New Target Ad Targets Gun Owners

Retail giant Target, in the midst of an open carry controversy, recently sided with Open Carry advocates by releasing a new ad that targets their right to carry assault rifles in the store.

"We are called 'Target' after all," said Target spokesperson, Mary Spider.  "We want all people to feel welcome in our stores.  And having heavily armed people just makes us all a little bit safer.  You can buy your diapers knowing that Target is the safest store in the United States."

Check out the ad below.

Target: The Safest Place to Buy Oreos

The Wild West. For Real.

The Wild West of the movies has never been so close a reality.  In fact, the U.S. Tourism and Travel Commission has recently used this fact as a means to increase tourism to the United States.  The tagline:  "The Wild West. For Real."  Check out the poster below:

The New USA Tourism poster from the U.S. Tourism and Travel Commission.

The United States Finally Has the Wild West it Always Wanted

In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood’s 1966 Western masterpiece, there are a total of 126 violent deaths, most by gun-toting, pre-NRA loving, open-carry heroes.

But that was not the actual Wild West.  No, the Wild West of history was actually quite boring.  Towns never had a murder rate as high as what appeared in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.  Not even close. Even the town of Tombstone, famous for the gunfight at the OK Corral, had a highest gun death total of 3---in 1881 and because of that infamous gunfight (which only lasted for 30 seconds.  The 1957 movie has a running time of 122 minutes, which is 244 times longer than the actual gunfight).

The notorious city of Dodge, Kansas, recorded only 17 murders between 1876 and 1885.  The highest was 5 recorded in 1878.  And in some years, no one was murdered at all. Unbelievable.

Plus, one thing the movies don’t mention is that gun control was a reality in many Wild West towns.  In 1881, the Tombstone city council passed Ordinance #9, which prohibited anyone other than law enforcement from carrying guns.  The famous gunfight actually occurred in an attempt to disarm several “bad guys with guns.”

The Anti-Gun Sign Outside of Dodge City

In fact, many western towns prohibited all guns from entering the city limits.   In Wichita, Kansas, visitors were required to leave their guns at the police station or face arrest.  A sign that greeted visitors to Dodge City were told that the “Carrying of firearms is strictly prohibited.”  Next to drunk and disorderly conduct, the most recorded arrests in the “Wild West” were for carrying firearms.  As a result, the murder rate in frontier towns averaged about 1.5 a year. Granted, the populations were much lower, but still….boring. 

Luckily, we don’t have such laws today and people can work out their problems on the streets, just like Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.  The famous Wild West of the movies is now a glorious reality on the streets of America—just as the founders (and Jesus) intended.

You can now experience the thrill of a shootout just like in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

Driver opens fire on cops with AK-47

Officer kills man in Northwest Baltimore shootout 

2 officers hurt in shootout near Nevada City campground

Bullet from Orange County shootout strikes woman on couch 

2 Concealed Carry Holders Kill Each Other In Road Rage Incident

Instead of corrals or saloons, the preferred American shootout place seems to be waffle houses:

Two fired guns in Waffle House shootout, report shows

One arrested after deadly Waffle House shootout

Victims recall chaos of Brandon Waffle House shooting

Waffle House employee shoots customer to death

Georgia cop shot in back, killed at Waffle House after suspects used racial slurs, brother says

Many Americans grew up playing "Cops and Robbers" or "Cowboys and Indians."  Now, you can live out your childhood on the actual streets! And, in many places, you can actually walk around carrying your guns openly! We finally have the Wild West we always wanted.  This is one of the biggest selling points for tourists coming to ‘Murica.  Book your trip today!

The Wild West. For Real.

The NRA Resurrects Bert the Turtle for New School Safety Video

Clip from "Duck, Return Fire," a new NRA-sponsored
school safety video.

In light of the recent mass shootings in America, most recently at an Oregon high school, the National Rifle Association has teamed up with the U.S. Civil Defense to educate Americans on what must be done to end the violence.  The solution, of course, is more guns.  Arm the children, says the NRA.

The NRA decided to bring back Bert the Turtle from the old 1951 Civil Defense film.  Bert is a lovable turtle who saved countless lives during the Cold War by teaching the "Duck and Cover" drills.

"It was Bert the Turtle who won the Cold War," said Wayne LaPierre at a recent press conference. "Now, Bert is going to help us win the war against bad guys with guns."

Instead of telling students to duck and cover, Bert now tells them to "duck and return fire."  It's a great plan that can only lead to success.  Check out the video below.

Michigan: Pure Guns

After my conversation with Sven, I came across this new Michigan travel ad.  It does a great job highlighting the issue of guns in Michigan.  The new slogan is great:  Michigan: Pure Guns.

Michigan: Pure Guns logo