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Marketing the Mayhem 1

In the Roanoke Times, Megan Doney highlights the hypocrisy of the Armament Advertising Agency NRA. A nugget:

Many gun enthusiasts resort to trite slogans in order to further their cause of destruction. The Virginia Citizens’ Defense League handed out stickers at the Steppin’ Out street fair in Blacksburg that read “Guns Save Lives.” Guns did not save my life when I was at work at New River Community College on April 12, 2013; the student who opened fire at my school was subdued by an unarmed security officer. Guns obviously did not save Charles Vacca’s life. In case we need any more evidence of the National Rifle Association’s utter callousness and horrifying lack of empathy, the women’s Twitter feed of the NRA posted an article called “7 Ways Children Can Have Fun at the Gun Range” a mere two days after Vacca’s death.

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September 5, 2014 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

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  1. George Smith

    September 5, 2014 at 11:19 am

    “The United States ought to be a global pariah for allowing this kind of senseless slaughter to occur in the name of entertainment.” Ah, the word -pariah.- This is well put. Pariahs, people, nations or agencies, also never know they are. They can never figure it out until sanctions, punishments or shunning by everyone else starts impacting daily life.

     
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