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In reply to the discussion: Gun control group opens fake gun store in NYC. [View all]sarisataka
(19,197 posts)10. Fake gun store
pretends to sell fake gunsThe shop was outfitted with about 100 unloaded, authentic-looking prop weapons (like those used in movies) and the words Gun Store were added above an entrance advertising pistols, rifles, shotguns and used guns.http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/17/why-this-manhattan-gun-store-didnt-actually-sell-guns/
with false claims(customer pointing at revolver he is holding)"This is the gun the guy shot...?"
"This is the gun."
but we should just believe everything they claim? Should one trust "facts" presented through a series of lies?
Since so much went into producing this ad and the background is not readily available, can we even be sure the "customers" are not actors or otherwise compensated for their appearance in this video?
I am not even questioning the set up so much. The false front/ hidden camera has been used effectively more than once. It is the internal inconsistencies and blatant lies that call the entire setup into question.
Compare and contrast this video withe the "What Would You Do?" segments which show a variety of reactions, not just the ones that match the agenda. Also they reveal the set up and get reaction and feedback. The end interviews in this sound like they are reading off cards.
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Looks like they stole a play from the anti-choice brigade - this sounds like a riff
petronius
Mar 2015
#5
If you did not find the insult in that thread you obviously did not read it
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#19
How could you have not seen it? It was the post that the person you linked to was responding to.
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#21
OK fine, you admit that you are a controller so I guess I will start calling you a controller
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#25
You are a George Zimmerman supporter, you have no credibility on self defense
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#33
I did watch the trial, DiMaio was a paid witness for Zimmerman's defense.
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#52
No spinning is not perjury, if you think it is then you don't understand the law
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#78
I watched your video, nowhere does he say that Martin slammed Zimmerman's head into the ground.
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#49
You said that the lawyer admitted that Trayvon slammed Zimmerman's head into the ground
Bjorn Against
Mar 2015
#54
There's a thread in General Discussion with dozens of DUers "in need of being educated" by you
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#105
Welcome to the Gungeon. It is because of posters like that one that the GCRA Group exists.
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#92
Can you help explain, then, why Canada's rates of violent crime are so much lower?
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#95
So you guys are both agreeing with me, that American gun culture is a big part of the problem
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#98
I totally agree with everything you wrote in this post. I think the guns matter too, though. nt
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#100
I'm sorry, but the whole "Trayvon doubled back and ambushed Zimmerman" story is total bunk.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2015
#106
But Racheal Jeantel never testifed that Trayvon told her he had made it home.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2015
#116
You poo-poo the timeline like it's nothing, but it's critical to understanding Zimmerman's actions
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2015
#118
Loving the NRA? No one wants to watch these silly videos, empty as NRA fear mongering and doom and gloom.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#47
A true progressive would be cheering anything that pisses off the gun running NRA...agreed?
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#42
Yeah, "Controllers" is pretty rude, not like their affectionate sobriquet, "Gun Humpers"
DonP
Mar 2015
#114
I'm sure they were all well paid, not at Shannon Watt's salary level of course, but enough $$$
DonP
Mar 2015
#90
Having just learned about this publicity stunt by States United, I'm still somewhat amused...
derby378
Mar 2015
#104