Charleston Newspaper Puts Gun Ad Over Shooting Massacre Headline

[KamaAina]

Not. The. Onion.

http://tktk.gawker.com/charleston-newspaper-puts-gun-ad-over-shooting-massacre-1712249260

This is, uh, an unfortunate juxtaposition from the Charleston Post and Courier, which has an ad for a local gun store slapped over its name and on top of its leading story about the Emanuel AME Church massacre.

The ad, for ATP Gunshop, offers a pistol or revolver, ammunition, eye and ear protection, a pass to a gun range, instruction and—that’s not all!—a souvenir t-shirt for $30 to those who visit the store on Ladies’ Night. The gunshop is a 30-minute drive north from the site of the shooting.

The Post and Courier has already apologized in a statement, via Romenesko:

“The front-page sticky note that was attached to some home delivery newspapers on the same day as this tragedy is a deeply regrettable coincidence. We apologize to those who were offended.”

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Nothing is "accidental"

when it comes to asserting supremacist power.

[uppityperson]

2. “We apologize to those who were offended"? That's their whole take?

[3catwoman3]

4. Is it no longer possible for someone to just say...

..."I/We apologize."? Why does it always have to be qualified? That always makes it sound like those who were offended are the ones who are in the wrong.

[jaysunb]

3. Apology not accepted!

And, for good measure, FUCK YOU

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. No facepalm needed

this is far from accidental.