AR-15 style guns sold as a sign of manhood as shootings rise

The Associated Press ^ | July 27, 2022 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun makers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity, even as the number of mass shootings increases, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday.

The weapons have been used in massacres that have horrified the nation, including one that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo and another where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas.

The Committee on Oversight and Reform said some ads mimic popular first-person shooter video games or tout the weapons’ military pedigree while others claim the guns will put buyers “at the top of the testosterone food chain.”

Those sales tactics are “deeply disturbing, exploitative and reckless,” said Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York. “In short, the gun industry is profiting off the blood of innocent Americans.”

[max americana]

I’d rather have the AR15 as a sign of manhood than the rainbow as a sign of faghood.

[Jamestown1630]

In just how many massacres has the AR15 been used?

[tet68]

So, perhaps a million sold over ten years...
and less than a hundred used in mass shootings?

The problem isn’t the weapon...

[rktman]

Yeah because NO womxn own AR-15s. Despicable assclowns.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Lindsay, unless you have a penis...you have no right to talk about manhood.

Hmmm...

[cranked]

sign of manhood got nothing to do with it......

[rktman]

If you blame the tool, you just might be a tool.

[NWFree]

How much do they make selling pink guns for women and fags?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

That’s not Lindsay. That’s Larry.

[Born in 1950]

What the hell? Who thinks that way other than Travis Bickle’s reflection and insecure posers?

[JBW1949]

That person looks as though they may HAVE a penis....

[jonrick46]

The Dems are spouting BS. America has seen lawless assaults on innocent people, looting and arson. We have seen groups march in front of the homes of government officials and wonder when they will attack us in mass with powerful weapons to shoot down us and our families to fund their drug habits. We need good, efficient guns to defend us against the threats the Dems have encouraged to happen.

[max americana]

“In just how many massacres has the AR15 been used?”

Libtard: “including movies?”

[BipolarBob]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The weapons have been used in massacres that have horrified the nation, including one that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo and another where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas.

Chicago loses 10 to 20 EVERY WEEKEND in mass shootings. Why don't these "horrify the nation"? Could it be that black lives really don't matter that much?

[SmokingJoe]

Usual far left propaganda from the Associalist Press? Yup.
AR 15 will get you a hard member? Since when?

[Tenacious 1]

ROFLMA!