<html><body><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 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 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></body></html>