Naked Security: … that’s supposed to be Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, waving an AK-like assault weapon in his flippers.
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Looking Back at Mexico's Masked Guerilla Uprising
By Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Contributor
On January 1, 1994 three thousand wiry rebels, dressed in black vests, carrying a mix of ancient hunting shotguns, homemade rifles, and modern AK-47s descended from the hills into the cloud-covered cobblestone streets of San Cristobal, a colonial city in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. As the rebel fighters clashed with police and army units, they succeeded in bringing their state and their political movement out from an isolated corner of Mexico’s southern border onto the global stage. After being ignored for years, they were making their voices heard. Over the course of the twentieth century, Mexico’s central state expanded into the periphery, building roads and encouraging the development of large-scale farms and the cultivation of cash crops for export. At the same time, many of the farmhands who had worked on Chiapas plantations for hundreds of years, forayed out into the unpopulated stretches of jungle on Chiapas’ southern border with Guatemala. As the century progressed, Mexico’s government implemented a set of policies that favored industrial development, cash crop cultivation, and the prioritization of the urban political exigencies over rural residents’ interests. With the help of export earnings and oil revenues, from World War II until the 1970s Mexico’s government jerry-horned a policy mix that pulled together Mexico’s disparate political interests under the umbrella of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). In the 1980s, however, as the global economy sputtered and Mexico buckled and nearly broke under the weight of debt accumulated during the boom years. Tested by economic crisis in the eighties, the PRI’s pathological mix of urban industrialization and politically motivated pro-poor policies in the rural periphery began to fall apart. Over the course of the 1980s Mexico’s government scaled back subsidies for small farmers in the south but continued to work to attract investment in the industrial north. As Mexico’s public chaffed at the continued rule of the PRI, Mexico’s long-time ruling elite pushed forward a new agenda of populist transfer programs and election-rigging to maintain power. Over the course of the 1980s under the strain of rising debt obligations and a slowing global economy, the gulf between the official rhetoric and the political reality opened into a wide crevasse. The Zapatistas’ uprising forced the government to acknowledge the existence of the disaffected rural poor in Chiapas and admit that many communities in Mexico had been left behind as the country modernized. Even today, despite the fact that Starbucks, a company which earned nearly $1.4 billion in net income in fiscal 2012 sources much of its shade-grown Mexican coffee in Chiapas, the state remains the poorest in Mexico. …read more
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The Hypocrisy Of Selective Outrage: Zimmerman Vs. Martin
There are no winners in this case. A young man is dead. Trayvon Martin’s family will never see him again, and George Zimmerman’s life – though he avoided a prison sentence – will never be the same. Having all the evidence and facts available to make an informed decision, the jury ruled Zimmerman acted in self-defense. Al Sharpton’s crusade will now continue in civil court.
Immediately following the not guilty verdict Saturday night, tweets were sent out about revenge, and death threats were aimed at Zimmerman, the jury, and the public defenders of this high-profile case. Zimmerman’s home address was posted on line with, “you know what to do.” One thug tweeted a picture of himself holding an AK-47 rifle and, “Zimmerman, we comin fo yo life, bi*ch.”
Hollywood celebs and pro athletes alike joined the protest. New York Giants Wide Receiver Victor Cruz Tweeted: ‘Zimmerman doesn’t last a year before the hood catches up to him.’
Atlanta Falcons Roddy White tweeted: ‘All them jurors should go home tonight and kill themselves for letting a grown man get away with killing a kid.’
Geraldo Riviera commented on how the jury may have reasoned:
“I see those six ladies putting themselves, on that rainy night, in that housing complex that has just been burglarized by three or four different groups of black youngsters from the adjacent community. It’s dark; a six foot two inch, hoodie-wearing stranger is in the immediate housing complex. How would the ladies on that jury have reacted?”
Regardless of what you think about the Zimmerman verdict, the jury somehow did what the media refused to: remove politics and ignore public pressure. Instead they chose to focus on the facts, laws, and evidence in the case.
Few in the media report on the travesty in many inner cities in America where black on black deaths continue to increase with the crime and violence.
Few in the media report on the massive number of black babies being aborted at Planned Parenthood and other Gosnell clinics, especially in minority neighborhoods. Where is the public outcry over these deaths?
While the Zimmerman case was concluding, at least four more people were murdered in Chicago, one of them an eight year-old-girl.
