Vex
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LeMas Ltd, the manufacturer of the well-known and thoroughly-heckled "Blended Metal" bullets, created a video which shows them shooting pigs with their products, something I've often referred to as "novelty" and "imaginative." I come from a very long line of hunters, and during my life and learnings, I've come to respect nature while understanding that there's a fair balance in life which has often resulted in an animal being killed to feed a family in times of crisis, or when the hankering for home-made deer jerky just happens to coincide with the annual populaton control known as "deer season."
This leads me to the issue at hand, something I feel very strongly about, something that goes against all ethics I've been taught as a hunter, shooter, recent police academy recruit, and moral human being. When LeMas Ltd. shot these animals, they shot them while caged and tied to a tether. Something that, where I come from, people very strongly frown on. I'm not a "hippy" or a "animal rights" advocate, or a "leftist ant-gun communist." I'm merely voicing my opinion on the cruelty that is obviously something LeMas Ltd finds attractive to prospective buyers of their worthless ammunition.
Watch the video and see for yourself:
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=pig_bullet
Something I feel the dire need to point out is that this video proves nothing about the "blended metal" bullets or their unproven claims of performance based off the body heat of a target. It merely proves that something will die and not get away if you tie it up and shoot it.
Here is the page which was sent to me by a very dear, informative friend of mine. Create your own opinions. I, for one, will never purchase "blended metal" ammunition.
http://www.stopanimaltests.com/f-lemasPigs.asp
This leads me to the issue at hand, something I feel very strongly about, something that goes against all ethics I've been taught as a hunter, shooter, recent police academy recruit, and moral human being. When LeMas Ltd. shot these animals, they shot them while caged and tied to a tether. Something that, where I come from, people very strongly frown on. I'm not a "hippy" or a "animal rights" advocate, or a "leftist ant-gun communist." I'm merely voicing my opinion on the cruelty that is obviously something LeMas Ltd finds attractive to prospective buyers of their worthless ammunition.
Watch the video and see for yourself:
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=pig_bullet
Something I feel the dire need to point out is that this video proves nothing about the "blended metal" bullets or their unproven claims of performance based off the body heat of a target. It merely proves that something will die and not get away if you tie it up and shoot it.
Here is the page which was sent to me by a very dear, informative friend of mine. Create your own opinions. I, for one, will never purchase "blended metal" ammunition.
http://www.stopanimaltests.com/f-lemasPigs.asp
Animals have friends everywhere, and this case is proof that they need them everywhere. When a caseworker in PETA’s Research & Investigations Department played video footage that was sent to us anonymously, the screams of animals in terrible agony drew the entire department to his computer. There was stunned silence and horror as we all watched while live tethered pigs were hideously wounded by powerful “blended metal” ammunition. One moment, the animals were contentedly eating pumpkins, and the next, they were screaming, bucking, kicking, and trying to run for their lives and away from the tethers that bound them. One of the pigs reacted so violently after he was shot that he snapped the tether and ran out of the camera’s field of vision. The shooter yelled for others to catch the terrified and badly wounded animal.
It could have been a slasher film, complete with graphic slow-motion scenes and prominent background music, but it’s a professionally produced promotional video by Gibby Media Group of Spokane, Washington, for LeMas (Law Enforcement Military Ammunition Sales) Ltd. of Little Rock, Arkansas, the manufacturer and distributor of the bullets.