I'm having a little bit of a problem with faces on targets, it's not the message I want to be associate with as a responsible gun owner. But maybe I'm way off base?
After 9/11, there were many pictures of Osama with crosshairs in magazines, papers and online, and that seemed to be acceptable based on the horrific crime committed.
Recently in the UK, a teenage girl decided to leave the country and join ISIS, wants to come back but the British government said no and revoked her citizenship. Now an Airsoft range over there is offering targets with her picture on it.
Airsoft range adds picture of ISIS teenager on a target
What do you think if that was in the US?
1) Traitor = fair game for anything
2) ~OK
3) Inappropriate / politically incorrect but protected by First Amendment
4) Not OK but not illegal
5) Illegal as it could be harassment or a threat
They also offer caricature targets of various world leaders. Regardless of politics, that seems like a poor message in particular for kids to see growing up.
I'm not going to post the caricature picture here, but you can find it at
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0aNGDLWwAEt863.jpg
What do you think?
Mods feel free to edit / remove links if you feel appropriate.
After 9/11, there were many pictures of Osama with crosshairs in magazines, papers and online, and that seemed to be acceptable based on the horrific crime committed.
Recently in the UK, a teenage girl decided to leave the country and join ISIS, wants to come back but the British government said no and revoked her citizenship. Now an Airsoft range over there is offering targets with her picture on it.
Airsoft range adds picture of ISIS teenager on a target
What do you think if that was in the US?
1) Traitor = fair game for anything
2) ~OK
3) Inappropriate / politically incorrect but protected by First Amendment
4) Not OK but not illegal
5) Illegal as it could be harassment or a threat
They also offer caricature targets of various world leaders. Regardless of politics, that seems like a poor message in particular for kids to see growing up.
I'm not going to post the caricature picture here, but you can find it at
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0aNGDLWwAEt863.jpg
What do you think?
Mods feel free to edit / remove links if you feel appropriate.