US arms maker markets Christian-themed assault rifle

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US arms maker markets Christian-themed assault rifle
9 hrs ago

An arms maker in Florida is engraving Christian symbols on its assault rifles, in a marketing ploy denounced by a Muslim group as fomenting "hatred, division and violence."

The "Cruzado" assault rifle is inscribed with the cross of the Knights Templar, a religious order that fought in the Crusades, and a psalm from the Bible -- features that its maker, Spike's Tactical, says are intended to keep the weapons out of Muslim hands.

"We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda," said Ben Thomas, spokesman for the company, which is based in Apopka, Florida.

The Christian symbols would prevent the guns from being shipped to the Middle East, he said, claiming the rifles have been a hit with the company's customers.


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The company's spokesman, former Navy SEAL Ben 'Mookie' Thomas





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[lobodons]

1. WWJS

What would Jesus Shoot? Yee Haw!!!!

[roguevalley]

2. complete and utter blasphemy. I feel for Jesus getting the blame for this shit.

[3catwoman3]

3. This is completely...

...disgusting, and utterly non-Christian.

[Hoyt]

4. That crud sells gunz in our society. Who is to blame, manufacturer, or gun nuts that want this junk?

[PatrickforO]

6. It is the capitalist merchant of death who is to blame.

They make money off war.

[Hoyt]

12. Partly, but the sick gun fanciers' demand for this junk sure plays a part.

[PatrickforO]

5. Wow...

No words.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. ...

[restorefreedom]

8. just obscene. nt

[jmowreader]

9. What's the Arabic translation of "duct tape"?

[Adrahil]

10. At least it doesn't have their "dueling dicks" logo....

Once it is seen, it cannot be unseen.

[ileus]

11. Just buy from PSA...excellent quality half the price.

[Hoyt]

15. Are you talking Palmetto State Armory? Jeeez

[ileus]

29. Yeah two of my ARs are equipped with PSA uppers.

My Daughters and Sons AR's I went cheap. Turns out they're 100% reliable.

[Hoyt]

30. That's just peachy. Did you get the "NOBO12" engraved rifles PSA was pushing

to defeat Obama in 2012? I hear it's a collector edition.

[ileus]

36. Just barreled uppers, only stamping was 5.56

My lowers I bought locally from Anderson Arms, at the Radford Arsenal campus. They both have common ole stampings, no special saying of anything like that.

[Little Tich]

13. This is crazy. n/t

[LiberalElite]

14. Delusional Dipshits -

if Jesus came back today they'd want to shoot him. - long haired librul and all that.

[Sunlei]

16. Knights Templar? Isn't that the kkk & the Norway shooters favorite logo?

[Vinca]

17. I cringe when I see these stories in the foreign press.

Our country has been turned into a laughingstock by these yoyos.

[tanyev]

18. Um, does he think the rifle would burn a Muslim's hand if they tried to hold it?

I suspect most terrorists would find it highly amusing to use those weapons against their targets.

[yeoman6987]

28. My thoughts exactly

Can we finally say once and for all that conservatism is a sickness.

[Javaman]

19. the blessing of the swords before the first crusade.

[Amishman]

20. sounds like they know their market

I expect these to sell well, lots of conservatives who love guns and think they are being persecuted.

[bklyncowgirl]

21. Oh come on now. Jesus said "He who lives by the sword will die by the sword."

He said nothing at all about assault rifles.

[malthaussen]

22. American Ingenuity at work.

The combining of soi-disant Christianity and firearms is a natural, so long as one has neither morality nor integrity.

-- Mal

[sinkingfeeling]

23. That is the sickest symbol of a very sick and vile modern Christianity I've seen.

[raccoon]

27. It has become something very sick and vile. nt

[Lychee2]

24. Muslims would have no problem at all with that psalm on their guns.

Muslims consider the Tawrat (Torah) given to Musa (Moses), the Zabur (Psalms) given to Daud (David) and the Injil (Gospel) given to Isa (Jesus) to be genuine divine revelations given to trusted messengers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Christian_Bible

A file and some spray paint would probably get rid of the cross.

[cpompilo]

25. BTW, Psalms is of the OLD Testament, not the New. Has nothing to do with Jesus. Muslims hold the Old

Testament sacred too. What a blithering idiot!

[MisterP]

37. but they also hold the NT as at least equal ...

[Lychee2]

44. Just the gospels. Not the letters of Paul and the others.

[lunasun]

26. JISIS

[vkkv]

31. God, guns and country - the only thing missing is a red, white and blue paint scheme. n/t

[yesphan]

32. If the manufacturer doesn't

want these weapons to fall into the hands of Muslims,
simply make them out of pork.

[vkkv]

34. Ah heck, now you've given them the idea for pork-based gun oil.

They can sell it by the gallons...

[vkkv]

35. Yesphan, as in Yes the band, fan? Cool.

Yes and the Beatles are my two fav bands of all time along with Crimson, Magma ( of course) and whole bunch of other prog.

So sad to lose Chris Squire.. man oh man.

[yesphan]

41. Yes indeed.

[Volaris]

38. Or maybe don't manufacture them AT ALL.

Idjits.

[yesphan]

42. Yes,

That would be nice.

[vkkv]

33. Breaking: Maggots LOVE Dead Meat! ...of course, they're a hit with his customer base... n/t

[rockfordfile]

39. Poster child for the NRA

Conservative christians and the gun nuts. They seem to always go hand in hand.

[peacebird]

40. Who Would Jesus Shoot?

[davidsmith75]

43. Christian and rifle?

"The Christian symbols would prevent the guns from being shipped to the Middle East, he said, claiming the rifles have been a hit with the company's customers. '

This is however an interesting point - but at the end of the day, a gun is a gun. Whoever wants it will use it.