Vendor That Pulled ‘Obama’ Target At NRA Convention Also Sells ‘The Ex’ Target

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

In addition to making a mannequin target that looks like President Barack Obama, Zombie Industries sells a mannequin called simply "The Ex" -- a large-breasted dummy that "bleeds" when shot.

At the National Rifle Association convention in Houston over the weekend, Zombie Industries, the maker of "life-sized tactical mannequin" targets, was asked to take down its "Bleeding Rocky Zombie" from its booth. A company worker told Buzzfeed the mannequin was pulled for looking too much like Obama.

Other mannequins made by Zombie Industries include a clown, a terrorist, and a Nazi. The only female target appears to be "The Ex," which sells for $99.95.

"In addition to the Ex Girlfriend Zombie, we currently sell 15 male zombies, 5 animal zombies & 2 aliens… to discriminate against Women by not having them represented in our product selection would be just plain sexist," the company states on its website.

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Vendor Pulls ‘Obama’ Target From Booth At NRA Convention

At its convention in Houston, over the weekend, the National Rifle Association asked a vendor to take down a mannequin target that looked like President Barack Obama, Buzzfeed reported on Sunday.

The vendor, Zombie Industries, produces "life-sized tactical mannequin" targets that "bleed" when shot. Photographs of the company's booth at the convention taken by Buzzfeed show that the company had several sample mannequins displayed for sale, including a clown, a "terrorist," and a Nazi.

"Someone from the NRA came by and asked us to remove it" a Zombie Industries booth worker told BuzzFeed, referring to the company's "Bleeding Rocky Zombie" target. "They thought it looked too much like President Obama."

Buzzfeed asked the worker if the resemblance was intentional.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/vendor-pulls-obama-target-from-booth-at-nra

[LanternWaste]

1. Someone recently posted the question, "what makes a gun-nut?

Someone recently posted the question, "what makes a gun-nut?

Well, here's a part of that nuttiness...

4th time this morning.... same answer, different aspect of the same nuttiness-- if the people posing these rhetorical questions can't see this, or believe it's a statistical aberration blighting their beloved demographic, it's because they simply don't want to see it or believe it.

[DCBob]

2. This is really sick stuff.

[mimi85]

12. It sure is....

I actually got nauseous. Damn, there are some truly sick fucks in the world. Perhaps because we're a "democracy", we have more than our share.

[onehandle]

3. Just good clean fun. nt

[ellisonz]

4. Freedom isn't free!

[geek tragedy]

5. The NRA is the Republican base, which means homophobia, misogyny, etc.

NRA, RNC, NOM, FRC, etc etc--all are the same shit, just different piles.

[Iliyah]

6. My understanding that they also have zombie women

that bleeds as well when you shoot it. Therefore, again, also women are used as beating up objects or sex dummies.

The zombie dummy looks very much like Pres O. This in my opinion incites killings, and there is no other way to look at it. The NRA should be considered as a terrorist organization as well as the GOP party. Both could care less about the safety or the well being of America, its all about money and power, fuck everything else.

I believe the reason why the GOP party and the NRA are getting louder and uglier - they are losing the message and on their way out they are scratching, kicking and screaming. It will take a little time but good riddance.

[Dawson Leery]

7. This attitude of gun rights activists demonstrates why many do not care

for them(NRA).

[vkkv]

8. I wonder if the make a U.S. flag target that also bleeds when it is shot..

Gun nuts and NRA-types are the COOLEST people! Ever!

huh.. I wonder if the make a U.S. flag target that also bleeds when it is shot..

[frylock]

9. took me a sec, but Rocky=Barack

fucking assholes.

[Canuckistanian]

10. They bleed when they're shot?

Do they also emit blood-curdling screams of pain if it isn't a "clean kill"?

Anyone who buys one of these things should be investigated for mental illness.

[SoapBox]

11. Such a fine example of an American

small business.