Gun Control & RKBA

geckosfeet

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41. Gonna get $50,000,000 worth of this mis-informed bs.

Thu Apr 24, 2014, 02:31 PM

Apr 2014

Maybe they will wise up afer a while but for now it seems that the desire create some type of emotional reaction is overiding any desire or need for technical accuracy.

Can't wait to see the kinds legislative proposals that this type of willing departure from reality spawns.

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An anti-gun poster shows a complete cartridge being fired. Again. [View all] Jgarrick Apr 2014 OP

A pro-gun poster misses the point entirely and deliberately. Again. villager Apr 2014 #1

Oh, I get its point, I assure you. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #4

Potentially, they certainly aid and abet. villager Apr 2014 #14

Is it seriously your assertion tht anyone who is against criminalizing anything that kills children Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #22

well, they certainly aren't inhibiting it. lastlib Apr 2014 #24

Let's define this -- Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #35

Exactly. Precisely the same as buying booze for an alcoholic then feigning surprise when... villager Apr 2014 #46

No, they just leave loaded guns around all over the place Warpy Apr 2014 #55

The poster says nothing about unsecured firearms. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #56

The point is a lie, a logical fallacy, a false equivalency. So obvious. nt NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #23

kinda like the "cars kill more people than gunz" meme, huh? lastlib Apr 2014 #26

Very much like that, yes. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #30

Pretty much the same, a false equivalency that would make any researcher cringe. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #34

Technical accuracy doesn't always matter...but sometimes it does. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #29

Kinda like "The shoulder thingy that goes up". n/t oneshooter Apr 2014 #31

That's the technical term. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #33

i wouldn't say that at all melm00se Apr 2014 #59

It doesn't have to be accurate. nt rrneck Apr 2014 #2

what was "their point" were they trying to precisely accurately depict a gun being fired? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #3

It speaks to credibility. Straw Man Apr 2014 #6

credibility? A gun being "accurately depicted" in an advertisement MUST VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #7

Yes, credibility. Straw Man Apr 2014 #8

So McDonalds isn't "credible" because it uses a clown in its advertisements instead of a VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #9

If you are suggesting that this ad has the same credibility ... Straw Man Apr 2014 #11

Yeah....Ronald McDonald has had ZERO impact.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #12

So the clown has you convinced ... Straw Man Apr 2014 #13

Not I....but he sure HAS sold alot of burgers....no realistic representation required VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #36

Sold a lot of burgers -- to children and idiots. Straw Man Apr 2014 #44

So???? This changes the point that creative license is always used as a medium in VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #48

Creative license is supposed to be "creative." Straw Man Apr 2014 #49

No creative license in advertisement....is meant to capture attention..... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #50

So far, all of the advertizing you have mentioned Jenoch Apr 2014 #51

What difference does THAT even make? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #52

In each case in which you posted 'gun' I believe you meant "cartridge'. Jenoch Apr 2014 #53

I don't even care ....what difference does that make to the overall message? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #54

Capture attention? Straw Man Apr 2014 #58

When did you see a clown on a McDonald's television advertisement? Jenoch Apr 2014 #25

What difference does THAT make....this AD was not on TV VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #37

They had a thief in their TV commercials too. Jenoch Apr 2014 #38

Obviously not a point you have been reading along with.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #39

Technically that graphic is not an advertisement. Jenoch Apr 2014 #40

Google gives me other versions of this without the typo - I'm guessing petronius Apr 2014 #5

So? Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #10

They're not missing the point. This is the type of misdirection that proliferationists are schooled villager Apr 2014 #15

How can this thread be misdirected when the entire Jenoch Apr 2014 #27

There is sweeping accusation heavily & obviously implied... Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #16

not many people Niceguy1 Apr 2014 #17

Wait a sec...it happened again? mokawanis Apr 2014 #18

Right? tazkcmo Apr 2014 #19

All regressives know is that "guns kill people"....what do you expect? ileus Apr 2014 #20

Keep your children SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #21

Another Gun Lover has difficulty understanding figurative symbolism. CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #28

So to defend this poster, you point out that it's as accurate a depiction of guns as a Bugs Bunny Jgarrick Apr 2014 #32

Gonna get $50,000,000 worth of this mis-informed bs. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #41

A prominent anti-gun activist has recently explicitly admiited that her side's arguments are based Jgarrick Apr 2014 #43

Admitted? It is obvious. There is nothing but fear, hate, disdain and paranoia. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #47

I would have made it look just as dumb for half the price. Bloomberg should call me. nt Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #64

For those who are down with this sort of exaggeration for effect... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2014 #42

I find it more offensive sarisataka Apr 2014 #45

That is a ridiculously long bullet. Longer than the cylinder itself. Skeeter Barnes Apr 2014 #57

I was against the other add. clffrdjk Apr 2014 #60

More dumbing down of Americans on display here derby378 Apr 2014 #61

Really what difference does it make? Packerowner740 Apr 2014 #62

here are eight good reasons gejohnston Apr 2014 #63

Quite a lot, actually. Straw Man Apr 2014 #65