For decades, women have had few choices when it comes to the clothing they can wear to hide that they're carrying a firearm. They could wear baggy T-shirts or coats or put it in a purse and hope it didn't get swiped or they didn't have trouble getting it out in an emergency. Enter holsters, corsets, camisoles and other clothing designed to be flattering, feminine -- and functional -- for the pistol-packin' mama crowd.

Dortha Strack of Cape Girardeau is 84 years young and has volunteered for the local 4-H chapter for more than five decades. She's also been a fixture at the SEMO District Fair at least that long, probably longer.