“Art is meant to send a message, to inspire or to provoke emotions,” thedenverchannel.com proclaims. “Inside a Denver metal shop, two artists are doing just that by turning old cameras and photography equipment into sculptures of life-like firearms.” Photographer Jason Siegel and metalworker Keith D’Angelo claim their work isn’t anti-gun . . .
The artists said they’re not doing this to take a certain side on the gun debate and they aren’t from a certain political viewpoint. They’re doing it to send a message.
“It’s crazy the amount of violence that’s going on right now and we think it’s important that we shed light on that,” Siegel commented.
“In the political climate and everything that’s happening in the world today, people get it and it really hits home,” D’Angelo added.
So . . . they are working from a political viewpoint. As underscored by the name of their project: Shoot Portraits not People. [Note to artists: some people — specifically criminals posing an imminent, credible threat of grievous bodily harm or death — need shooting.]
I’m not bothered by the bias. A pro-gun guy or gal can look at Mssrs. Siegel and D’Angelo’s handiwork and admire their works’ form, ingenuity, craftsmanship and wit without worrying one whit about the “debate” over “gun violence.”
As TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia will attest, guns are cool. These gun-like sculptures are cool. The renown the artists are enjoying is related directly to the positive OK and negative emotions triggered by guns. As we say here in Texas, I could sit still for that.
[Click here for the artists’ website.]
Springfield is run by a bunch of people who exptected and planned for Hillary to win the election. Maybe if they had bet on the right horse, and poured more money into pro 2A candidates, instead of trying to get in bed with the Clintonista’s, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
32 comments and not one mention of force on force training. I have not partaken of it myself due to cost and time, but I think 81% have of the people surveyed have the wrong answer based on the first hand reports I have.
I got a CREED in July and put about 25 rounds thru it. Does not eject right just falls out and down also jams a lot. I took it home and tried to see if anything was wrong and e-mailed Walther with no response yet. I took it to the range and now the firing pin does not hit primer. Sent another e-mail telling of the problem and got a reply a few days later asking how they can help me. I sent back and said read my e-mail and you will see how you can help. A couple more days now and no reply from them. Web site says lifetime for their products and it just might take that long. In the meantime I was forced to take a Walther PK380 brand new to try in my pistol class that I teach. It does fire but does shoot over 6″ low at 21 feet. Another have box of ammo and got fed up and went home. I will review the 380 some more when the weather warms up some since it is the middle of Dec. None of the two Walthers will be used in my Pistol classes unless something changes for the better and both will be gone soon.
<>, ” These gun sites are monitored by, or created by, U.S. government agencies whom use them for profiling. ” This was told to me by an individual who in fact works for one of the agencies and is going rogue, as the individual is disgusted with violations of the Constitution.
Sounds like two people with too many feels got triggered, and the needed to be heard and bring awareness to some jobby (job-hobby) that they do that is otherwise ignored. They’re anti-gun, hoping to bag some shekels off pro-gun people whon think the recycled cameras look like something that the pro gunners like. And the anti-gun artists will giggle and pinch each other all the way to the bank.
Boy, am I pissed I missed out on this discussion IRT. That said, the following is what I have been saying all along.
There are absolutely no constitutional restrictions upon the free exercise of any enumerated right, NONE.
The only laws which prevent free exercise of any right are those applied against the 2nd. The tools of the 2nd (firearms) are being taken away. The tools of the 1st are words and thoughts; none of which have been taken away.