tishkach ..... (Hebrew for "Never Forget")

 

[KMKeller]

Sorry guys but the pic bugs me and I'm just gonna have to voice my opinion. I have always been against using children in any form of political advertising. It just simply rubs me the wrong way. Having the child partially behind the parent and the parent saying something regarding protecting his/her child is one thing, but using a child to play to a parent's heart is dirty pool. It's something the anti's do all the time, "it's for the children". Using a child to incite an emotional response from a parent just seems a bit low for The High Road.

Just my .02. Disregard as necessary.

 

[RustyHammer]

Know what you mean KM, next thing you know, they'll be using sex in advertising too!

(For what it's worth, I do tend to agree with you .... in certain situations anyway.)

 

[jimpeel]

I'm not thrilled by the kid's expression either.

For a caption:

"A babe in arms"

"A babe under arms"

"A babe in her mother's arms"

"In her armed mother's arms"

Something to that effect.

 

[NIGHTWATCH]

Its the "pleading" clasped hands that confuse me. Mommy is armed, why plead?

 

[Orthonym]

Mommy is obviously being DISarmed by the other cops. The cop is holding/controlling the kid. The original is just right! It's pro-family, pro-human, pro-liberty! That is, anti-cop!

 

[KMKeller]

I don't know, it just seems that the armed mother is hiding behind the child literally and figuratively. As a parent, I would never put my son in front of me to say or ask something that I should be saying or asking myself. I would put the child beside or partially behind, no pleading hands and have the parent making a comment about the potential consequences to the child if her ability to protect the child is removed.

 

[TechBrute]

I like the idea of the kid peeking out from behind the parent. No facial expression seen, just one eye coming around the corner. I think there are plenty of captions we could come up with for that.

 

[Tamara]

KMKeller,

Having the child partially behind the parent and the parent saying something regarding protecting his/her child is one thing, but using a child to play to a parent's heart is dirty pool. It's something the anti's do all the time, "it's for the children". Using a child to incite an emotional response from a parent just seems a bit low for The High Road.

Yeah, but not fighting back reminds me of that line from Spaceballs. You know, "Evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb."

 

[KMKeller]

Tam, fighting back is the key allright, but in this picture, it's the kid doing the fighting. The theme overall seems to adopt the tactics of the enemy, hide behind the kids... Just doesn't sit right.

 

[Tamara]

KMKeller,

I know what you're saying; I hate shallow pleas to emotionalism with children and puppy dogs, too. Unfortunately the other side feels free to use them, and they work like all heck on vapid soccer moms whose vote counts as much as yours or mine... What to do?

 

[KMKeller]

I'd try to draw something that works like a parallel to the Israeli/Palestinian use of their children. The Israelis put their children behind them to they can fight to protect them, the Palestinians strap bombs on them and send them to do their fighting.

Something like, "Some people insist on using children to fight their battles, others fight to protect their children".

Two pics, first one Schumer, Feinswine et al, second one, the pic that Oleg has posted with the child 1/3 behind the parent.

As to how best to counter the dirty tactics of the grabbers? I wish I knew. But I wouldn't stoop to their level.

 

[seeker_two]

"Please let my mommy keep the monsters away"...

 

[BrokenPaw]

"Her mother's arms protect her."
"Kept safe by her mother's arms."

-BP

 

[seeker_two]

As to how best to counter the dirty tactics of the grabbers? I wish I knew. But I wouldn't stoop to their level.

Unfortunately, the grabbers have chosen the weapons of battle (emotionalism, images, loud arguements, name-calling, etc.). If we're going to win, we need to learn how to use these weapons better than they do.

That's why radio hosts like Savage, Beck, & Hannity are growing in popularity. They use the liberals' weapons better than they do...

 

[cool45auto]

 

[Matt G]

As a shooter who carries daily, I'm personally bugged by where Mommy is carrying her pistol; apparently at 2:00 or 2:30 position. Before y'all get too dizzy rolling your eyes at me, hear me out.

Carrying the pistol forward of the point of the hip (i.e., 3:00 or earlier) presents the pistol for view for all the world (yes, I'm familiar with the Ballad Of Pancho And Lefty) to see. Some viewers of the image might get the idea that Mommy's stance is an agressive one, from the get-go, rather than a defensive one. Put the pistol back of the hip, just barely in view but centered so that it can't be missed, and the point is: "I may not browbeat people with the fact that I am armed, but I Am Ready."

The difference is subtle, but would be worth exploring.


Now, as to this picture:

The girl, of course, is beyond adorable. Those soft eyes are truly indicative of innocence and evoke in all decent people the desire to protect. Nice. I would say that the model was perfect, and that's true, but not all photographers can capture that. Oleg, as we know, has a gift.

As to the caption:

I like a variation on the second caption: "SAFE." or "Safe with Mama."

Another direction: "Mama is armed, and I am safe." (Argues two points at once.)

Play on words: "Mommy's loving arms."

Change the speaker: "I provide for my daughter's security." or "My daughter depends on her mommy to provide for her safety."


Two portion: Title: ARMED: then caption: "I provide for my daughter's safety."

 

[Mark Tyson]

The position of the pistol in its current position seems to be for visual effect, in which it suceeds. I wish the girl's hands were not clenched in the pleading manner in front of her.