Smith and Wesson Tweets pic of "tactical athlete". It's a Proud Boys domestic terrorist!

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

So Smith and Wesson locked down comments on this tweet but didn’t delete the tweet

Sure looks like @Smith_WessonInc supports white supremacist groups and domestic terrorists

GEMTECH® innovation, Smith & Wesson® manufacturing.
Perce|eption Brand creates apparel + goods for the tactical athlete. https:// perceeptionbrand. com

[eShirl]

1. Peanut Butter

(kick)

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. What the fuck is a "Tactical Athlete"?

[Dustlawyer]

3. Because killing civilians is sport.

I hear they want to make it an Olympic sport because America invented the game.

[hatrack]

4. Like a real athlete, but with, y'know, guns. Lots and lots of guns.

.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Like an athlete

but with guns rather than testicles or dick..........You know, ......An Armed Eunich...........

[plimsoll]

40. I think Biathletes are real athletes,

And they carry a gun. But I'm not sure that's what they mean.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. When people call for "more training" for cops, some of it goes towards things like "tactical

athlete" training. The concept of a "tactical athlete" is someone who needs specific skills in self-defense, subduing others, and in some cases, vigorous work -- so people like cops, firefighters, and combat soldiers. "Tactical athlete" training (strength training, firearms, self-defense and subduing others) is different than fitness training, basic training, etc. Plus it sounds SUPER KEWL and is a GREAT way to sell more products to civilians who want to be Tough Guy-adjacent!!!!1!!!!

[Ztolkins]

34. John Wick without...

The charisma, skill, or money.

[Lokee11]

41. You Know -

Kind of like a REAL athlete, but with no athleticism necessary - just the ability to squeeze a trigger.

✊FDT!

[reACTIONary]

48. Really just cosplay. NT

[Wounded Bear]

6. And people complained that "sex sells"...

Gun porn seems to work as well.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Even without the stupid PB logo

It's a fetishy image that glorifies intimidation and murder. It's a sickness.

[niyad]

8. I'm sorry. I know this is a very serious matter. But something about where the

strap is positioned on that holster just cracks me up.

[Walleye]

11. Me too, started giggling

[Botany]

14. I wouldn't worry about that strap hitting his "man junk" because you just know it is very small.

BTW being able to walk around all dressed up in his cos-play I'm a killer outfit with his
AK or AR and his .9 mm or .44 pistol should be illegal.

[niyad]

20. Absolutely agree!

[IA8IT]

9. PB Petite Boner

[niyad]

22. Snicker.

[TheBlackAdder]

46. Looking at that handgun strap, it definitely doesn't stand for Python Boy.

[Kaleva]

10. PB stands for Perception Brand

Here is a link to the actual Proud Boys logo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

[Bobstandard]

12. Yep, close enough

The PB logotype on the guys shirt is close enough to the Proud Boys logotype that the similarity was surely intended. In the marketing game it’s called ‘borrowed identity’ or ‘borrowed branding.’ Examples of this technique are all over Amazon where copycat products borrow branding from the original by getting as close as possible to the original In product design, naming, and graphic design. In this case, S&W are making an unmistakable nod to the Proud Boys.

[Kaleva]

42. People believe what they want to believe

As far as I know, there is no evidence the S & W designed their logo to look like the Proud Boys logo. But who wants to live in a world guided by science and actual facts? That'd be boring.

[Sympthsical]

15. That is a weird apparel company

Seems right-wing, which is kind of a distinction without a different in this case.

What is with that Oakland t-shirt on their site?

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Gawsh. Imagine if the NAZIs had AR-15s!

Röhm might still be alive.

[jmowreader]

36. The Nazis had the AR-15 of their era

It was the Sturmgewehr-44, and it established the basic design for every assault rifle ever made.

Sturmgewehr directly translates to assault rifle.

[Kid Berwyn]

44. Danke. Ich verstehe. Hier, heute...

"When do we get to use the guns?"

A man at a local event by Turning Points USA asked, just hours after the Boise Towne Square shooting, asked Charlie Kirk when he would get to start killing political opponents.



