X-Post from GCRA: "Naaa, they're not marketing to kids . . ."

[Kang Colby]

Now this is an incredibly misleading post and I have not researched whether or not there was any controller outrage regarding this issue, but for the sake of discussion I will assume control minded folks expressed some degree of butthurt somewhere. They always do.

So, a small gun shop builds a one of a kind custom Glock "Nintendo Zapper" for a friend of the shop's owner. The shop made a Facebook post about the custom job and the rest is history. Controllers tried to spin it like the gun industry is purposefully producing Nintendo lookalike pistols. LOL

You can't make this stuff up. Such desperation.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/126210474

Here is a better article that provides a quote from the gun shop:

In light of the “Nintendo Glock” drama, we feel that the media and our fans need to know that this firearm will not be mass produced nor will it ever be. This is a one off custom build for a friend of ours. Do to the thousands of emails and messages we have received in the past 2 days we have been unable to contact everyone in a timely manner, please be patient we will get to you as soon as possible. Thank you all for your support! Oh, and please.. keep your guns locked up and away from children, it’s common sense.

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/nintendo-glock-zapper-fire-precision-syndicate-responds/

[tortoise1956]

1. I kinda wondered...

I was pretty certain that a "Nintendo Glock" wouldn't be a big seller. A one-off personalized weapon makes sense. Of course, you wouldn't have known that from reading their responses, would you? You'd have to actually read their link.

I guess they ignored the part about it being a special-order weapon. Not very intellectually honest.

[Kang Colby]

2. Yes, I agree. You could pay someone to paint a rifle to look like a candy cane...

It doesn't mean established manufacturers will follow your lead. A custom job is just that...custom.

[Big_Mike]

3. Personally, I like the pink Barbie ARs, and the Kalahnakitty stuff is cute too...

Thought about buying one of each for my daughter, but she didn't like pink after age 6. Regular colors for her, thank you very much, Dad!

[Eleanors38]

7. Or make Zombie ammo like Hornady! Box alone is worth the price.

[beergood]

4. thats one badass gun, i so want one

i agree with awoke_in_2003, i doubt anyone under 30 even knows what a nintendo zapper is.

i always hated that damn dog, still do to this day.

[linuxman]

5. How dense can you be and still remember to suck in air?

Yeah controllers, glock totaly manufactured a line of pistols that look like a 30 year old gaming console to appeal to children today. It's totally not a custom, 1 of a kind piece made for an individual customer or anything...

Jesus.

If that's the kind of crap the controllers have to latch onto, the 2nd will be around for a VERY, long time indeed.

[ileus]

6. Lies work with their audience...they know all to well how to get the purses to open up.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. I would offer one amendment to your theory --

Those who push the gun control agenda do not lie to their confederates in their audience. Lies are only employed, can only be employed, when the audience is naturally resistant to the message being presented.

No one has ever had to lie to the willingly complicit.

The lies are aimed at us and the undecided. They are merely disseminated in more restrictive environs.

[jimmy the one]

9. better to speak up than remain silent, WWFDD?

kang: Now this is an incredibly misleading post and I have not researched whether or not there was any controller outrage regarding this issue, .

Not only did you not 'research' enough, you did not 'think' too much.

kang: So, a small gun shop builds a one of a kind custom Glock "Nintendo Zapper" for a friend of the shop's owner. The shop made a Facebook post about the custom job and the rest is history. Controllers tried to spin it like the gun industry is purposefully producing Nintendo lookalike pistols. LOL

I didn't see any quote which actually said that 'controllers tried to spin it like the gun industry is purposefully producing nintendo lookalike pistols'. Can you provide a link & cite? I think it's kang colby trying to spin it that gun controllers actually said that, when it was the 'fear' of mass production which was the overarching concern by the gun control crowd.

... Why didn't Precision Firearms LLC preclude this possibility by adding to the initial announcement that the glock pistol was a custom model & not to be mass produced?
Did not Precision Firearms LLC reap what it sowed by proferring a new gun which looked like a toy? and by omitting a denial of the possibility that more could be produced to satisfy whatever demand which appeared due to the advert?

The caption under the initial announcement & picture: {Precision Firearms LLC} posted the below photo {april 6, 2016} with the caption, “Finally… We were waiting for someone to let us do this. We weren’t the first to do it but WOW, this glock turned out good!”

How many gun manufacturers make an announcement of this sort for every custom gun they make? They say they weren't the first to do it, but WOW, don't you want one cause it turned out so good?

Many of the commenters have criticized the gun maker for creating a potentially dangerous weapon that bears an uncanny resemblance to a well-known toy—”Nintendo Zapper” is even written on its side. Some were worried that, if mass produced, the gun could lead to disastrous confusion, especially among children who wouldn’t be able to differentiate the gun from a simple plaything.

When there is uncertainty over safety issues, it's better to voice concern than to remain silent & let the uncertainty manifest unchallenged. But kang spins it that voicing concern here is some kind of hypocrisy, when that trait belongs to him on this thread. Would freddie douglas have remained silent? WWFD?

Kang's pro gun website defends kang with typical specious reasoning: It feels like common sense that a firearms company wouldn’t mass produce this gun, not only for it’s toy-like appearance, but also because it’s an extremely custom build that wouldn’t pay for itself should it be mass produced.

But it would be common sense for a firearms company to custom build as many of them as it rec'd orders for, due it's advert, yes? what was the ad above suggesting, except for 'don't you want one?'

Here is Precision Firearms LLC telling readers, AFTER THE FACT, that they will not mass produce.

In light of the 'Nintendo Glock' drama, we feel that the media and our fans need to know that this firearm will not be mass produced nor will it ever be. This is a one off custom build for a friend of ours. Do to the thousands of emails and messages we have received in the past 2 days we have been unable to contact everyone in a timely manner, please be patient we will get to you as soon as possible. Thank you all for your support!

What did they mean, kang, by 'Thank you all for your support'?