Since the July 4th weekend, dozens of people have been injured and 16 killed in Chicago – mostly shooting deaths – in one of the strictest cities for gun laws.
Liberals continue using race to divide Americans and …read more
Still Time To Stop Al Jazeera America!
Al Jazeera is under scrutiny for subversion in Egypt, and facing a mutiny from its own reporters over supporting the Muslim Brotherhood there. But The Washington Post assures us in a story that the channel’s official launch in the United States is on August 20, and its coverage will be different.
Philip Seib, author of The Al Jazeera Effect, is quoted as saying, “I don’t think you’ll see al-Jazeera America touting the Muslim Brotherhood. It will be more like CNN.”
But the foreign owners in Qatar will remain the same, and that is part of the problem. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has said that Al Jazeera’s purchase of Al Gore’s Current TV should be the subject of a congressional inquiry because of the channel’s foreign sponsorship.
As Accuracy in Media has been reporting for over six years, the anti-American channel works hand-in-glove with the Muslim Brotherhood and its associated terrorist groups, including al Qaeda and Hamas. Nothing has changed. In fact, Al Jazeera has become more open about its work as a foreign policy instrument of Qatar, including the promotion of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in Syria.
It is apparent that the Egyptian military and its supporters in the pro-democracy movement didn’t want Egypt to become another Syria.
The Muslim Brotherhood website still carries a story referring to Al Jazeera as “the greatest Arab media organization.” The channel originally made a name for itself by airing al-Qaeda videos, and one of its correspondents was convicted of being an agent of the terrorist group that carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The hit movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” based on the killing of bin Laden, notes that the al-Qaeda leader was tracked down in part by locating a nearby Al Jazeera office that received and aired terrorist videos.
In response to the jailing of Al Jazeera journalists in Cairo after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, the channel proclaimed, “Regardless of political views, the Egyptian people expect media freedoms to be respected and upheld.”
Broadcaster Jerry Kenney, a leading critic of the Qatar-funded propaganda network, said, “This is hilarious. Media freedoms? Why don’t they allow it in Qatar?” Qatar, which sponsors and funds Al Jazeera, is a dictatorship that jails independent journalists and even poets critical of the regime.
But that doesn’t seem to bother Soledad O’Brien or the other Americans who are going to work for Al Jazeera America. “If you look at what they’re doing at Al Jazeera English: High quality journalism,” she says, oblivious to the fact that while its slant has been watered down somewhat, the channel still has a bias in favor of global jihad.
To cite one example, note our report on Al Jazeera English airing sympathetic coverage about, and running “exclusive” interviews with, terrorist leaders from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), whose symbol is an AK-47 rifle and a black flag rising from the globe.
One Al Jazeera story, headlined “Mali: The ‘gentle’ face of al-Qaeda,” was picked up by The Huffington Post, one of the most-read online news sites in the …read more
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2 Philippine police officers escape from rebels
Police in the Philippines say two officers held captive by communist rebels have escaped after seizing a rifle and shooting their guards.
National police spokesman Generoso Cerbo said Friday that officer Allan Munez has returned safely to Loreto township in southern Agusan del Sur province but officer Nemuel Espana is missing.
Cerbo said Munez grabbed an AK-47 rifle from one of the guards and shot him and another guerrilla late Thursday. He and Espana then fled from the rebel camp but got separated. Soldiers and police are searching for Espana.
New People’s Army guerrillas seized the officers four days earlier.
On Wednesday, the rebels released seven militiamen they had captured separately earlier in the week.
The communist insurgency, one of Asia‘s longest, has been raging for 44 years.
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Assault Rifle Made Of Bones: New Zealand Artist Mahalski’s AK-47 Art Is Creepy, For Sale (PHOTO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It’s only $3,500 bones for this assault rifle.
New Zealand artist Mahalski made a life-size AK-47 completely out of animal bones, and it’s up for auction.
The non-working — but inarguably awesome — replica features a variety of bones and skulls that the artist himself found, including rabbit, ferret, sheep, hawk, pheasant, wallaby, snake, seal, cat and possum. Mahalski says that one of the skulls once belonged to the now-extinct moa.
What's In Store for Steel Stocks?
By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
Filed under: Investing
Earnings season is dead. Long live earnings season!
