Alphecca: Tree Ornaments to Annoy the Bradys

November 23, 2006

Tree Ornaments to Annoy the Bradys

Some folks worry about the stupidest things. From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Nothing says Christmas quite like a glittery black handgun hanging from the tree.

Urban Outfitters Inc. - no stranger to controversial products - is offering the 5-inch-long, Chinese-made gun ornament for $6 in its stores and catalogs this year.

"Bust a cap in your tree with this superglittery ornament in the shape of a handgun, complete with a satin ribbon for hanging," the online description of the revolver says. It is meant, the retailer says, as an "ironic twist" on the holidays.

"Twisted" is more like it, said Kate Philips, Gov. Rendell's spokeswoman. "The governor doesn't find it humorous or clever to display weapons that are responsible for taking hundreds of lives each year as if they are decorations," she said.

The article goes on to quote lots of other folks in Philadelphia who are "speechless" and find it "outrageous" and as a spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department worries:

"...wondered if he and The Inquirer weren't doing exactly what Urban Outfitters wanted: drawing attention to the company's Web site and catalog. 'It has the potential to raise their profile,' he said, 'and that's just wrong.'"

Au Contraire, say I. If a $6 dollar tree ornament has gun grabbers in an uproar, by golly I'm going to give Urban Outfitters some more publicity here:

Photo takes you to their site. Maybe they'll send me a free carton of them...
I'd like the mug of beer and the devil sock monkey too, please! (Thanks to reader Patrick A. for the emailed story tip.)

Annoying the Brady Bunch, MADD, and the religious right, one Christmas Tree at a time!

Hey, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving Day. Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Jeff Soyer at November 23, 2006 06:03 AM

Comments

SWEET! Now they just need to come out with a 1911 ornament. ;-)

Posted by: the pistolero at November 23, 2006 07:16 AM

"... annoy the religious right ..."?

Hold on there, partner! That's me! And I'm Pro-2A, and yours is the first gunblog that I read every day. Don't be raining on my parade, now! I'd get the gun ornatment but my better half would give me alump or two.

Posted by: Dale at November 23, 2006 10:09 AM

On second thought, I'd like to get their cheeseburger ornament!

Posted by: Dale at November 23, 2006 10:10 AM

Love it! May have to buy some. The only annoying thing is that the target demographic seems to be the young and stupid in New York with no future ( where have I heard that before? hmmm... ). That is, the type of urban young people who think they're making a statement that ridicules redneck gun owners by having one of these chic little doo-dads. Ah well, we can make own statements with them, I guess.

Posted by: tkdkerry at November 23, 2006 10:48 AM

They can have my Christmas ornament when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

Posted by: Robert at November 23, 2006 03:49 PM

They can have my Christmas ornament when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

ROFLMAO. Great stuff, Robert, great stuff.

Posted by: tkdkerry at November 23, 2006 06:58 PM

How come when these stupid bastards are "speechless" they keep talking crap?

Posted by: straightarrow at November 23, 2006 11:00 PM

Ed Rendell can kiss my ass. I've never been able to vote for him, even though the Republicans have ran lackluster candidates against him both times. As governor he's only giving lip service to gun control, but I think he's one of the true believers. He knows pushing gun control in Pennsylvania is political suicide. I'm worried that in his second term he might be more aggressive now that he doesn't have to worry about re-election.

Posted by: Sebastian at November 24, 2006 01:55 AM

If I was sufficiently wealthy, and had a secure enough residence, I'd be tempted to decorate an entire tree with actual revolvers (NAA Minis) just to annoy the Governor (or Spokesman, which ever the actual impetus started with).

Hoplophobia, indeed. The mere image of a gun is an affront to these people.

Posted by: Sigivald at November 27, 2006 04:21 PM

damn, why didn't I think of that! I've been making styrofoam guns for years now, I just overlooked the glitter.

D'OH!

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November 23, 2006

Tree Ornaments to Annoy the Bradys

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