NRA promotes "ex-girlfriend" target that BLEEDS when shot

[Ifreann]

The one that went kerblooy?

Yeah. Does he have the pieces?

I don't think it counts as technology after it goes kerblooy.

[Ethel mermania]

...that worked, huh?

NA, get over here and bring me a box of chocolates, a bouquet of flowers, your Xbox, and your entire game collection. FOR SCIENCE.

Woman I do 2 of those 3 on a regular basis and once the 720 comes out you can probably have my xbox.

oh she gets the handmedowns, now that is not very nice.

[DogDoo 7]

That the NRA exercises control over who buys a booth. Therefore they are endorsing and promoting this.

somewhat, its a target manufacturer, its appropriate for the nra convention. the nra did make them take down the obama target. so they did exercise some control over the booth.

i dont think they saw it as any better or worse than any other target that was sold, it was labeled
a zombie target made by "zombie industries" "the ex" is betwwen "nazi" and "leo" on their web page.

This is kind of the problem. "Ex-girlfriend" is something that shouldn't be blown away.

[The Emerald Dawn]

Yeah. Does he have the pieces?

I don't think it counts as technology after it goes kerblooy.

Unless we're talking $6.000.000

[Individuality-ness]

They printed an ear from a 3D printer apparently. Sciencegasm was imminent.

I nearly the whole thing.

Thankfully you didn't. Last time you did the dinosaurs went kablooie.

Yeah. Does he have the pieces?

I don't think it counts as technology after it goes kerblooy.

But it'd be cool!

[Anarcho-Leftist States of Horseflip]

Guns are not a good or bad thing. They are a tool used by good or bad people.

But bleeding ex=girlfriend mannequins are definitely bad.

In bad taste, perhaps, but not bad. If there's enough of a market for the things, tacky as they are, then they can, should, and will be purchased and used by those that are, for lack of a better term, "into that kind of thing."

[Ifreann]

But bleeding ex=girlfriend mannequins are definitely bad.

In bad taste, perhaps, but not bad. If there's enough of a market for the things, tacky as they are, then they can, should, and will be purchased and used by those that are, for lack of a better term, "into that kind of thing."

If there's a market for them, that's bad.

[Anarcho-Leftist States of Horseflip]

In bad taste, perhaps, but not bad. If there's enough of a market for the things, tacky as they are, then they can, should, and will be purchased and used by those that are, for lack of a better term, "into that kind of thing."

If there's a market for them, that's bad.

Then that's something to be said about our culture. Not to say that the law should get involved in changing that.

[Ethel mermania]

Oh, no, it's a 360. Although he probably has an original one somewhere, too. It's generally a safe bet that if a piece of technology exists and is shiny, NA either (a) has it, (b) used to have it but got rid of it when he upgraded, or (c) will have it soon.

Technology museum, eh? Does he have the Space Shuttle Challenger too?

we have it here. i wanna see him get it off the carrier.

[Nailed to the Perch]

Woman I do 2 of those 3 on a regular basis and once the 720 comes out you can probably have my xbox.

oh she gets the handmedowns, now that is not very nice.

In fairness, he also gets me new shiny things. Just not the SAME new shiny things that he already has, because that would be somewhat silly.

[Cannot think of a name]

Wasn't there a version of this thread giving the NRA credit for at least nixing the Obama version of the mannequin? As if getting rid of the one that would have attracted Secret Service investigations but keeping the one that makes them all look like...well, exactly the kind of image of gun owners that they are supposedly supposed to be working against was like the thinnest silver lining ever.

Yeah, and I was getting shit for calling them on the misogynistic nature in that thread. It was pretty sweet.

I was going to wade into that thread but all I could think to say was 'For fuck's sake...'...sort stuck in the same mode here, too.

[Esparmuran]

You mean you can buy these? I want one.

[Ethel mermania]

somewhat, its a target manufacturer, its appropriate for the nra convention. the nra did make them take down the obama target. so they did exercise some control over the booth.

i dont think they saw it as any better or worse than any other target that was sold, it was labeled
a zombie target made by "zombie industries" "the ex" is betwwen "nazi" and "leo" on their web page.