As the calendar flips over on the final earnings season of 2012, investors move briskly ahead into Q1. According to tradition, the first quarterly earnings season of 2013 will begin with Alcoa‘s Q2 announcement on Monday, April 8. But to tell the truth, I’m not all that interested in what the aluminum manufacturer has to say. What interests me — and more importantly, what I’ve got to tell you today — concerns steel stocks instead.
You see, no sooner has Alcoa kicked off the season, than steelmaker earnings will come tumbling out, and tripping all over each other. On April 15, Nucor will report, followed shortly thereafter by fellow mini-mill operator Steel Dynamics .
A week later, on April 23, it will be AK Steel‘s turn to deliver earnings — more on that in a moment. Then venerable U.S. Steel will chime in on April 29. Last but not least, the world’s biggest steel concern, ArcelorMittal , will straggle into place with its earnings report on May 11. Five cold-rolled lumps of steelmaking news, delivered to your doorstep in the space of four short weeks.
But what will that news be?
Here’s your earnings preview
Actually, the news these companies deliver next month may not be much of “news” at all. Just last week you see, Ohioan steelmaker AK Steel gave us some earnings guidance, giving investors a heads up that:
- Its steel shipments will be down 7%-10% sequentially from Q4 levels.
- The company will attempt to offset declining profits by raising its prices 5% on what steel it does manage to sell.
- At the granular level, automotive steel shipments will show some strength, and raw material costs may be down.
- But this will be offset by what AK calls “normal cyclical” weakness in the spot steel market.
Nucor agrees
AK‘s advice generally jibes with what we’ve been hearing from AK‘s peers. For example, Nucor recently warned that its Q1 earnings could run anywhere from $0.20-$0.25 per share, and will therefore be down roughly by half both year over year (in comparison to Q1 2012) and also sequentially (in comparison to Q4 2012). So the trend in profitability is clearly down.
That being said, Nucor is seeing some strength in automotive steel sales (although “sheet steel” in general is “weakening”), and in “energy” (read: “pipelines”) as well. Negative trends include a lack of “seasonal improvement that is typical” for Nucor in Q1 — but apparently not for AK. Also, Nucor seems upset that high “import levels” of cheap foreign steel are swelling supplies and depressing prices.
And Steel Dynamics lends company in misery
Adding to the downbeat drumbeat in March was Steel Dynamics, which guided investor to flat “adjusted” earnings of $0.17-$0.21 per share, numbers the company says are “comparable” to the “adjusted” $0.20 it earned in Q4 and the straight $0.20 earned in Q1 2012.
Like Nucor, Steel-D is seeing “decreases in galvanized sheet volume” generally. …read more
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Eric Harroun, Former American Soldier, Conspired With Terrorist Group In Syria, U.S. Charges
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old former U.S. soldier, has been charged by federal authorities in Virginia with conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade while fighting with the al-Nusrah Front in Syria. Harroun has posted YouTube videos and Facebook posts that showed him working alongside the group, which is commonly referred to as “al Qaeda in Iraq.”
Harroun made his initial appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Va. and will face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. Federal authorities said that the terrorist organization he worked with has claimed responsibility for almost 600 terrorist attacks in Syria.
When interviewed by the FBI on Wednesday, Harroun said he was part of an “RPG Team” and carried three rockets in a backpack along with an AK-47, according to the FBI. Harroun allegedly stated that he hit a tower with a rocket and other members of the team fired rockets that hit Syrian targets.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather Faces Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero as World Championship Boxing Returns to C
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Floyd “Money” Mayweather Faces Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero as World Championship Boxing Returns to Cinemas This May
Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon Takes on Two-Division World Champion Abner Mares in Co-Featured Fight
NCM Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, SHOWTIME Sports and O’Reilly Auto Parts Bring Boxing Action to Movie Theaters Nationwide Live from Las Vegas on Saturday, May 4
CENTENNIAL, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Giving fans nationwide ring-side seats from the comfort of their local movie theaters, NCM Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, SHOWTIME Sports and O’Reilly Auto Parts bring undefeated, Eight-Time and Five Division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather to the big screen once again as he takes on Six-Time and Four Division World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero. Mayweather, boxing’s pound-for-pound and pay-per-view king, will defend his WBC Welterweight World Championship against Guerrero in an action-packed live broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, May 4. “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero“ will be simulcast to select theaters nationwide at 9:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. CT / 7:00 p.m. MT / 6:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. AK / 3:00 p.m. HI. Also featured on the Cinco de Mayo weekend blockbuster line-up will be another explosive match-up featuring WBC Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon making his first title defense against Two-Division World Champion Abner Mares in a 12-round fight. Two additional featured bouts will be announced shortly.
