Bloomberg-Backed Group Pushing Gun Control With Familiar Color

[beevul]

File this under "funniest factually true press release in quite some time".

Bloomberg-Backed Group Pushing Gun Control With Familiar Color

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's nationwide effort by the Michael Bloomberg-supported Everytown for Gun Safety to promote the wearing of orange garments in an effort to push the gun control agenda at least uses a color so many of Bloomberg's former colleagues are already wearing, in prison, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed.

"We've been watching social media throughout the day, and we're stunned that the organizers of this event chose the same color that many prison inmates, including several ex-members of Bloomberg's other group, the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, are wearing every day of the year," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "At least they're sticking with a color familiar to so many anti-gun politicians."

Two Bloomberg-supported groups, Everytown and Moms Demand Action, along with other gun control organizations – essentially the entire gun prohibition lobby – are endorsing and participating in today's "wear orange" effort.

"When this publicity stunt was launched," Gottlieb observed, "the organizers tried to peddle this as an adoption of the color that hunters wear for safety in the field. What they didn't expect, however, is that millions of hunters and gun owners are now fighting back, reminding the gun grabbers on social media that orange is also the color of prison jumpsuits.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bloomberg-backed-group-pushing-gun-control-with-familiar-color-300093080.html

Its always nice to see people taking (figuratively, potential jury members, figuratively) shots at mayor 1percentstopandfrisk, and the like.

[DonP]

1. "I just assumed they were all escaped prisoners your honor"

"I mean they were all in bright orange jumpsuits, just like they wear at County jail . So I held them all face down until the police arrived to lock them back up. A real ugly bunch of criminals too."

Perfectly understandable reaction.

Brady's big idea for relevance next year, black and white striped suits, like the "Beagle Boys" used to wear in Scrooge McDuck comics.

[blueridge3210]

2. Orange is the new black? (nt)

[Eleanors38]

3. Be careful about using "publicity stunt" in DU. Hair triggers 'round these parts.