Posted on 11/21/2016 9:41:11 AM PST by w1n1
These vintage gun ads will have you Rolling on the Floor and show you just how much the world has changed in the past few decades. A lot has changed in the last century. Looking back at these vintage gun ads is a great way to highlight just how different our society is these days.
Vintage gun ads of the past reminds us of a simpler time, that era is not as complicated as it is now. However, there are some very entertaining ads when you think about the reaction some of these gun ads would get if they were published today.
Read on to see some of the funniest vintage gun ads ever made.
1. Not a Dull Vacation
It's nothing like having a .22 rifle and a pocketful of shells while on vacation.
2. Fun for the Whole Family,/b>
Before there was "Toys R Us" there was "Guns For Us" for Christmas: everybody gets a gun! Look at all those smiling faces!
3. He Knows if You've Been Naughty or Nice, The orginal "Bad Santa"
This vintage gun ad showing Santa driving a car full of rifles and shotguns really shows how much attitudes towards guns have changed since the first half of the 20th Century. That being said, I’d be pretty darn happy if he showed up at my house on Christmas like that.
A plate of cookies and a glass of milk in exchange for a rifle or a shotgun? Where do I sign up?
4. Handguns for Women
This is another example of a vintage gun ad that shows an era in which things have changed for the better, for women and guns. Women are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the sporting community and there are lots of highly skilled female shooters out there.
There are many great self-defense handguns for women today, many of which are specifically built and marketed for women. Can you imagine the reaction women shooters would have if a gun company made an advertisement for a gun marketed for them that referred to women as helpless, dangerous, or hysterical? See the rest of the vintage gun ads here.
My father bailed out during training and was in another B-24 that crashed on takeoff while at Harlingen, TX. He was set to head to the South Pacific when the final medical at March Field discovered he had a double hernia, probably from the bale out and was declared medically unfit for overseas deployment. He spent the final year plus a few months as a clerk-typist at March Army Air Field. I’m glad your dad made it back.
In 1969 my brother won a candy selling contest at Forest Hills high school in Marshville NC and of the variety of prizes he could choose from, one was a 22 semi auto rifle and naturally, thats the one he chose. They gave it to him at the school and he brought it home on the school bus.
THAT is a helluva change from today!
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