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Worst commercial in history

SnowPink — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:57:01 GMT

There's a new gun control commercial out there where a kid actually steals his parents' gun and takes it to school to hand over to his teacher.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/395229/behold-worst-anti-gun-commercial-american-history-charles-c-w-cooke

One can only imagine that the spot’s producers consider their set up to be inordinately clever. “Hey,” you can almost hear them say, “we’ll make it look as if there’s going to be a school shooting, and then he’ll hand it over to his teacher and all will be well!” In fact, it is difficult to imagine a more irresponsible storyline. We’re talking about children here, remember – impressionable, easily led, ignorant children. As a rule, we teach our kids that they if they see a firearm they should refrain from touching it, and go and tell an adult. In the commercial, however, the child is shown doing the exact opposite. “If you see a gun,” the ad suggests, “pick it up, put it in a bag, and then jostle it around in front of other children.” One can only wonder at how many kids will now need to be told that they must not, under any circumstances, do this.

Moreover, in the course of his little ploy, the kid breaks pretty much every law on the books. He takes a gun out of his house (not only is this felony burglary, but he’s not old enough to carry a firearm in public); he then takes that gun into a school(that’s against federal and state law); and, finally, he transfers it to a teacher without a background check, thereby breaking the very rule that progressives tell us is necessary to keep us all safe from gun violence. And for what, pray? Typically, anti-gun commercials focus in on a specific safety issue: a lack of trigger locks, or background checks, or safe-storage, for example. This one seems to feature a child who is saying, “I don’t want any guns in the house at all.” This absolute approach is extreme, even for today’s class of wildly incompetent control freaks. Worse, perhaps, the child seems to believe that the public school system exists as a general service that he might use if he wishes to deprive his parents of their constitutional rights — an implication, let’s say, that is unlikely to win many converts.

Disaster.

Re: Worst commercial in history

Cakers1 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:07:58 GMT

The only problem I have is that he was able to get a hold of the gun. How did he know where it was? Was it locked up? Or at least had a trigger lock?

Re: Worst commercial in history

LucyGoose — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:15:57 GMT

Unbelievable! I hope I don't ever see that commercial.

Re: Worst commercial in history

game-on — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:18:04 GMT

Oh Mellie.... to think that a student might bring YOU a gun.... oy vey!

Re: Worst commercial in history

RainyDayGal — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:29:13 GMT

This one seems to feature a child who is saying, “I don’t want any guns in the house at all.”

That's what they're going for. Disgusting commercial.

Re: Worst commercial in history

LucyGoose — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:42:32 GMT

I think the whole point of that commercial is...... so messed up. It's all wrong!

First of all, the child doesn't make the decision of whether or not firearms are in the house. How does the child even know where the gun is???!! And it's okay for him to take it to school and hand it to another trusted adult who is not his parent? Is that the message this commercial is getting at??? What's the teacher going to do with the gun?

I believe an idiot thought up this commercial. I'm surprised it was allowed to be aired.

Re: Worst commercial in history

SnowPink — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:45:22 GMT

On 12/22/2014 LucyGoose said:
I think the whole point of that commercial is...... so messed up. It's all wrong!

First of all, the child doesn't make the decision of whether or not firearms are in the house. How does the child even know where the gun is???!! And it's okay for him to take it to school and hand it to another trusted adult who is not his parent? Is that the message this commercial is getting at??? What's the teacher going to do with the gun?

Hand it over to the government, of course.

It really is so messed up. Crazy anti-gun people.

Re: Worst commercial in history

SnowPink — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:59:46 GMT

On 12/22/2014 KYToby said:
Maybe the problem is the crazy gun people and their nutty websites.

Nutty websites?

Re: Worst commercial in history

millieshops — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:19:23 GMT

Parents who leave guns where 8 year olds can pick them up and take them anywhere should be locked up themselves.

Re: Worst commercial in history

SnowPink — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:22:40 GMT

On 12/22/2014 millieshops said:
Parents who leave guns where 8 year olds can pick them up and take them anywhere should be locked up themselves.

Agreed.

And any person encouraging children to take their parents gun to school with their finger on the trigger should also be locked up.

Re: Worst commercial in history

bikerbabe — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:37:05 GMT

I'm anti-gun but I am not crazy and I don't approve of this commercial. Please don't assume that everyone is the same.

Re: Worst commercial in history

jackthebear — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:39:10 GMT

then the kid probably gets hauled off to jail and school goes into lockdown. Whoever did this ad obviously has no idea how the schools work these days

Re: Worst commercial in history

SnowPink — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:39:13 GMT

On 12/22/2014 santaslittlehelper said: I'm anti-gun but I am not crazy and I don't approve of this commercial. Please don't assume that everyone is the same.

I'm not. I'm talking about the people who created this commercial and think it's awesome.

Re: Worst commercial in history

bikerbabe — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:40:10 GMT

Okay! Sorry. Can't quote. Stupid forum.

Re: Worst commercial in history

YorkieonmyPillow — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:43:13 GMT

I wouldn't pop my cork; it's only a commercial - probably designed to create controversy (and thus, ATTENTION).

I don't even watch commercials...

Re: Worst commercial in history

Buck-i-Nana — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 03:11:19 GMT

Commercial implies this was made for TV. I just did a bit of research and this was ONE PERSON'S made for You tube video that SHE claims is a public service announcement. She's seriously wrong with this, but then the pro-gun folks are giving her all sorts of publicity that she would never have gotten otherwise.