‘When do we get to use the guns?’ The police should be able to take that guy’s guns.

BY BRYAN CLARK
The Idaho Statesman, OCTOBER 28, 2021

Excerpt…

The main speaker was Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Points. Kirk’s hucksterism is obvious. He is a traveling salesman at heart.

Snip…

According to the nonprofit organization’s tax filings, Kirk was paid about $330,000 last year. Turning Points reported earning about $10.3 million from fundraising events, more than a quarter of its total revenue for 2020.

Snip…

The man, claiming the state had fallen into tyranny, asked Kirk: “When do we get to use the guns?” — to applause and cheers from many in the audience.

Then, to remove any doubt that this aspiring Brownshirt wasn’t being metaphorical or facetious but was, in fact, asking when to start murdering political opponents, he continued: “That’s not a joke. I’m not saying it like that. I mean, literally, where is the line? How many elections are they going to steal before we kill these people?”

Kirk did not respond with a simple message like: “Terrorism is wrong. You shouldn’t do it.” Instead, he cast political violence as a tactical blunder. It would play into the hand of the same hidden media-deepstate-Democrat forces trying to institute tyranny by installing Joe Biden as president, he claimed.

Continues…

https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article255354321.html

[megapuzzler]

16. Actual "perception" doesn't seem to be in their wheelhouse

They managed to misspell it twice -- "percejeption brands" and then again in their website for it as "perceeption."

[Torchlight]

17. With enough bells and whistles, Madison Avenue can

easily pivot and make even violence and uselessness a wonderfully popular consumer product by tying it into trendy fashion. Hell, even Gary Dahl became a millionaire selling rocks to children. Add some bang-bang, tats, and a quasi-uniform for the enthusiast without a sense of self-identity to mollify the shareholders and board of directors.

I'll admit I bought into it as well-- corduroy pants, Members Only jackets, and feathered hair in high school may not have been my best choices, but I get to tell myself I was a teenager and not to hip on the tricks Madison Avenue plays, or the conspicuous consumption my suburbs aspired to.

[we can do it]

18. Pussi Boi

[niyad]

21. again with a slur against women reflecting cowardice?

[we can do it]

23. Not a slur against women, I'm female btw. Has always meant whimsy to me.

[niyad]

26. Whimsey?

[we can do it]

27. 😹Whimpy...phone out of control.

[niyad]

28. Understood.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Tactical warriors wearing kilts made by a gay friendly company.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

25. You should have warned us! Thank goodness I wasn't drinking anything.

[kairos12]

29. Tactical Cosplay Asshole

Join the Army you fucking coward.

[rurallib]

32. not our army please

Putin's looking for idiots - I mean m-e-n

[jmowreader]

37. Please. No.

The Army needs serious men and women, not…people like these.

[kairos12]

39. You are right.

I withdraw my nomination.

[keithbvadu2]

31. Tactical warrior already has a body count.

[ancianita]

33. Smith & Wesson supports the profits from fear buyers who use the 'athletic' cover to overcompensate

for insecurities about their manhood. Cuz one penis is never enough.

[patphil]

35. tactical athlete - translation: Domestic Terrorist.

Stupid boys in adult bodies playing Rambo.
The wall-to-wall tats are an optional accessory to complete the" fashion statement".
Best ad for gun control I've seen in a long time.

[Lokee11]

38. Compensation?

Looks like someone is trying to compensate?


✊FDT!

[LeftinOH]

43. ..and they've already clapped back, claiming the "PB"

actually stands for "Perception Brand." Lame, huh?

[EX500rider]

45. Tactical 2 or 3 gun competitions are a thing

Just cause you don't like it does not mean someone else won't. Lots of wierd hobbies out there.


One of the fastest growing shooting sports in the country right now is the action-packed multi-gun competition commonly known as “3-gun.”
https://www.nssf.org/shooting/3-gun/

Not just guys either:

[Vinca]

47. They should have stuffed a pair of socks in his pants so we wouldn't assume he was substituting

all his weapons for a dick.