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malaise

(269,015 posts)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 07:36 AM Jan 2013

For the One month anniversary of the Newtown Slaughter, the NRA has a new game

NRA’s New First-Person Shooter For Ages 4+ Profits From Assault Weapons Upgrades

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/14/nras-new-first-person-shooter-for-ages-4-profits-from-assault-weapons-upgrades/
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he National Rifle Association must have a media mole inside its executive team directing the organization to conjure up the most incendiary policies imaginable. Today, the NRA released a mobile first-person shooter game for Apple’s iOS, suitable for children as young as 4 years old. Just in case that didn’t offend enough people, children can purchase military-grade assault weapons for the price of a pack of gum, if a simple pistol doesn’t satisfy their young trigger fingers.

Apple rated the game suitable for children 4+ because the app is entirely devoted to non-human targets, like practice dummies and skeet disks. Additionally, NRA: Practice Range offers a litany of insightful gun safety tips, such as this gem: “Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.”

But, why (why?!?!) would the NRA profiteer from the very assault weapons its attempting to protect by charging children money to purchase them? The meager amount of profit made from allowing children to purchase an AK-47 or MK-11 sniper rifle for $0.99 just can’t be worth the public condemnation.
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These fuckers are as suicidal as their mass murderers

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For the One month anniversary of the Newtown Slaughter, the NRA has a new game (Original Post) malaise Jan 2013 OP
Sick f*#$*!!!!!!! mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #1
Check the Daily News malaise Jan 2013 #3
Just a note. IIRC I believe it is Apple that would have set the 4+ age rating. Glassunion Jan 2013 #2
Who launched it? malaise Jan 2013 #4
I get it what you are saying. Glassunion Jan 2013 #5

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
5. I get it what you are saying.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:49 AM
Jan 2013

But if the primary source of your outrage is because of the 4 year old age rating, the it should be properly directed at Apple along with the NRA.

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