Tickets for “MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero” are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). The event will be broadcast to more than 400 select movie theaters across the country through NCM‘s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.
“This is Floyd’s fifth fight that will be shown in movie theaters,” said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. “Watching Floyd Mayweather fight is a larger-than-life experience and the opportunity for fans to see him on the big screen is truly extraordinary. He has a tough test in Robert Guerrero, and we hope that fans take advantage of the opportunity to watch this amazing match-up with fellow …read more
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Court Affirms AK Steel Didn't Infringe Arcelor Patent
By Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool
Filed under: Investing
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a petition by ArcelorMittal to rehear its patent infringement lawsuit against AK Steel regarding aluminized boron steel used primarily for high-strength automotive applications.
By rejecting the petition, the court affirmed that AK didn’t infringe on Arcelor’s patent, which allows it to sell its Ultralume aluminized boron steel product. The verdict will eliminate customer concerns over the pending litigation that had convinced the company to hold the product back even though it has had production capabilities for years.
Arcelor had sued AK and two other steel producers, charging they infringed on a U.S. patent for the specialized steel, but a jury in 2011 found the patent was invalid and no infringement had occurred. Arcelor had petitioned the court to rehear the decision but was rebuffed by the appeals court.
The article Court Affirms AK Steel Didn’t Infringe Arcelor Patent originally appeared on Fool.com.
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AK Steel Guides Investors to a Q1 Loss
By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
Filed under: Investing
West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel updated investors on its expectations for steel shipments, average selling prices, and earnings for Q1 in an announcement Friday.
Q1 2013 steel shipments are expected to range between 1.275 million and 1.3 million tons in Q1, a 7% to 10% sequential decline from Q4 2012 levels. The amount of steel shipments destined for the automotive sector, however, is expected to increase. This increase will be offset by what the company calls “normal cyclical” weakness in the spot steel market.
AK is projecting a 5% sequential increase in average selling prices per ton, to approximately $1,060, attributing this rise to improved “product mix.” Raw material costs are expected to decline.
Despite higher prices and lower costs, however, the company expects to lose between $0.09 and $0.13 per diluted share in Q1, numbers that the company defended as representing “a significant improvement” compared with the fourth quarter of 2012 — in which quarter AK recorded a $1.90-per-diluted-share net loss. A one-time tax-accounting-related charge of $4 million to $5 million will contribute to the Q1 loss.
AK shares declined 4.6% in Friday trading, closing at $3.31.
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Hoax leads to Minnesota middle school lockdown, authorities say
A Minnesota school district locked down several buildings Wednesday after a 911 call that authorities later said was a prank, and a 12-year-old boy suspected of making the call was arrested.
The 8 a.m. emergency call prompted a lockdown at the middle school, high school and Central Education Campus buildings in New Prague, 45 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The male caller said he was inside one of the school buildings, Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said.
“He claimed he needed help because there was a shooter in the building with an AK-47 and that there were a couple of victims,” Studnicka said. When dispatchers asked for the caller’s cellphone number, he claimed it was a new phone and he didn’t know the number, the sheriff said.
Police Chief Mark Vosejpka said police and deputies quickly determined no one was hurt and zeroed in on the 12-year-old boy. Vosejpka didn’t explain what led them to suspect the boy.
Parents rushing to the scene were directed to a nearby church. Students were dismissed from the schools by late morning. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day but were expected to resume Thursday.
The middle and high schools have a combined enrollment of 2,067.
It was the second such disruption in the district this year. Two months ago, a student phoned in a bomb threat, Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich said. That student was expelled.
Kashmir’s Extreme Slopes Offer Powder, Firearms And Hashish (PHOTOS)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
GULMARG, India — There are very few ski resorts in the world where you see a soldier in uniform waiting for the gondola with a snowboard in one hand and an AK-47 in the other.
Welcome to Gulmarg, nestled in the Himalayan mountains in Indian-held Kashmir, one of the most militarized places on earth.
Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled
A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his fourth attempt to escape from a Greek prison.
But the plot was foiled after the prisoner was shot and the chopper forced to land in the prison’s parking lot.
The dramatic escape attempt was one of a handful involving helicopters in Greece, and the first time such plans have failed.
