Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of a handgun - pics

[Kadie]

A Christmas tree ornament in the shape of a handgun is suspended by a photographer in front of an Urban Outfitters store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006. The handgun-shaped ornament for sale at Urban Outfitters stores, touted by the retailer as an 'ironic twist' on holiday decorations, is being criticized by community leaders in a city battling a spike in gun violence. The ornament sells for six dollars (4.6 euros). (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


A Christmas tree ornament in the shape of a handgun is held by the photographer in front of an Urban Outfitters store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006. The handgun-shaped ornament, for sale at Urban Outfitters stores touted by the retailer as an 'ironic twist' on holiday decorations, is being criticized by community leaders in a city battling a spike in gun violence. The ornament sells for $6 (4.6 euros). (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)




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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Nothing says "Peace On Earth" like a handgun ornament on your tree.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

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21. The Almighty is not amused!

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. lol

[NickB79]

15. No, no, that's the "piece" of the Lord

As in "Yea and Jesus said unto his diciples, "Mark, hand me thou 9mm and I shalt go forth and put a cap in Satan's ass." And the diciples saw that this was good, and thus did cappeth the evil spirits, in the ass."

I believe the passage is Heston 15:24 :evilgrin:

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20. Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.

"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

[LisaM]

2. Aren't they the same outfit that sold "Don't Vote" t-shirts in 2004?

And are owned by big time Republican donors, along with Anthropologie?

[MADem]

3. Well, fa la la la la, fuckin' la la la!!! There's the meaning of the season!

Hey, at least they didn't call it a HOLIDAY ornament....Allah forbid they'd dump the word CHRISTMAS in favor of the more generic HOLIDAY when describing that little icon of the season of peace and joy!!!

[SoCalDem]

4. WWJS?

:eyes:

[Kerrytravelers]

5. So, what is the ironic twist suppose to be?

:eyes:

[ComerPerro]

6. praise the lord and pass the ammunition

whatever turns the gun-nuts on, I guess...

[rhiannon55]

7. Every time I think our culture has reached the outer limits of bad taste

someone comes up with something like this. In the same week as OJ's new bad behavior... And Michael Richards' BEYOND-bad-taste diatribe.

Just wow.:wow:

[RaleighNCDUer]

10. As a side note, just what did OJ do,

that is, compared with what you THINK OJ did?

[rhiannon55]

28. I THINK OJ was willing to plumb the depths of bad taste

to make some money and be in the spotlight again. If I'm wrong, show me how.

[RaleighNCDUer]

40. And I think what he wanted to put out was a defense -

explaining how he could not have done what it seems everyone thinks he did - which he was, after all, aquitted for.

But since the project was pulled, we won't know, will we.

[rhiannon55]

42. Guess not...

[yellowcanine]

9. Shit. What's next, chocolate grenade launchers at Easter?

[TlalocW]

11. *Ahem* Mi-mi-mi-miiiiii

Deck the hall with guns and bullets
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
People who buy this all have mullets
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our camoflage
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Out into the woods in a rusty Dodge
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Crank some Skynyrd on the stereo
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Gonna shewt us a buck or maybe a doe-oh
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Cuzin Mel has brought the beer
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Look out! We jest hit a deer!
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Get out the truck and put 'er in back
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Didn't even take our guns off the rack
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Back to town and stop at the bar
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Sure is easy huntin' with a car
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

TlalocW

[donsu]

12. awarding musical gold star

nt

[NickB79]

19. LOL, thanks so much

My family will get a kick out of this at Thanksgiving, mainly because more than one of them would fit perfectly into this song :-)

[Bluebear]

38. Bravo, bravo. nt

[Kadie]

44. ROFL n/t

[TlalocW]

13. Original link please?

TlalocW

[malachi]

32. Original Link - I've had the displeasure of meeting the UO people

A more smug group of people you would be hard pressed to find. Looked down their noses at us because we represented a non-profit workforce services org.

