[Leica] Armed America

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Man, I am SO loving this series. It?s starting to have a style and  
look now.

Keep it growing, Kyle.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Jun 8, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Jim lost his vocal chords to cancer. He uses a vocal prosthetic  
> called a
> "servox" to talk now. When he first wanted to buy a gun nobody would
> help him, because he sounded strange when he spoke. He felt like he  
> had
> some sort of communicable disease. I can say though, he's a  
> charming guy
> when you meet him. This was the fastest of all my portrait  
> sessions, it
> took about 15 minutes. Sometimes you just get it.
>
> http://www.availabledark.com/~ratty/armedamerica/jim/jim3.jpg
> <BLOCKED::http://www.availabledark.com/~ratty/armedamerica/jim/ 
> jim3.jpg>
>
>
> _Jim and Nicky with his Taurus .38 snub nose special, Colt 380-Auto,
> Pony Pocketlite and Sig Sauer P232 .380._
>
> Jim: "When I was diagnosed with cancer I found myself and my family in
> need of protection. I was too old to fight, too sick to run, and since
> cancer took my vocal cords, I couldn't yell for help. I purchased my
> first ever firearm."
>
>
> Nicky's a teenager now and doesn't move around much. But, Jim tells  
> me,
> when he was younger he was one of those hyperactive dogs. A favorite
> family game was to shout "Run Nicki, Run!" and the dog would wag it's
> tail and run full tilt from one end of the house to the other, over  
> and
> over and over, all day long. Now Nicky's more of a lap dog, which  
> seems
> to suit Jim fine.
>
> Feel free to brutalize me with harsh crits.
>
> you have too many cameras and you don't take enough photos,
>
> kc
>
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