Authorities said the chartered helicopter — carrying two armed passengers, a pilot and a technician — first tried to rip off the chicken-wire fence surrounding Trikala prison with a hook dangling from a rope. But that didn’t work, so a rope was lowered down to whisk away Panagiotis Vlastos. Another prisoner, an unnamed Albanian national also in the courtyard at the time, may also have been part of the escape plan.
At the same time, the armed passengers used AK-47 assault rifles to fire on the prison guards. One guard, who was inside a post, was slightly injured by shards of flying glass. He and others returned fire, injuring Vlastos, who had managed to climb into the helicopter, as well as the helicopter’s technician. Vlastos fell from a height of about 3 meters (10 feet) into the courtyard, and the helicopter was eventually grounded in the parking lot.
Vlastos, 43, is a convicted murderer and racketeer serving a life term who had tried and failed three times before to escape from prison.
Prison officials told TV stations Mega and NET that they recovered well over 500 bullets fired from the helicopter. The Ministry of Justice, in statements describing the escape attempt, added that the helicopter passengers also carried, but did not use, “improvised explosive devices.”
Authorities said Vlastos was wounded in the legs but is being treated in the prison hospital because his injuries were not deemed serious enough for a transfer elsewhere. The technician’s hand was slightly wounded.
It was not immediately clear if the pilot and flight technician had willingly participated in the escape attempt or had been forced to fly to the prison, which is located 328 km (205 miles) northwest of Athens. Also unclear was whether the second would-be escapee was in on the scheme or just happened to be in the courtyard and tried to take advantage of the situation.
The Second Amendment Is Not Up For Debate
By Bradlee Dean
“Never trust a government that doesn’t trust its own citizens with guns.”– Benjamin Franklin
After the president (with help from his fraternizers in the deceptive state-run media) somehow won his re-election campaign, I thought it was important to note the first thing Obama and his administration did was turn its attention to the United Nations gun treaty talks.
Hmm, I wonder … If he really had the support of the American people, why is he so busy trying to disarm those who supposedly love him so much?
And all the while, Obama and his administration are busy trying to disarm the American people by conjuring up criminals guilty of some sort of gun crimes as an excuse for new gun legislation.
Well, then, let me help: This administration need not look any further than within its own ranks.
And this, friends, is the very reason we are an armed people.
Fast and Furious
As you know, Attorney General Eric Holder is guilty of putting thousands of assault rifles (AK-47s) into the hands of Mexican drug lords in an attempt to blame the American people for the crimes administration officials are guilty of contriving and committing. As a result, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed, along with hundreds of Mexican civilians, including teens at a birthday party and a Mexican beauty queen.
The state-run media conveniently pulled a media blackout on Fast and Furious, and some Americans gave them a pass and have “forgotten” the atrocities committed upon them by their own government, therefore strengthening tyranny so it might assault the people again on a later date.
Benghazi
The “later date” occurred in Benghazi, when Ambassador Chris Stevens, two Navy SEALs, and another U.S. citizen were killed on Sept. 11, 2012.
The Blaze reported:
The details of the September 11 attack that killed four Americans at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi are still murky, and there is certainly more to be known.
Former CIA officer Clare Lopez argues that the key issue is the relationship of the U.S. government, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya with al-Qaida.
‘That relationship, Lopez argues, could be connected to the rise of Islamic brigades in Syria, who recently created a “Front to Liberate Syria” to wage jihad against the Syrian regime and turn the country into an Islamic state.’
The Business Insider stated:
In 2011 the U.S. sold $33.4 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and $1.7 billion to Qatar as sales tripled to a record high and accounted for nearly 78 percent of all global arms sales.
‘The opposition groups that are receiving most of the lethal aid are exactly the ones we don’t want to have it,’ one American official familiar with the situation told the New York Times.
So, America, was Ambassador Stevens gun-running to extreme jihadists? Was Eric Holder responsible for putting guns into the hands of Mexican drug cartels? You decide.
Long-time gun grab attempt
Holder has been contriving a gun grab for years. For those who didn’t know, it recently came to light that Holder encouraged the media to <a target=_blank target="_blank" …read more
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7 killed in mosque attack in Kenya's east
A Kenyan official says gunmen have opened fire at a mosque in Kenya‘s east, killing seven people.
Maalim Mohammed, the county commissioner of Kenya‘s Garissa county, said Thursday that about eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles shot at a mosque in the village of Malele near the Kenyan-Somali border.
