If You're a Lefty, Raise Your Hand

[JFootin]

I am left handed and I've been noticing something as I spend time on this forum: there are a lot of lefties among the regulars posting here. Lefties make up about 10% of the general population, but I am finding a way higher percentage of us in the 'family' of regular, every day denizens of the friendliest gun forum in existence.

Now, I don't want this to devolve into a righty .vs. lefty debate, or any such thing. Don't want it to be a ***** (female dog) fest about discrimination against us by gun and holster manufacturers. Actually, things have been getting better on that front as more gun makers are creating guns with ambidextrous controls (although I wish we could see some with the option of having the ejection port on the left ), and more and more holster makers are offering the shooting hand option, though there are many retailers who still behave like we don't exist.

A little theorizing about why such a large percentage of avid gun lovers and Kahr owners are lefties is in order. My theory is that the right brain dominance has something to do with it, bringing out an interest in fine engineering.

So, I am raising my hand and declaring that I am a total lefty. Left handed, left eye dominant, part my hair on the left, left writing, left kicking, left throwing and left shooting. And I am asking that every one of you who is a lefty raise your hand (post a reply) and let us know about yourself, post pics and videos of your left hand holsters and gear, and shooting your guns left handed.

You know, we could even start a Left Handed Shooters Social Club (I think there is a way to do social clubs on this forum).

So, let's hear from every one of you!

[O'Dell]

I always knew that there was something slightly out of kilter about you.

[gb6491]

I'm mixed up. I throw and bowl left handed, but play racquet sports right handed. I write and shoot right handed. I'm right eye dominant.
I just took this test:
http://www.wherecreativitygoestoscho...ht/rb_test.htm
My results were: 53% left brain/47% right brain dominance
Regards,
Greg

[Hognutz]

I can't even pick my nose with my left hand. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

[Thunder71]

I've noticed quite a few here seem to be left handed, was actually going to start a poll about it to see if I was correct haha.

I can shoot either comfortably, but chose left because it was more natural.

[jocko]

studies have stated that lefties are the smartest people in the world. They also stated thaqt lefties are hung more than righties..

[Thunder71]

I participated in that study, so I know it's true.

[getsome]

That can't be true, Obama is left handed and left minded in more ways than one...Sorry I had to do that........I can't do anything left handed and now have nerve damage in my left arm so it's even more usless...It seems to me that left handed people are much more ambidextrous than righties for some reason probably having to adapt to a right handed world I guess...

There is a lady in our church thats left handed and she can write her name or anything else forward and backwards with both hands at the same time and it looks identical...Beats all I ever saw....

[Bawanna]

Well I guess me and Greg are brothers with different mothers. I do everything right, right eye dominant, shoot, write, eat, right handed.
But when I bat, I bat left. If I was to play golf (heaven forbid) I'd want left handed wackers or Tee ers or whatever ever you call the sticks in the bag that you bend around trees and throw when you mess up your stick off, drive? Putt? You know, whack the ball off the little stick in the grass and leave a big ugly hole.
I throw right and catch left. I try to shoot left once in a great while but I'm not very good at it. Good enough to qualify but the quals pretty easy.

[Bill K]

Originally Posted by Hognutz

I can't even pick my nose with my left hand. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

Only 17 posts and you fit in perfectly with this forum.