Not much more to say to this CNN headline:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/opinio...html?hpt=hp_c2
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Not man enough? Buy a gun.
Not much more to say to this CNN headline:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/opinio...html?hpt=hp_c2
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There's a lot of sensationalism and uninformed opinions pretending to be facts right now. This article is more of the same.
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One man's opinion.Originally Posted by THE_1
Unfortunately for you, the writer for CNN has a far greater reach than you or I.
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Wow. What kind if man wouldn't be insulted by this ad campaign? Guessing their target is a young demo, screams aspirational.
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Then they show a picture of him - looks like the kind of guy that would never say that to anyone's faces.
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A 12 year old kid could operate a Bushmaster carbine with reasonable training. Not a very manly feat.
The primary thing that sets men and women apart (besides plumbing) is the ability to train raw strength and generate greater power with it. If you're an adult male who is not elderly and lacks a debilitating injury, you should be able to squat 315 pounds to parallel and deadlift 405 for reps. That's the only actual man card you can have.
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Well I would say this will accomplish nothing.
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Kind of like slapsnot?
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By 2 or 3 people. CNN is tanking.
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Glad my wife is "not man enough," she carries every day.
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He just hates his job.
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Look out, we've got the husband of a badass over here.
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Not really. Anyone with a brain would right this article off as uninformed hysteria.
And go fiure Lanza got the Bushmaster from his Mother's collection
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Five million women in this country own guns. I guess we need the testosterone boost.
The writer of this piece is guilty to contributing to the hysteria.
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Did you read the article? He is mocking the ad campaign for the gun. How is that hysteria?Not really. Anyone with a brain would right this article off as uninformed hysteria.
And go fiure Lanza got the Bushmaster from his Mother's collection
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Did you read the rest of his links posted on the same article?
He is for sure a hysterical weiner and as much of a goof as those that would think owning a Bushmaster punches their man card.
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FYI. Most of people who understand construction and materials consider Shrubmaster to be 2nd tier rifle.
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Bushmaster has good market penetration and contracts on their black rifles. They're not the best, even at their price range. I have an armorer's certification on the Bushmaster platform and it's a decent duty weapon. I've quite a few Bushmasters get a lot of rounds in and take a beating, although I've seen a couple of them fail in an unacceptable manner.
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I think deconstructing an ad-campaign is a fair game if you want to get to the fundamental psychology of many gun owners.
Gun zealots would get better mileage at this point if they just admitted they want these types of guns because they're "cool" or they have some kind of aesthetic, technical or historical appreciation for them. In this respect they have a lot in common with collectors of cars or ceramic figurines.
The complication is that there happens to be a awkward amendment to the constitution that mentions firearms. I think that the NRA and certain individuals are using it as pretext to give their hobby (and that's what it is, a hobby) a solemn, grossly disproportionate gravitas.
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The Founding Fathers wanted me to have an anti-material rifle. They make great home defense weapons. Not inside the house, more like ranch defense.
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