Posted on 07/20/2021 9:24:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
About a week ago, a company in Utah that makes custom modifications to firearms debuted what it described as a fun new product: a kit that encases Glock handguns in red, yellow and blue Lego blocks, refashioning lethal weapons to look exactly like children’s toys.
“We have been building guns out of blocks for the last 30 years and wanted to flip the script to aggravate Mom,” Provo-based Culper Precision explained on its website. It went on to argue that personal defense is a right granted by God and that gun ownership is protected by the Constitution before getting to the most important reason the company was selling “BLOCK19,” as the design was named, for $549 to $765, depending on the specifics.
Dumb, yes, but legal in at least most of the country, said David Pucino, a lawyer at the Giffords Law Center. Although federal law prohibits toys from being manufactured to look like guns, no such law prohibits guns from being made to look like toys. Pucino noted that New York state bans people from disguising firearms as something else, which could make the Lego-crusted Glock illegal there, but he doubted that many other states had passed similar regulations.
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Can I get that in a Barrett 50?
Or, maybe a nuke?
This is DUMB
Guns are not toys and shouldn’t look like them.
Agreed, if these folk want more gun control doing dumb things to get your average American angry is a great way to get it.
Annd, they run to Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action, a Soros anti-gun group, for a reaction.
Ok that just dumb and illresponsible
We teach people to always respect a gun ( Always treat as loaded,away point away from people,ect) and these morons dress one up to look like a kids toy... that is not responsible gun safety practices
I believe it is satire. It isn’t marketed. You know, the FBI taking a guys Lego Capitol set to prove he is a terrorist?
People don’t understand satire any more. Sounds like the outrage over a muhammed cartoon.
I get what you’re saying, but at what point do we acknowledge that they’re going to find an excuse to push their agenda anyway, so why should we do all of the self-censoring in hopes they’ll be fair?
Might upset the aerodynamic flight characteristics of an F-15, however.
I’m waiting for the Hello Kitty stinger missile.
That looks like IP lawyers for the LEGO company will be contacting them soon...
It might come in handy if kamala ever knocks on the door wanting to inventory your home armory. Just toss this into the Lego box in the kids’ room and it will blend right in.
Very creative!
We here at Culper Precision are grateful for the attention that Block19 is currently getting across the globe. We built Block19 to create an opportunity to talk about the enjoyment of the shooting sports and the joy that can only be found in marksmanship practice and training. While the 2nd Amendment is foundationally important to the freedoms that we enjoy in the United States of America as a check on the power that We the People grant our elected officials and as a tool to make the weak strong in the face of those who would oppress and maim, we also recognize and built this to highlight the pure enjoyment of the shooting sports as we feel that like us, our customers truly deeply love the shooting sports and the inherent fun, satisfaction and joy that comes from participation in them.It has long been the expectation of the firearm community that each of us as responsible owners of firearms take measures to secure our firearms from ANY unauthorized person. While we are never in support of legislating personal responsibility, we understand that many municipalities have current laws in place to penalize or hold responsible those who fail to secure their firearms and allow unauthorized access to a firearm by juveniles or any other prohibited person. We would remind everyone that failing to secure a firearm of ANY color from unauthorized persons is irresponsible. There are many solutions for balancing safety and readiness for under $100 all over the marketplace.
Our business is taking a firearm of known value and transforming it into a personalized invaluable treasure for a fair price. People have the right to customize their property to make it look like whatever they want. It is our business to assist firearms owners in making their guns better reflect them as a person and individual, our pieces speak to the owner of the gun as they have selected those options from a seemingly infinite range of possibilities.
It seems that no matter what we create in the firearms industry anti gunners seem to leverage every *true* innovation (block19 is NOT an innovation it is a fun safe queen) shortly after its release to talk about why guns are bad. We are sick of the past..
everything about this is AWESOME!
This is a grade A stupid idea.
You appear to be quite wrong.
Please find me a single link saying so.
Culper Precision makes tricked out Glocks. If it were satire they could sue the Compost.
I understand satire quite well, thank you. This is sheer stupidity of the worst sort.
Just don’t step on it!
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