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Really creepy NRA ad... (Original Post) Archae Jun 2014 OP
Concise video response Scootaloo Jun 2014 #1
Yes, yes it is. giftedgirl77 Jun 2014 #2
I don't understand what he said at the end after "she is." Can anyone fill those words in for me? NBachers Jun 2014 #3
daniel defense mwrguy Jun 2014 #6
OK, thanks. I appreciate your quick reply. NBachers Jun 2014 #7
No Identity? Not to worry; Big Warrior NRA will give her one. DhhD Jun 2014 #4
That's an ad for Daniel Defense, not the NRA mwrguy Jun 2014 #5
You are correct, but the rest of the story is: billh58 Jun 2014 #8
Seen the cover of Dana Loesch's new book? WhoIsNumberNone Jun 2014 #11
Yes, Dana Loesch is billh58 Jun 2014 #14
So.... Plucketeer Jun 2014 #9
I've noticed a great many of the ammosexuals have been spankin' it to women with guns lately WhoIsNumberNone Jun 2014 #10
New Customer Base erpowers Jun 2014 #13
Nice product placement there.... blackspade Jun 2014 #12

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
4. No Identity? Not to worry; Big Warrior NRA will give her one.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:06 PM
Jun 2014

A assault weapon in one hand and a serpent in the other.

billh58

(6,635 posts)
8. You are correct, but the rest of the story is:
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:33 PM
Jun 2014
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/06/16/why-does-the-nra-keep-comparing-women-to-guns/199743

Noir -- a weekly program aired by the National Rifle Association as part of its efforts to reach a younger audience -- has run two segments that fetishize an assault weapon as an attractive woman.

Over the past year the NRA has launched a number of initiatives to engage with women, minorities, and younger Americans. Noir, a Sunday web series hosted by popular gun blogger turned NRA News commentator Colion Noir, is packaged for a Millennial audience, although the show has been widely mocked by critics as a phony and out-of-touch attempt at messaging.

- Snip -

Earlier this season Noir used a similar format of objectifying women by reducing them to descriptions of assault weapons in an advertisement for manufacturer Daniel Defense. Gun manufacturer Mossberg and Daniel Defense are the two primary sponsors of NRA Freestyle, which airs Noir and other NRA web series and is the home of the NRA's lifestyle blog NRA Sharp.

The Daniel Defense advertisement, which aired during Noir earlier this season, also features a voice-over of Noir as he seems to describe a woman. At the end of the ad, however, it is revealed that Noir was instead describing the M4-A1 assault weapon.


So yes, the NRA is using these ads as a smarmy marketing tool by comparing women to guns...

billh58

(6,635 posts)
14. Yes, Dana Loesch is
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:26 PM
Jun 2014

the female equivalent of Wayne LaPierre and Ted Nugent combined: venomous, vitriolic, and vacuum-headed, but a darling of Faux Snooze.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
9. So....
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:35 PM
Jun 2014

the NRA might not approve?

Whoever it's "for", I think it's stupid. Of course, I think the worship and obsession with tools of death is stupid too.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
10. I've noticed a great many of the ammosexuals have been spankin' it to women with guns lately
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:15 AM
Jun 2014

I mean they're really beating it hard. Probably even getting some chafing. I fully expect this to be a porn genre soon if it isn't already.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. New Customer Base
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:19 AM
Jun 2014

These groups see women as a new customer base. In addition, more women are getting into guns. It seems that so many women are buying guns and taking gun classes that shooting ranges and gun groups are trying to get more female gun instructors.

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