Santa poses with AK-47s at US gun club

[denem]

Source: The Guardian

Gun club in Arizona offers members opportunity to pose for family photographs with Father Christmas and lots of guns

An Arizona gun club is offering a chance for children and their families to pose for photographs with Father Christmas while holding weaponry such as AK-47 rifles and grenade launchers.

One image shows Santa Claus in a wingback chair with a snowflake background, a Christmas tree behind him and flanked by an $80,000 machine gun and a tripod-mounted rifle. Next to Santa is a man standing behind a boy, who is holding an unloaded AR-15 with an attached grenade launcher.

In another photo, Santa cradles a toddler dressed in camouflage, while a man and woman stand close by with rifles with foldable stocks. In another image, five young women pose with AR-15 and other rifles.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/30/festive-firepower-santa-ak-47-us-gun-club

[ileus]

1. They look like toy guns....maybe airsofts?

[denem]

6. Real Guns

The guns used in the photos are not loaded and have had their firing pins removed, and their chambers are regularly cleared to ensure safety

[octothorpe]

2. I'm pretty sure that isn't the real Santa.

[denem]

3. One Word: Venison.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. I almost choked there...

we have a car dealer down here, and they are using Santa as a car salesman in their commercials. A guy is admiring a truck, and Santa walks up behind him, asking if he likes the truck. He says "Yes, I need that for hunting". Santa asks him what he hunts, the guy says "deer", then he sees the salesman is Santa and changes his response to "fish". I know, it is probably funnier to see than read :)

[rl6214]

23. Running that commercial here in west Texas as well

Pretty funny

[Ptah]

4. Looks like they're holding Santa hostage.

[denem]

7. A lump of coal in this years stocking Santa?

How about some lead instead?

[octothorpe]

9. Must be members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. I'm pro 2nd Amendment, so don't say I'm anti-gun

But this picture is very disturbing. I wouldn't want my little ones to see Santa holding a weapon. I think it would sadden and scare them.

[harun]

8. That Santa sits on a throne of lies....

Buddy would agree...

[ragemage]

10. Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a hand grenade...

Another sign of the apocalypse. Certain segments of our population are doomed.

[hack89]

11. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? It's in the Bible .... I think. nt

[gejohnston]

22. soldiers in Madison Ave's war against

the Winter Solstice and the real Christmas.

[krispos42]

25. Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, verses 9-21

"I shall smite them, in My mercy."

[We_Have_A_Problem]

26. If you're going to quote it....

quote it right...


“ ...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on HIGH, saying, "O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest BLOW Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu..."skip a bit, brother"... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to THREE, no more, no less. THREE shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be THREE. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to THREE. Five is right out. Once the number THREE, being the third number, be reached. Then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it." Amen.

[hack89]

28. I love theological discussions! nt

[krispos42]

30. Amen.

Right!


<Heavenly music, a hissing sound, then a large explosion>

[Callisto32]

36. The real question....

can a swallow carry the Holy Hand Grenade?

[We_Have_A_Problem]

39. Is that a European or African swallow? n/t

[hack89]

27. "Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three." nt

[burf]

38. Its gotta be true...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk

For your viewing pleasure, from one of the best movies ever made!

[Callisto32]

35. Which are those?

The ones that disagree with you?

People get photographed with items that indicate activities they enjoy all the time. Nobody gives a shit when people get their kids photographed with their baseball bats, hockey sticks, or lacrosse whatever-the-hells(weapons all).

I think the ritual combat aspect of many "sports" is sick and disturbing, but I would never suggest that people who take part in it are "doomed."

[Roy Rolling]

12. same effin' morons

These are the same effin' morons that whine like babies if Jesus Christ is taken out of Christmas but replacing Jesus with an AK-47 is okay.

[CottonBear]

13. A local gun shop in my town has a radio ad: "Nothing says Christmas like a new gun!" n/t

[ccavagnolo]

14. Violence, Catholicism and Consumerism

Good ol' Holidays!


remember that movie the christmas story, where santa told little Ralphie "YOULL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT KID!"

times have changed.

[Lint Head]

15. Maybe Santa can kill some of these terrorists in the War on Christmas as he makes his rounds.

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2NmWCM8zkb5Dfahdxy1ofQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/

[awoke_in_2003]

17. Have a Merry Christmas...

or we'll blow the living hell out of you.

[edbermac]

18. "You'll shoot your eye out!"

[qb]

19. He's going to need them. Red Sleigh Down!

[PavePusher]

20. Yawn....

Manufactured Hysteria(tm), beloved gift from both the Left and the Right.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. heh

:thumbsup:

took me a second :)

[PavePusher]

33. I'm nothing if not subtle....

like a Pan-Galactic Gargle-Blaster....

[Callisto32]

37. MMMMMM

....lemon.

[PavePusher]

40. ...and gold bricks are awesome. n/t

[gejohnston]

21. slow news day?

this is the third post about the same thing. At least the pics are different.

[TheCowsCameHome]

24. Santa looks like he's dead.

Did someone do him in?

[slackmaster]

29. Won't someone PLEASE think of the Children?

Dupe X eleventy gazillion.

[Glassunion]

32. I went to see Santa for the first time in 25 years.

Brought the niece and nephew.

I must say, he has not changed a bit.

[pipoman]

34. Santa brought me my first 2 guns..

a Red Rider at 5 and a single shot shotgun at 7.

[benEzra]

41. A lot of those are Title 2 restricted police/military/government restricted guns.

FWIW, the Minigun and the Uzi are definitely Title 2 restricted weapons (Title 1 civilian Uzi lookalikes can have a shoulder stock or a short barrel but not both). I suspect that the majority of weapons in that pic are restricted Title 2 hardware.

That's sort of like posing with a tank, fighter aircraft, or howitzer; not something you get to be photographed next to everyday. Stick Santa in the pic to make it holiday-ish and send it to all your friends who have never seen a GE/Dillon Aerospace Minigun in person, never mind photographed with one. Either a LE/*.mil supplier lent the hardware, or a very wealthy collector who owns one of the very few pre-'86 Miniguns.

FWIW, I've been photographed with some pretty exotic military aircraft now and then, and I'd gladly put Santa in such a pic as an excuse to send it to friends. :)