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(13,428 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2012, 09:22 AM Dec 2012

From Mother Jones: 20 Astonishing Gun Ads [View all]

Advertisements for guns have long been used to stoke fear, offer a little testosterone boost, or give the potential owners—particularly the core target audience of young men—a taste of the good life as a cowboy, cop, soldier, or videogame combatant. Here are some samples through the years beginning with Bushmaster, manufacturer of the rifle allegedly used in the Newtown school shooting.

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http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/12/gun-ads-bushmaster-mattel?page=1

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From Mother Jones: 20 Astonishing Gun Ads [View all] PA Democrat Dec 2012 OP

Funny how advertising can tell you what it is REALLY about. Pholus Dec 2012 #1

Isn't it? PA Democrat Dec 2012 #2

Yeah, I think compiling a small group of these would be quite handy at cutting through the BS. Pholus Dec 2012 #3

Guess what? Bushmaster has pulled its website that included a quiz PA Democrat Dec 2012 #7

Too late, I fear. Been reading about why. Pholus Dec 2012 #9

Thanks for posting. Sad, isn't it? PA Democrat Dec 2012 #15

Not even close! Your post was the best early Christmas present this year! Pholus Dec 2012 #16

Real men vlyons Dec 2012 #18

Thank you. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #20

'Gun fetishist' earthside Dec 2012 #27

This is really disturbing madokie Dec 2012 #4

More honest ad: "Bushmaster. They're not laughing at you anymore" Bucky Dec 2012 #5

An even more honest ad: "Bushmaster. Compensate for your teeny weenie with one" meow2u3 Dec 2012 #13

The first one says it all. My opinion in black & white of why people buy the things. sinkingfeeling Dec 2012 #6

That makes a lot of sense Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #12

Next time a gun-bot gets mad at me for saying Chorophyll Dec 2012 #8

Or... leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #10

That large blank space on the page... Pholus Dec 2012 #14

Better to offer free Viagra... radhika Dec 2012 #11

Some of those arent even astonishing. justanidea Dec 2012 #17

Most aren't. But the ones that are. Whoa! Pholus Dec 2012 #19

Says it all, doesn't it? treestar Dec 2012 #21

The Iver Johnson ad is something else. malthaussen Dec 2012 #22

What could they be implying with this ad? theKed Dec 2012 #23

This works too. RC Dec 2012 #24

And Our DU Gun Enthusiasts Claim There's No "Gun Culture." (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #25

They make a lot of claims that are not based in reality. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #26

So I've Noticed, Over The Years. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #28

Thanks for showing the adds, oldbanjo Dec 2012 #29

If you feel like you have an inadequacy... Pholus Dec 2012 #31

Imagery like this adds to and encourages a culture of violence. reformist2 Dec 2012 #30

Idi Amin sure looks like Forest Whitaker. Hold on. . .on closer inspection. . . Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2012 #32

OMG. You're right, that's from the movie The Last King of Scotland PA Democrat Dec 2012 #33