Gun maker slammed for Christian assault rifle

[unhappycamper]

http://www.dw.com/en/gun-maker-slammed-for-christian-assault-rifle/a-18716538

US arms maker Spike's Tactical has produced an assault rifle with Christian symbols to prevent "Muslim terrorists" from using it. The Council on American-Islamic Relations' local chapter decried the marketing ploy.

Gun maker slammed for Christian assault rifle
15.09.2015

In a controversial marketing bid, Florida-based company Spike's Tactical crafted an assault rifle with a cross of the Knights Templar - a Catholic order known for its escapades during the Crusades - and a passage from the bible.

The company said the "Cruzado" or "Crusader" assault rifle used Christian iconography in order to deter Muslims from using it.

"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 company spokesperson Ben Thomas, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran.

"This ensures that no Muslim terrorist will ever pick up this weapon and use it to bring harm to another person," said Thomas. "That's actually my favorite part of the rifle."

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I am (currently) unable to post pics from dw.com. It would be worth your while to take a peek at the pics.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Cenk from TYT nailed it:

[tanyev]

2. Unless it does this to their hand when they try to pick it up,

I don't know why he thinks any terrorist would hesitate to use it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. It took them a year to come up with this, and then someone tells them about the Psalms:

Sura An-Nisa 4:163 of the Qur'an states "and to David We gave the Psalms".[3] Therefore, Islam confirms the Psalms as being inspired of God. The Qur'an mentions the word Zabur three times.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Christian_Bible#Islamic_view_of_the_Book_of_Psalms_.28Zabur.29

So, they've put on a verse that any terrorist from an Abrahamic religion would be glad to see on his assault weapon (though it's not a relevant verse for someone going hunting, or for self-defence). All they're left with is the gullible marks customers thinking the existence of a cross on the gun would put off an Islamic terrorist. If they've been watching too many vampire movies, and are too slow-witted to tell the difference between traditional fictional monsters and the ones in the RW brain, they might just fall for it.

I wish every media outlet had completely ignored the story, though. The maker doesn't deserve a single extra sale, no matter how stupid the customer they found.

[unhappycamper]

4. Weren't we buying rifle scopes with biblical phrases around 2005 ~ 2006? n/t