Radio host should invite Brophy back on the show to explain how his family photo squares with proper gun-handling techniques
CORRECTION: The “metrosexual liberals” quote was originally attributed to Sen. Brophy, when it was in fact stated by the KNUS host Kirsta Kafer.
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Last week, ColoradoPols posted a publicity photo of Sen. Greg Brophy and his family, all brandishing big guns.
The Pols post caught the attention of Brophy, who commented on KNUS’ Backbone radio over the weekend:
Brophy: And then those goofs – you know, those lefty goofs over at ColoradoPols — pitched a fit oh, sometime this past week, over a family photo that we have from back in 2011, where every member of the [sneezes] – excuse me, out in the country, — every member of the family is holding [whispers] a scary black gun, a scary black gun. And it’s a beautiful photo, and we had a great time. We shot hundreds of photos that day, right after Christmas when we had the whole family together for the first time in ages.
And they had to make a big deal out of it, you know. And, you know, my guys, [inaudible] wanted to clean some of that up, and I said, “No. You know what? Firearms are part of the culture of rural Colorado. It’s a part of the culture of my family, and if you follow me on Twitter, which is @SenatorBrophy, or on Facebook – Greg Brophy. You know, we’re out at the farm right now today. My brother happened to come down for a family reunion, and guess what we’re doing.
Brophy told the Backbone audience that he was proud of the photo and even promoted it on social media after Pols posted it.
Host Krista Kafer responded: “I looked at that photo, and my first thought was, “It’s kind of like a family ‘Charlie’s Angels’, you know?” Because you have all the guns at different levels, or different kind of pointing – no gun is pointing at a human being, but they’re all pointing in different directions. And then I had this vision of these Metro-sexual liberals in Denver looking at that photo and being horrified. And being like, “Oh no! He’s got guns!” [BigMedia emphasis]
I have to say, Brophy’s family looks nice, even with the firearms, but there’s a big problem here: Kafer is wrong about the guns not “pointing at a human being.”
I guess the fact that I’m an aspiring metrosexual gives me the ability to see that the girl on the left is almost certainly pointing his gun at the leg of the boy next to him. (H/T to Pols commenter Ross Cunniff, who pointed this out on Pols.)
This is one reason I’m scared of guns and proud of it. Accidents happen, even when pros like Brophy or Dick Cheney are in charge.
Brophy hands out the guns to his family, and he has no clue that one of his kids is pointing a big black gun at the other one–or if not at him, way too close for comfort. Yes, it could happen.
Brophy’s daughter could have shot his son.
Yet, on the radio, Brophy said: “You treat guns like they’re loaded all the time…. the reality is, that those of us who have grown up handling firearms – you know you treat them all like they’re loaded, whether they are or they aren’t.”
Brophy: And we have a lot of fun doing [the photo]. I’ve got[ten] a lot of response. You know. I’m just going to punch back, because – you know, I am what I am, and I’m proud of who I am and I’m proud of where I come from. And so I actually re-shared that photo on Facebook again yesterday and it just exploded! I mean, people were just sharing it all over the place and commenting about it all over the place. And, you know, it’s—the hard core Left can want to take away everybody’s guns and think that guns are demonic.
Backbone Radio host Krista Kafer, who interviewed Brophy, owes it to her listeners to get Brophy back on the show and ask him about how his family photo could possibly demonstrate the proper safety rules for guns that Brophy told her he lives by. It’s a serious question.
Incidentally, don’t you think Brophy is a bit of an aspiring Metro-sexual himself? He’s even moved temporarily to Denver. Kafer should ask him if he thinks there’s any chance he’ll be giving up his guns as soon as the Capitol Hill, Metro-sexual culture seeps into him.
