<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">I see this as a joke product. In bad taste, yes, but I doubt it will have any real impact on homicide statistics.<br><br>What concerns me more is the Department of Homeland Security buying targets of pregnant women, moms with toddlers, young kids, and the elderly all holding guns. Why do they feel the need to desensitize their employees and law enforcement officials that they train to the elderly and the young? <br><br>Link for the target story: http://www.examiner.com/article/company-selling-targets-with-images-of-americans-to-dhs-for-firearms-training<br><br>As an aside, I couldn't find a "normal" source for this story, even though google turned up almost 2,000,000 hits for it. So you'll have to do with the Examiner. <br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Force <rforce2003@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 10, 2013 8:02 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Shameless?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8670289894"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>From Joe Nocera (New York Times):</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">Two of today’s shootings involve men who allegedly gunned down their wives and other family members. In fact, many shootings covered in our daily report are domestic. This sad fact has apparently not gone unnoticed by Zombie Industries, an N.R.A. convention vendor famous for marketing a target that
resembles President Obama. The company is under fire this week for marketing a mannequin shooting target in the likeness of </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/07/nra-convention-vendor-sells-bleeding-female-mannequin-target-called-the-ex/" style="color:rgb(102, 102, 153);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">a bleeding woman</a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">. Dubbed “The Ex,” the blond mannequin is clad in a tight white shirt and violet bra and actually bleeds fakes blood when shot. After an outcry, Amazon just yesterday </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/08/1981721/amazon-pulls-bleeding-ex-girlfriend-shooting-target-after-outcry/" style="color:rgb(102, 102, 153);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman',
times, serif;font-size:14px;
line-height:21px;">stopped selling it</a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">.</span><br></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>