Hoodie Targets

[9mmforMe]

Not sure if this has been posted, did not see the topic after a cursory search.

At least one manufacturer is selling silhouette targets with a hoodie depicted and in the target's hand is an item which seems to resemble a drink.

What do you think about it? Personally, I think its reprehensible behavior and those who are making these targets and purchasing them should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[jon_in_wv]

Agreed.

 

[robhof]

I don't think it's any worse than congressmen and supposedly clergy convicting someone as racist and a killer without a fair day in court, not to mention the left wingnut media!!

 

[AK103K]

I dont see the big deal, it sounds like a "no shoot" target to me. Most of the people picture type targets come either/or, even with the same person in the pic. It forces you to actually think before you shoot when the target is presented.

I know a lot of ranges dont allow these type targets, but they really are the best ones to use if you want somewhat realistic practice.

 

[Midwest]

I wonder if the anti-gunners are behind this to make our side look bad.

 

[9mmforMe]

Update: They are no longer being sold, so reported on liberal and conservative media outlets.

 

[DeadFlies]

No conspiracy here.

Just our side making ourselves look bad.

 

[liberty -r- death]

Sad, it was only a matter of time. Just adds fuel to the flame.

 

[CountryUgly]

I dont see the big deal, it sounds like a "no shoot" target to me. Most of the people picture type targets come either/or, even with the same person in the pic. It forces you to actually think before you shoot when the target is presented.

I know a lot of ranges dont allow these type targets, but they really are the best ones to use if you want somewhat realistic practice.

What he said^^ heck there are tagets with women holding babies (no shoot) and bad guys in hoodies targets (shoot) long before the incident we shall not mention. This one in question just so happens to be an unarmed guy in a hoodie target (no shoot)

 

[Inebriated]

*Haven't seen THE target, but I have seen what I am thinking is similar*
It seems pretty distasteful to me.

I definitely think "human" targets are the best you can use for training, since if you have to use a gun, it's likely against another person, and it's hard to find the 10 ring on someone... But I think silhouettes and zombie targets (hate them all you want) are there to take the role of "human" targets. There's nothing personal about it. Like I said, I haven't seen the targets, but if they're the ones I'M thinking of, they're obviously aimed (no pun intended) at a group of people. Which crosses the line from impersonal to personal.

 

[9mmforMe]

These targets were only being sold in Florida, BTW. I think that anyone trying to be an apologist for this behavior or equate it to a tactical boon is just kidding themselves, regular silh. are more than sufficient. These targets are not fantasy zombies or a generic mother with child, the are derived from one person (hoodie and drink in hand...come on!!).

 

[EddieNFL]

Personally, I think its reprehensible behavior and those who are making these targets and purchasing them should be ashamed of themselves.

I disagree.

 

[ACP]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/report-trayvon-martin-gun-range-targets-were-sold-155301236.html

Here's the link; target came complete with crosshairs on chest of black hoodie, with Skittles and iced tea attached.

You could not possibly ask for worse press for the legal gun-owning community. No anti-gunner could ever dream up such a reprehensible, money-grubbing scheme.

 

[xXxplosive]

Hmmmmm......I have no problem with it......faceless......or Bin laden targets or Dilinger targets used by the FBI.........OMO.

 

[ACP]

BTW, anyone here who thinks this is just some sort of new "no shoot" target is ignorant to the point of me quesitoning your right to responsibly carry a firearm.

A black hooded sweatshirt with skittles and an iced tea is commonly known as what Trayvon Martin was wearing when he was killed.

Add the crosshairs and it's not a "no-shoot" target. The common interpretation among reasonable and intelligemnt people is it is gun owners wanting to replicate the sight and feel of killing an unarmed black teenager.

It really is as simple and ugly as that.

Yes, the targets have been pulled. "Sold out in 2 days" says the businessman. Untold damage done to all responsible gun owners. Be prepared to have the water cooler or time clock conversation come Monday with your coworkers who know you shoot.

