THE AMERIGUNS - Texas

From my project THE AMERIGUNS (2018/2020) - This is Katie (41) in Texas. Everybody dreams of going to California. Katie, however, longed to escape—not from the sun and beaches of popular imagination, but from the same liberal culture that has made it a mecca for others. “The government is becoming oppressive. There are always more gun control laws, dozens of petty restrictions telling you what you can and can't do. It’s impossible to feel at ease.” Katie comes from a family of hunters, has been shooting since she was 10 and is a member of the Ladies Shooting League. For her, that level of control was unbearable. “My husband and I came to Texas, and the fundamental difference is the freedom here.” To tell it to the world, Katie opened a business that makes home decor with quotations from the Second Amendment and the Constitution. It’s no coincidence that her company is called is ‘The Good Patriot’. She never goes out unarmed, for reasons of defence. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. A place that’s full of unarmed people is a godsend for someone who wants to go in and commit a massacre,” she explains, but it's also “to show my faith in freedom and in the Second Amendment.”