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Slip_n_Slide

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21. I'm with you on that..

Tue May 27, 2014, 09:04 AM

May 2014

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Being braggadocious is not the same as being a mass killer with the blood of the world on your hands. It just makes you a social ass.

Where I get off is the point where we lump an entire group of people, gun owners, and judge them with hyperbolic bullshit like 'trails of blood and tears'.

They get judged not on their actions but on the criminal actions of an infinitesimally small minority.

Double hypocrisy points for that specific crime but not for any others. Rape, robbery, assault, white collar crime...

All of that is the fault of the individual criminal but bring a gun into the conversation and you can hear the brains clicking off.

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How the Gun Industry Preys on Paranoid, Insecure Men Like Elliot Rodger [View all] xchrom May 2014 OP

" What ??....Those women won't have sex with you ???..... Rhinodawg May 2014 #1

My 3 guns never got me noticed.. armed_and_liberal May 2014 #11

Ms. Marcotte is going to make some gun fanciers berry mad. Hope Hoyt May 2014 #2

All the while gun worshipers say it's not about their insecurities... baldguy May 2014 #3

That ad is what needs to get out to the American public. greatlaurel May 2014 #14

Yep. secondvariety May 2014 #4

Do you say the same thing... Slip_n_Slide May 2014 #6

DIFFERENCE: ALL SPORTS DON'T LEAVE A LONG TRAIL OF BLOOD AND DEATH! drynberg May 2014 #8

I would guess that neither do those middle aged men that you are so quick to look down your nose at Slip_n_Slide May 2014 #9

Are camera murders on the rise? klook May 2014 #12

Hard to kill anyone with a modern camera... hunter May 2014 #34

Sounds like someone hit a nerve n/t arcane1 May 2014 #28

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When they secondvariety May 2014 #15

I'm with you on that.. Slip_n_Slide May 2014 #21

And who's judging all gun owners as killers? alp227 May 2014 #36

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Do you think people Sweet Freedom May 2014 #25

Hoo boy, this is a two-fer, and it's right. geek tragedy May 2014 #5

It certainly is an invitation for the garbage to smell its worst alcibiades_mystery May 2014 #13

Marketing is similar to so-called penis enlargement devices. GoldenMezzoDiva May 2014 #7

K&R. Paladin May 2014 #10

Great post! greatlaurel May 2014 #16

The gun industry doesn't want to lose any sales. hoarders, collectors and stockpilers they love. Sunlei May 2014 #17

So they market guns to men the way they market nearly everything else to men. aikoaiko May 2014 #18

Not really. Never saw a car or clothes ad that preys on gunners' fear of the boogeyman and such. Hoyt May 2014 #29

Maybe not, but they tap into other male insecurities all the time. aikoaiko May 2014 #31

Do we really want a bunch of "insecure" males running around with guns? Hoyt May 2014 #32

I don't care what their feelings are as long as they remain on the right side of the law. aikoaiko May 2014 #33

Technically, yes. alp227 May 2014 #44

My wife and daughter got a laugh out of this hack89 May 2014 #19

Remember George Sodini (massacred women in 2009)? LeftinOH May 2014 #20

And with the news media customerserviceguy May 2014 #22

I hadn't heard of that one IronLionZion May 2014 #24

Since the mid 1990's it's been "The Dems are coming to take your guns" NightWatcher May 2014 #23

Well, let's face it, there just isn't that much you can do with a gun. bemildred May 2014 #26

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This is all relevant how? alp227 May 2014 #45

The OP title says... beevul May 2014 #46

So even if Rodger didn't care about gun ads, alp227 May 2014 #47

For some men, guns are penis substitutes. nt LiberalEsto May 2014 #40

careful! Skittles May 2014 #42

^^This!^^ BrotherIvan May 2014 #48

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Imagine that, selling more products to current customers? Jenoch May 2014 #49