mxreloader
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The fact that it says their not toys and has a little girl holding one
So what's wrong with this gun ad?
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oneounceload
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Easy to tell the younger folks who think a kid with a gun is something horrific and not acceptable.......
kids used to bring guns to SCHOOL! OMG! Call the cops...lol
kids used to bring guns to SCHOOL! OMG! Call the cops...lol
To ask what is wrong with the advertisment is a leading question. And to the one who posted that children have no parential supervision, there are those who say kids don't do anything but sit in their room.
There was another advertisment, this one for Savage automatic pistols (ten shots quick, endorsed by Wyatt Earp), that says to fire the first shot out the window. But I guess that would get someone's attention, which was the idea.
I don't believe all kids used to carry guns. That's an example of revisionist history. Besides, New Yorkers believe everyone down here carries guns to school. How they could afford them is beyond me. I couldn't have at that age but $6 wasn't much, even then. But there was a huge difference between 1910 and 1920 in terms of prices, no doubt similiar to between 1940 and 1946.
Iver Johnson revolvers used to really advertise their safety feature, especially the "hammer the hammer" thing. I've had a couple of S&W revolvers that looked like someone tried that. They made a large variety but they were all small calibers. People didn't realize that all those old calibers wouldn't harm a flea, did they? There were lots of other small revolvers, a lot of which were break-tops. The cylinders on some didn't even lock up but I guess enough people didn't mind. I didn't however, realize the Iver Johnson had a lever in the trigger like a Glock, though at least one automatic pistol from the WWI period did, and I think it was Austrian, maybe Hungarian.
There was another advertisment, this one for Savage automatic pistols (ten shots quick, endorsed by Wyatt Earp), that says to fire the first shot out the window. But I guess that would get someone's attention, which was the idea.
I don't believe all kids used to carry guns. That's an example of revisionist history. Besides, New Yorkers believe everyone down here carries guns to school. How they could afford them is beyond me. I couldn't have at that age but $6 wasn't much, even then. But there was a huge difference between 1910 and 1920 in terms of prices, no doubt similiar to between 1940 and 1946.
Iver Johnson revolvers used to really advertise their safety feature, especially the "hammer the hammer" thing. I've had a couple of S&W revolvers that looked like someone tried that. They made a large variety but they were all small calibers. People didn't realize that all those old calibers wouldn't harm a flea, did they? There were lots of other small revolvers, a lot of which were break-tops. The cylinders on some didn't even lock up but I guess enough people didn't mind. I didn't however, realize the Iver Johnson had a lever in the trigger like a Glock, though at least one automatic pistol from the WWI period did, and I think it was Austrian, maybe Hungarian.
rattletrap1970
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The ad is showing that the girl got a hold of the revolver somehow and she is safe none the less because of whatever safety Iver Johnson is hocking. Back when this ad was run, people were more worried about the safety of the kid then getting sued. Also, more kids grew up with guns in the home and were inherently safer anyway because of their familiarization with them.
TylerD45ACP
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44 AMP good post. Pretty much exactly what I was trying to say but in more detail.
That really happened!
In the '20s, my very young father was forced to take naps often because the family was afraid he had caught TB from his aunt. He could not sleep that much but did get to play with his grandad's pistol while in bed.
It was a S&W top-break nickle plated lemon-squeezer, a "safer" concealed hammer DA-only in .38 S&W caliber. In other words, somewhat similar to the pistol in the advertisement.
But I doubt my dad was that cute. And he is sure the revolver was unloaded.
Bart Noir
In the '20s, my very young father was forced to take naps often because the family was afraid he had caught TB from his aunt. He could not sleep that much but did get to play with his grandad's pistol while in bed.
It was a S&W top-break nickle plated lemon-squeezer, a "safer" concealed hammer DA-only in .38 S&W caliber. In other words, somewhat similar to the pistol in the advertisement.
But I doubt my dad was that cute. And he is sure the revolver was unloaded.
Bart Noir