This is kind of the problem. "Ex-girlfriend" is something that shouldn't be blown away.

zombie ex -gf. of course you have to blow her away. hasnt the walking dead taught you anything?

[Great Nepal]

Okay...
I cant grasp why anyone in their right mind would want one of those but I guess they have right to own them if they want and pay for them.

[Nailed to the Perch]

If there's a market for them, that's bad.

Then that's something to be said about our culture. Not to say that the law should get involved in changing that.

Has anyone argued that the law should get involved?

[Jehuddah]

0_0
What the fuck?!

[The Emerald Dawn]

Yeah, and I was getting shit for calling them on the misogynistic nature in that thread. It was pretty sweet.

I was going to wade into that thread but all I could think to say was 'For fuck's sake...'...sort stuck in the same mode here, too.

As soon as a gun gets involved, critical thinking shuts down on NSG.

[Anachronous Rex]

This is kind of the problem. "Ex-girlfriend" is something that shouldn't be blown away.

zombie ex -gf. of course you have to blow her away. hasnt the walking dead taught you anything?

I suppose I should mentally prepare myself to destroy the brains of beloved friends family and lovers...

[Occupied Deutschland]

In bad taste, perhaps, but not bad. If there's enough of a market for the things, tacky as they are, then they can, should, and will be purchased and used by those that are, for lack of a better term, "into that kind of thing."

If there's a market for them, that's bad.

There's a market for zombie movies too.

I know I've seen zombie movies where a pivotal point was the girlfriend/wife/love-interest gets turned into a zombie and must be killed by her sweetheart. Either that or she kills the guy because he can't bring himself to shoot the zombie. This is usually the point in the film where onlookers will be screaming 'Shoot her in the face you dumb bastard!' and shaking their fists at the idiot on screen.

Is this target mature? I don't think so. Is it a useful way of spending money? Again, I don't think so. Are there people willing to buy it? Apparently.

I don't think we can take much deep sociopolitical messages from a shooting target modeled to look after a female zombie which in its marketing is suggested to be a hypothetical ex-girlfriend.

Besides, I think we're all missing the crucial point that those who buy and shoot this target are going to be the kind of people without any girlfriends, let alone an ex one.

[Person012345]

I don't so much care if it's designed around an "ex girlfriend" (although obviously the implication that it's cool to shoot your ex girlfriends is fucked up), as much as I care that shit like this will de-humanise people in the eyes of a casual person who buys it. They can practice cold bloodedly killing something that looks human and not hurt anyone doing so, they can get used to it bleeding, they can get used to performing the action and they can do it legally. Eventually it will wipe out the emotion that someone might feel when putting a bullet in a living human being, since they've done the same things hundreds of times to something that looks just the same and bleeds just the same. No doubt useful for military training, but I can't see any reason for any sane human being to buy the thing. What advantages does it have over a normal target? Good luck with that "society" of your america.

That is, assuming the dolls are particularly realistic.

[The Emerald Dawn]

zombie ex -gf. of course you have to blow her away. hasnt the walking dead taught you anything?

I suppose I should mentally prepare myself to destroy the brains of beloved friends family and lovers...

Once the person is dead, the shell is nothing but meat. In the case of a zombie plague, they're just a meat-puppet.

[Ethel mermania]

oh she gets the handmedowns, now that is not very nice.

In fairness, he also gets me new shiny things. Just not the SAME new shiny things that he already has, because that would be somewhat silly.

grumble grumble, ok not so horrible a bf, i give.

[Anarcho-Leftist States of Horseflip]

Then that's something to be said about our culture. Not to say that the law should get involved in changing that.

Has anyone argued that the law should get involved?

Havn't read much of the thread, so I can't say, though that's the way these things swing for some people: In poor taste -> Ban it before someone gets hurt

[Deusaeuri]

You mean you can buy these? I want one.

I want to buy twenty and tactically hide them around my house that I share with my family.

[Ethel mermania]

zombie ex -gf. of course you have to blow her away. hasnt the walking dead taught you anything?

I suppose I should mentally prepare myself to destroy the brains of beloved friends family and lovers...

its either that or prepare to join the horde..

one of us, one of us, one of us,......