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[KathyPet]

i just received a e mail from Zulilly advertising a kids T shirt available in size 2T to 10 from a company called Urban.  It is a grey tank top and imprinted on the front is says "Sun's out Guns out"in yellow letters.  I am shocked and disgusted that they would sell a kids t shirt with this message on it.

[Ms X]

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@KathyPet wrote:

i just received a e mail from Zulilly advertising a kids T shirt available in size 2T to 10 from a company called Urban.  It is a grey tank top and imprinted on the front is says "Sun's out Guns out"in yellow letters.  I am shocked and disgusted that they would sell a kids t shirt with this message on it.

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I think guns out refers to the upper arms (biceps and triceps).  There's another saying "sun's out, buns out" that the Daily Mail uses sometimes when running photos of celebrities who post their bare behinds on social media.  UGH!

[Lucky Charm]

They may mean their arms/muscles.  Not really guns.  I've seen this shirt forever in boardwalk shops and that's what I thought.

[DCAnnie2004]

Just checking:  you do know that's slang for arm muscles?

[SilleeMee]

"Guns" refers to your arms...as in the kind attached to your body.  So the tee is a sleeveless one for suntanning.

[SaRina]

Even if the intended meaning of "guns" in this case are the arms/biceps, it is a very ill-advised message to have on a child's tee shirt.  Children only know one definition of guns unless the other slang definition is pointed out to them.  I hope they remove the product.

[Kachina624]

Send an email to their CS complaining about it.  They're very receptive to customer concerns.

They have been advertising $20 silver plated bracelets as "sterling".  I contacted them and eventually got them to understand what sterling is and that they're falsely advertising it.  I haven seen that advertising since.

[Maudelynn]

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@SaRina wrote:

Even if the intended meaning of "guns" in this case are the arms/biceps, it is a very ill-advised message to have on a child's tee shirt.  Children only know one definition of guns unless the other slang definition is pointed out to them.  I hope they remove the product.

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I find the gun culture obscene, but I do know that kids know that guns also refer to their biceps. "Gun show" to the young ones, now refers to other young ones who parade around in shirts that highlight their muscled arms.

[fourpaws56]

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