POLL - Gun ads on transit alarm firearm owners - Are you offended?

[VanessaofBC]

ARE YOU OFFENDED?

A transit commuter walks by three shooting range advertisement posters for DCV Ventures at Yaletown-Roundhouse SkyTrain station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday June 27, 2013. A local group of gun owners is shocked and disturbed by new advertisement posters at SkyTrain stations showing a bulls-eye parking meter, lawnmower and alarm clock with the caption, “What will you set your sights on? Let it out."

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2013/06/27/gun-ads-on-transit-alarm-firearm-owners

Gun ads on transit alarm firearm owners
By Michael Mui, 24 Hours Vancouver
Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:49:15 PDT PM

A local group of gun owners is shocked and disturbed by a new advert at SkyTrain stations showing a bullet-riddled bull’s eye parking meter, alarm clock and lawn mower with the caption proclaiming, “What will you set your sights on? Let it out, at Vancouver’s only indoor gun range.”

Albert Wood, current secretary and past president of the Richmond Rod and Gun Club, said firearms should “never” be used as a way to let off steam.

“I look at this thing and it disturbs me,” the 74-year-old firearms instructor told 24 hours Thursday.

“We’re target shooters, we’re hunters, we’re not involved in doing vandalism or drive-by shootings or shooting up parking meters or other inanimate objects.”

DVC Ventures: Vancouver Gun Range, the business behind the advert, didn’t respond to calls by press-time Thursday.

TransLink spokesman Derek Zabel said all of the transit authority’s accepted ads follow Canadian advertising standards and there was nothing illegal in the adverts. He said a trio of posters had been placed since May at five different SkyTrain stations, four of them in Vancouver, and there has only been one complaint.

According to the TransLink advertising policy, the authority can refuse adverts if it determines an ad to be of “questionable taste,” offensive, or immoral.

Wood said he couldn’t think of anywhere the advert could be appropriately posted. He’s been teaching firearms safety for the past 41 years.

“Shooting is a serious situation,” he reasoned. “It’s not the way to let out stress by shooting. That’s anger, and we never shoot in anger.”

DVC is a Port Coquitlam gun range that offers rental weapons. The company was in the media last year during the NHL lockout for offering a practice target that showed a cartoon image in the likeness of hockey commissioner Gary Bettman.

I must admit I was surprised when I first saw it, but not offended. You?
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[yazoo]

My new year's resolution was to stop 'being offended' by things. There are too many victims running around being offended by the most innocuous stuff. Oh crap, now I guess I'm offended...

It's the media. They have no funding for news gathering any more, so the only thing that they can do to sell advertising is to troll.

 

[VanessaofBC]

Close enough?

Print me that up as a sticker and I will cover a transit ad with it....Is that vandalism... ound:...i Hope no one here works for translink

 

[storm_watcher]

no but they showed one on the news yesterday that was an image of a man with bullet holes all over his crotch area, I guess to appeal to women. NOT COOL!!!

 

[Smilf]

I'm offended that I can't vote, this girl has played with lot's of guns

 

[Smilf]

Danger! Danger! Will Robinson
That's probably because you have a habit of unloading the full clip

HEY, I've got a built in squirt gun, what more do ya want? lmao

 

[vancity_cowboy]

i don't know about offended, but i think they're pretty juvenile

 

[VanessaofBC]

i don't know about offended, but i think they're pretty juvenile

well i think they are targeting the video gamers type who grew up shooting and killing things on computers. what are those games.... call of duty and grand theft auto

 

[vancity_cowboy]

well i think they are targeting the video gamers type who grew up shooting and killing things on computers. what are those games.... call of duty and grand theft auto

like i said... pretty juvenile!

 

[Sleepmonger]

Sad that people can be offended by things like this. They arent advocating vandalism, they are just suggesting people come in and shoot targets with the things that annoy you printed on them.

Bike lanes are a good one, I think a picture of an IPhone would be popular too.
I plan on putting a few rounds into mine on wednesday. Anyone want to buy a used Iphone 4?
TOO BAD! It must be destroyed! :clap2:

 

[VanessaofBC]

My new year's resolution was to stop 'being offended' by things. There are too many victims running around being offended by the most innocuous stuff. Oh crap, now I guess I'm offended...

It's the media. They have no funding for news gathering any more, so the only thing that they can do to sell advertising is to troll.

tsk,tsk!

Sad that people can be offended by things like this. They arent advocating vandalism, they are just suggesting people come in and shoot targets with the things that annoy you printed on them.

Bike lanes are a good one, I think a picture of an IPhone would be popular too.
I plan on putting a few rounds into mine on wednesday. Anyone want to buy a used Iphone 4?
TOO BAD! It must be destroyed! :clap2:

That is an excellent idea!