Mohamed says the motive of the attack is not clear. The region has been a hotspot of attacks blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants from Somalia. Somalia‘s al-Shabab militants have vowed to carry out attacks on Kenyan soil in retaliation for Kenya‘s military push into Somalia in late 2011.
Thursday’s attack comes less than two weeks before Kenya holds nationwide elections. There are fears al-Shabab-affiliated militants may try to disrupt the election with attacks.
Virginia pizza shop offers discount to gun owners
A Virginia Beach pizza shop owner is showing his support for firearm rights by giving gun owners a 15 percent discount.
The discount is given to anyone who brings a gun or concealed handgun permit to All Around Pizzas and Deli.
Owner Jay Laze tells news media outlets that he’d planned on offering the discount for a limited time. But he says the response has been overwhelming and he might make it permanent.
Since the discount began last Friday, Laze says 80 percent of his customers have brought guns into the pizza shop. He says one customer came in with an AK-47.
Laze is a gun owner and says he’s always been a supporter of the right to carry firearms.
Gun owners get a discount at Va. pizza shop
A Virginia Beach pizza shop owner is showing his support for firearm rights by giving gun owners a 15 percent discount.
The discount is given to anyone who brings a gun or concealed handgun permit to All Around Pizzas and Deli.
Owner Jay Laze tells news media outlets that he’d planned on offering the discount for a limited time. But he says the response has been overwhelming and he might make it permanent.
Since the discount began last Friday, Laze says 80 percent of his customers have brought guns into the pizza shop. He says one customer came in with an AK-47.
Laze is a gun owner and says he’s always been a supporter of the right to carry firearms.
Vegas shooting ranges amp up Valentine's Day gun promotions
One Las Vegas shooting range is selling “take a shot at love” packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another is offering wedding packages in which the bride and groom can pose with Uzis and ammunition belts. And a third invites lovebirds to renew their vows and shoot a paper cutout zombie in the face.
Never known for its understatement or good taste, Sin City is bucking the national trend of avoiding flippant gun promotions after the Newton, Conn., elementary school shooting. Instead, it is embracing tourists’ newfound interest in big guns the only way it knows how: by going all in.
The newest crop of outlandish Valentine’s Day offers is no exception.
Capitalizing on the state’s relaxed gun laws, shooting ranges offer an armory of military-grade weapons that aren’t accessible in other states. And because this is Las Vegas, they also allow customers to destroy photographs of exes, make souvenir T-shirts full of holes and shoot fully-automatic weapons in barely-there bachelor party man-kinis.
Some gun control advocates say the promotions trivialize the dangers of high-powered weapons.
“These gun stores and shooting ranges offer bad puns in poor taste in their efforts to put a happy face on firearms, yet each day more than 86 Americans die from gun violence,” said Newtown native Josh Sugarmann, who is executive director of the Washington D.C-based Violence Policy Center.
“While Las Vegas gun promoters present assault rifles with high-capacity ammunition magazines as harmless Valentine’s Day props, the vast majority of Americans understand their true role: military-bred weapons that threaten police and public safety,” he said.
At least half a dozen ranges opened in Las Vegas last year, triggering a marketing arms race.
Before visitors even pick up their bags at McCarran International Airport, they are confronted by ads for the Gun Store, Las Vegas‘ most venerable shooting range. One ad features a blonde posing with an MP5 submachine gun under the words, “Try one.”
Machine Gun Las Vegas, which opened last winter, hires former go-go dancers as hostesses and sells its “femme fetale” package with the slogan, “There’s nothing like the scent of Cordite in a woman’s hair.” (Cordite is an alternative to gunpowder).
“We give what people are asking for, whether it’s the `mob experience’ and they want to test a Tommy gun, or a bachelor package, and they want a limo to take them to the club afterward,” said Lianne Heck, marketing director at Range 702, which opened in October.
This year, gun ranges are extending their tongue-in-cheek promotions to Valentine’s Day, always a moneymaker in this matrimony-and-sex-obsessed town.
The Guns and Ammo Garage is offering free vow renewals by the “Pistol Packing Preacher” for one day only. The Gun Store has built a permanent “shotgun weddings” chapel, because nothing makes a memory quite like the sound of gunfire.
Bob MacDuff said his “I do’s” there last July before posing with AK-47s for wedding pictures and going shooting with his 25 guests. He encourages others to celebrate their love with weapons in hand.
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