Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement

[Nightcrawler]

I thumbed through and issue of this at my local Wal-Mart.

My God.

I didn't know you could shove the word "tactical" into a sentence so many times.

The cover of the magazine looked sort of like this:

NEW TACTICAL 1911! WITH BEAVERTAIL, FRONT SERRATIONS, AND COMMANDER HAMMER! FINALLY, SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

NEW GLOCK 37! GLOCK IS GREAT!

NEW TACTICAL TACTICS THAT WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE!

NEW TACTICAL POLICE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU GET THE BAD GUYS!

NEW TACTICAL ILLUMINATORS FROM SUREFIRE!


Okay, so I embellished a little bit, but the magazine struck me as one of those internet posts from upset 12 year old Counter-Strike players. You know, where everything's in all caps and has exclamation points?

Yeesh. And "tactical". For crying out loud, these guys are like SO 1999. Don't they know that the new gunrag buzzword is "urban"???

They're not "tactical" AR-15 type carbines anymore, they're "URBAN"! GET WITH IT, PEOPLE!

Consequently, I'll be sticking with SWAT Magazine, which seems to be...I don't know...more mature.

 

[blades67]

Skunk could use the word "tactical" more often than that!

 

[dave3006]

They do it because it works. Gun owners are probably, as a whole, some of the most gullible marketing targets in the world. Who else would pay $300 for a flashlight, buy more guns than they have fingers and toes, or pay $1000 for "training" where they are taught to point their guns at their weenies (position SUL)? All in the name of becoming TACTICAL.

 

[Tamara]

Nightcrawler,

Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement

If you subconsciously insert Guns & Weapons For The King's Men in place of the title every time you see it, like Marko and I do, it'll provide no end of giggles.

 

[Roadkill Coyote]

Hey, if your not laughing, your not buying enough gun rags. At least that's my excuse. You know, you could create a random cover blurb generator pretty easily though.

"Your insert scary situation here , your insert buzzword, trendy technique, weapon, or number of shots here solution!"