Urban Outfitters' edgy sense of humor has drawn fire before. Various groups have protested two T-shirts - one said, "New Mexico, Cleaner Than Regular Mexico," and the other paired a dollar sign with the words "Everyone Loves a Jewish Girl" - and a board game, Ghettopoly, that spoofed Monopoly by featuring crack houses and housing projects.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16071089.htm

[Mountainman]

14. I think you all are going a little overboard. It's a little plastic replica for god's sake.

Let the flaming begin.

[GymGeekAus]

16. It's a great idea!

All we have to do is track who buys them, and we'll know where all the most dangerous rightwing loonies are!

[jmowreader]

22. Dangerous rightwing loonies wouldn't shop at Urban Outfitters

I was going to make a dangerous assumption: that because of the name, this store sold "street" wear--the kind you wear if you want everyone to think you're a world-famous rapper even though you can't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it.

No rightwing loony would shop in a store like that.

Then I went to their website...it's all this preppy stuff.

RW loonies still wouldn't buy these clothes, but I might consider it.

I won't buy the handgun Christmas tree ornament for one simple reason: with seven cats in the house, we don't display a Christmas tree. We had one the first year we were married. We had three kittens and a Christmas tree, and within two hours after putting the tree up we had three Live Kitten Christmas Tree Ornaments. They'd get out of the tree to eat, then go right back in it, and we had to lock them in the bedroom to take the tree down. Now we have huge cats. No Christmas tree for us. Nosirree.

[GymGeekAus]

24. RW loonies wear t-shirts too.

And some of them see spending 50 bucks on one as a symbol of their connection to God....

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. "And some of them see spending 50 bucks on one as a symbol of their connection to God...."

:wtf:

[GymGeekAus]

35. The idea is that monetary success = divine reward.

Some people out there believe that their wealth is a sign of God's favor.

[Mountainman]

31. No Christmas tree here for the same reason. But last year we got these little fake trees

that are about 15 to 20 inches high. There are tree of them together. We put them on a table with some lights and tinsel and it looked pretty good. No ornaments for our three cats to bat around.

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17. Do they make an AK-47 version?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. It's a fucking piece of plastic. Chillax. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.

Seriously, people need to get a life.

[GymGeekAus]

23. You say "chill." But you also escalate to profanity.

And then insult the participants of the thread.

"Do as I say, not as I do!" Uh huh. Whatever.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. Sorry, but this is how I talk. And I honestly don't see why people get so offended by plastic.

If they don't like it, then don't buy one. No one is going to turn violent because they have a gun X-Mas ornament.

[GymGeekAus]

33. Big hug, baby.

I don't see anyone acting all offended.

More like a discussion of contradictions that will be ignored by a particular segment of the population.

[malachi]

34. How about the fact that we have had over 360 murders in Philadelphia

so far this year. I suppose the pursuit of the almighty fucking dollar supersedes any thought of sensitivity. Aborted fetuses ornaments would hilarious.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

36. And none of them were caused by a gun christmas ornament.

If some crazy fundie wants to make aborted fetus Christmas ornaments, then let them. I wouldn't buy one, but it's a free country.

[malachi]

39. Did you read the article? There are people in this city losing

loved ones everyday. Nice attitude. What message are these shitheads trying to convey? How hip and cool they are? Gimme a fuckin' break.

[tanyev]

29. Well how else would they defend themselves in the War on Christmas?

[NYCGirl]

30. They also have a mug of beer ornament:

and a light-up Jesus ornament:



I guess that's bad news for religious drunks.

:evilgrin:

Edited to add: I guess some people just don't get irony.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=1054&sort=0&viewall=All&Trees

[GymGeekAus]

37. Awww, lookie at this one!

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=9352&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=3&iSubCat=1054&iProductID=9352

It's the Charlie Brown Christmas christmas tree! How sweet!

Luckily, I'm immune to this sort of marketing. ;)

[NYCGirl]

41. That's pretty darned cute, but I'm partial to the "Hello Kitty" ornament!

[slackmaster]

43. They have a Ralphie In Bunny Suit ornament!