12.17.12
The WhiteManistan AR-15 fetish
The “Barbie doll” of semi-automatic assault guns:
[Enthusiasts] describe the rifle as a gadget geek’s dream — the “Barbie doll??? of firearms …
The average person can change stocks, they can put lasers on them, they can put locks on them,??? said Tony Dee, the chief gunsmith at The Gun Store in Las Vegas. “It’s just endless. It’s like building a custom car. You can just accessorize it to your own personal taste.???
Mr. Dee said his wife owned a pink, chrome-plated AR-15. “It’s blinged out pretty good.???
But the beamish glint of crazy-in-WhiteManistan is clearly seen in the closing graf:
Yet even some gun sellers acknowledge that some of their customers choose AR-15s for reasons that have little to do with plinking cans or hunting prairie dogs.
The optional grenade launchers offered on some models have a particular appeal, one gun salesman said. He added that although he did not want to make his customers sound crazy, the different types of ammunition available for AR-15s made them attractive to people “who want to be prepared for an Armageddon-type situation.???
Datamine the crazy — white guys who get erections over having an army man gun they can imagine using to put down tyranny, while everyone else gets to enjoy the shitty result. AR-15 and nra.org — from Google.
Note all the big displays of the word FREEDOM.
What is really meant is FREEDOM from standards of a civil society, FREEDOM to shop for and stockpile ridiculous weapons, FREEDOM to be marketed into coveting something atrocious.
Datamine the imagery of assault rifles and WhiteManistan.
Don’t stop there! Get hip deep in it.
Or, this interpretation.
Chuck said,
December 17, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Well, if it’s FREEDOM the nuts are after, then we’ll have to lobby for private ownership of Lewiste, tactical nukes, RPGs, SAMs and weaponized drones.
After all, the understanding is that they’ll only be used for self-defense, right?
The difference between owning an AR-15 and an RPG is only a matter of degree, after all. We should be free to take out the neighborhood if we feel that we’re surrounded by traitors.
George Smith said,
December 17, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Look at all the peace and lawfulness that broke out in Libya and Iraq when more masses of people got assault rifles. No one ever shoots children with automatic weapons in Libya. They’re just wonderful places to live. And the tyrants were overthrown.
Chuck said,
December 17, 2012 at 4:20 pm
It’s probably easier (and cheaper) to buy an RPG in Libya than in the USA.
Perhaps this is a trade deficiency that needs addressing.
I’ve long thought it odd that munitions that are prohibited in international use (by the 1899 Hague Convention) are perfectly legal for domestic use. In fact, DHS has a large inventory of hollow-point bullets, presumably for use on US denizens.