If you told me yesterday I'd be posting a commercial involving kids, dildos, and guns, I never would have believed you… but here we are! This might be my favorite commercial of all time.
1) It's funny.
2) It's a PSA with a really valuable message that I think all people can agree on regardless of your opinions on gun control.
Kinda reminds me of that time my friend's niece received a "ring toss" (pictured below) as a birthday gift. My friend says the gift giver was mortified and claimed it was an innocent mistake.
An innocent mistake like she shopped at a sex shop for a kid's birthday gift instead of a toy store? An innocent mistake like somewhere there's a bachelorette party playing with a Dora the Explorer blow up toy? Or, are they accidentally selling something like this at Toys "R" Us?
So many questions…
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Oh, that’s good.
Oh, I am crying here. HAHAHAHAHA
Wow! Genius way to approach the difficult gun topic!
absolutely hilarious.
That certainly gets the message across.
Yes and no, I live in AZ and guns are fairly common down here. The problem is not that they should all be locked up ( most of our are but my wife and I both carry on a daily basis), but a lack of education. I work as a gunsmith and I also sell guns ( as a licensed dealer) and it is ABSURD how many people are willing to buy a gun, but not the training to properly use it. If the adult who is buying it wont learn the basics, what do you think he/she is gonna teach their kids? We have 2 kids, ages 9 and 2, and the 9 year old goes to the range with us on a semi regular basis. I started teaching him at age 4 the basic safety rules, and at age 6 he was ready to start going to the range. To him guns are a thing to be respected, not feared, and when used safely can be fun. The flip side of this is I had a couple come in to buy ammo from my store, and after several minutes of talking about kids and guns, it came to light that they not only NEVER locked up their gun ( they owned a single, very cheaply made and unreliable, handgun) they hid it in a underwear drawer. I offered to give them a trigger lock for free, and they turned it down because ” our kids will never look in there”.
It comes down to what you teach your kid, and how you present firearms to your kids. If the gun is seen as ” this is MINE, you NEVER touch it!” in my experience it just excites the kids natural curiosity. If it is approached as “This is my gun, if you want to see it you need to ask and we will look at it together, after reciting the gun safety rules.”
Myself? I started my son off by letting him look and feel my guns after I went shooting, while I cleaned them. He learned how they were put together, and what made them function before being allowed to handle one. He was taught to respect what they can do, but not fear them. Now, 3 years after he started his education on guns and shooting, he can disassemble most of our guns, can out shoot several of my adult family members, and has an interest in competitive shooting. He has stated that he would like to become good enough to shoot in the Olympics.