And to those conspiracy therosists who think "the antis" made this up, please return to Earth and breath air for a few minutes. Your own worst enemies are fellow firearms enthusiasts willing to try and make a dollar off of absolutely anything, incufding one of the most controversial cases of legal concealed carry in decades.

 

[Prince Yamato]

I don't really think this person is "one of us". I think he's just an opportunistic idiot. Look, there are people who used to sell racial profile silhouettes at gun shows (ie the guy at the White Supremacist table). Some people get a kick out of being asses, until they're called on it, then they run with their tail between their legs. That's what you see here.

 

[george29]

Probably something manufactured by the media so they can continue to stoke the flames. Nothing sells like fear and hatred.

 

[cyclopsshooter]

Just our side making ourselves look bad.

All too easy to do with the abundance of hot heads we have on our side going off half-cocked with too little real information.

 

[Owen Sparks]

How about targets with people wearing bandanas covering their nose and mouth like the bandits wore in the old Western movies? What about targets that look like people wearing 'raccoon' bandit masks that cover their eyes? Or the old stand by the ski mask? Or a Halloween mask when it is not Halloween?

I don't know about you but anyone prowling around on my property with their face covered becomes a target.

 

[Ryanxia]

Everyone needs to lighten up, it's a paper target. It's like the people who say that a black silloute target is 'racist'. Let the city folk be overly PC and let the rest of us get on with our normal lives. Next thing PETA will be stepping in over a coyote or bear target because 'if we're shooting paper targets it must mean we're going to shoot the real thing.'
Sorry, just my 2 cents

 

[Old Fuff]

I don't think it's any worse than congressmen and supposedly clergy convicting someone as racist and a killer without a fair day in court, not to mention the left wingnut media!!

You have a point of sorts, but there is no reason for our side to wallow in their pig-slop. What we have here is not a target but a provocation. It can only enflame emotions while serving no useful purpose. What it does do is give the gun control movement another stick to beat us with in the court of public opinion, as they go forth in an effort to get concealed weapon license and “stand your ground” statutes repealed.

It is well said that there is no cure for stupid, and to that you can add greed.

 

[xXxplosive]

As I said...........have no problem with it.
Being Politically Correct hopefully isn't the issue here......so what....maybe they should manufacture wall paper depicting the NBPP intimidating voters outside the polling booth in PA holding clubs or maybe produce toilet paper with the $10,000.00 Reward Wanted Dead or Alive poster that was put out on Z....but thats OK........no Federal charges brought, not even in violation of the Rico Statute......so someone made a "Faceless Target"........calm it.

Sold out fast too........guess they were popular.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Well there is nothing wrong with hoodie targets, but this thread isn't about hoodie targets. It is about Trayvon Martin targets. I am not even sure they are targets, per se, but a sight picture through a scoped gun. I can't recall ever buying any targets with the scope and crosshair view already in place.

To be honest, when I first saw them, I assumed they were made as a form of protest, not that they were a hoodie target, but showing a generic likeness and snack choice of Trayvon Martin being targeted....sort of like all the folks showing up for protests wearing hoodies.

I wonder if the anti-gunners are behind this to make our side look bad.

Oh you mean like those really clever anti-gun people who seem to be able to blend seamlessly in with gun folks at gun shows who are always putting live rounds in the guns for sale so as to cause NDs?

Come on! We do enough on our own. Just because might not reflect well on us does not mean that it is the result of a conspiracy against us. There isn't any reason to make such paranoid delusional claim unless you actually have some evidence.

 

[Walkalong]

It is unquestionably horribly bad taste. Anyone selling, or more especially buying them, are only helping the anti gunners cause, while angering, and rightly so, black Americans, many of whom are pro gun and on our side.

Pitiful if you ask me.

Personally, I think its reprehensible behavior and those who are making these targets and purchasing them should be ashamed of themselves.

I agree 100%.

 

[dubya450]

Yeah I'd have to agree that particular target is completely wrong and makes us responsible gun owners look horrible.