Marketing Guns

Ad campaign run by Bushmaster, the company who manufactured the assault weapon used by Adam Lanza to kill 27 people Friday, 20 of them children.

I've just written an email to the ad agency who produced this.  Rather than say what I felt, I said what I believe:  there is "responsible advertising" and there is "irresponsible advertising".  This represents the latter.  They need to take partial responsibility for the tragedy and "rethink" their growth strategies for the future.   

I've never sold an ad to a firearms or weaponry company in my life.  I just flat out don't believe in it. 

NRA Humor

None of this is funny, I know.  Ironic is more apt.

 Purloined today from one of my favorite blogs, The Political Carnival. 

The Banning of Guns: Is it Not Time?

 Huffington Post 1-09-11



Another senseless rampage by another unhappy/demented/deranged killer.  When are we going to wake up and end this madness?  When are we going to make it almost impossible to buy a damn gun, legally or illegally?  

Guns in Public

We are currently in the midst of gun law change and  I am TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!  If I enter a store and see someone packing a gun in a holster, I'll be outta there so fast.  I hate guns.  I fear guns.  I fear people who feel the need, the entitlement, to carry them. 

The Starbucks statement of March 3rd made me aware of this shift in sentiment,

"We comply with local laws and statutes in all the communities we serve. In this case, 43 of the 50 U.S. states have open carry weapon laws..."

WTF?! Starbucks may feel they have to comply but they're taking the corporate easy way out by not making a stand.  If you believe in gun control, refuse to allow people packing pistols in your shop.  If you're a fan of the NRA, by all means, support those same pistol packers, welcome them with open arms. 

I guess my question is, if you can post a sign that says you "...maintain the right to refuse service to anyone without a shirt or shoes"  why can you not do the same with a gun?

At present, the Supreme Court is reviewing a Second Amendment case, McDonald vs Chicago, that will, most likely, further weaken gun control especially with the conservative make up of the court & a pro gun advocate like Justice Antonin Scalia.

Did you know 43 out of 50 states allow you to carry a gun in public.  Back to the days of yesteryear...when men were men and women couldn't vote or own property. Yeah, that's what I'm sayin'.