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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 12:08 AM Sep 2015

The Atlantic re: A Christian Assault Rifle

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/onward-christian-soldiers/404278/

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As WTSP notes, a Florida man—of course it’s a Florida man—is marketing a Christian assault rifle. The gun, which of course is known as the “Crusader,” is your basic AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, but with a verse from Psalm 144 etched into the magazine:

“Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”

The gun is also adorned with a cross and “Peace,” “War,” and “God Wills It” in both English and Latin. A spokesman for Spike’s Tactical, which is manufacturing the weapon, explained: “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.” The gun has a lifetime warranty, but there’s no indication whether you can take into the eternal afterlife, or whether the warranty would apply.

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The Atlantic re: A Christian Assault Rifle (Original Post) LiberalElite Sep 2015 OP
Geezers! hedda_foil Sep 2015 #1
I think I was suggesting something about the duality of man, sir awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #2
Best thing about that scene: the Colonel was the rude American in Fawley Towers Recursion Sep 2015 #3
I never saw that series... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #4
Funniest thing Cleese ever did, IMO (nt) Recursion Sep 2015 #5
Now I really have to check it out. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #6

Recursion

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3. Best thing about that scene: the Colonel was the rude American in Fawley Towers
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:01 PM
Sep 2015

Who kept demanding a Waldorf Salad.

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