Aug 19 2008Now With Movement!: Slow Motion Bullets

BANG!!!...

Wow beautiful ad.

That was pretty damn powerful- As soon as I saw the kid, I thought, "Oh god, oh no- fuck- They better not shoo--" and then the bullet turned into words.

Beautifully done. *nods*

Beautiful.

I especially liked the horizontal water bottle. And when that kid came up, I thought it was a joke.

Gun possession is a hazardous war affecting children in their homes and schools. Eight children a day die from a gunshot wound in the U.S. A million violent gun crimes are committed by 18-20 year olds, with homicide being the leading cause of death. How is it possible that 200 million guns are owned in the U.S. with only 80 million legal owners? Until we do something, guns will continue to flood the streets, along with the consequences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5-R7rcmiY

Get ya get ya get ya gun

"How is it possible that 200 million guns are owned in the U.S. with only 80 million legal owners"
I fucking own 120 million of them, I don't use all of them, but they are pretty usefull to kill flies in my bedroom, thanks mom for my 5th birthday it was a great present.

guns are for women. but only dumb women. which means every woman should own a gun. right, women? guns are dumb, like the people that own them. everyone in the world is dumb and should own a gun. or a gumb.

How come the bullet turned into words? Lame.

Let the hate bashing ensue. Muhahahahha

Only losers that like Star Trek really need guns. So they can shoot themselves in their Star Trek faces!

Americans think they can fight guns with guns it is just stupid.

I cant even view the video from work..
but based on comments I will assume that it ended UNEVENTFULLY.

thats neither here nor there.
I will save my slow-mo bullet watching for the freak on a leash video.

Quick question:

Why is there an add about stopping gun violence in a country where there is a prohibition on firearms?

Guns are just another tool in the thinking walking monkey's toolbox. If you're too stupid to handle it, stay away. If someone is willing to commit homicide, they obviously don't care if guns are legal. And if they weren't available they would simply find the next available tool for their goal. Are steakhouses hotbeds of sin and inequity for the collection of sharp knives?

Prevent and address the problem those who would do harm to others.

If guns are the problem, that means there was no violence or crime before there invention, or without their use, right? Or at least significantly lower occurrences per capita? So the crusades, slave trades, rapes and murders of the pre-gun world are just a myth?

Get a grip people, take some responsibility for yourself and your actions. Unless you buy a POS Saturday night special, it doesn't just "go off". Learn to use your tools and teach those around them to use and understand them, and they are just tools.

Advertising like this perpetuates the great willing fear and mystery around this one type of tool that leads children to find the hidey hole and play with this magical treasure that no-one's ever told them about except to hide it and keep it shrouded in ignorance and awe. Making it as dangerous and alluring as possible.

And how stupid do you have to be to not understand that if guns are illegal, only criminals would have them? Those who would be willing or able to defend themselves or others would be denied the ability to use a similar tool.

And a quick google found the wiki for Switzerland's gun ownership stats, they have a national militia with a very high per capita gun ownership and they also have manditory training and testing to make sure you can use it safely and well. Consequently, they have some of the lowest gun violence/accident statistics in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland

Just my $0.02

Come on you guys, gun ownership by law abiding citizens is not the problem. It's gun ownership by criminals and gang members. Law abiding citizens need guns to control neighbours' loud-ass motherfuckin' barking dogs. How else would we get any sleep?

Gun free zones!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pGt_O1uM8

Well said, J.D. Most informative and useful post in comments I've seen in a LONG LONG time.

guns don't kill people, people kill people. people have been killing eachother since they only had rocks and sticks. no ammount of gun banning will keep people from killing eachother - EVER.

JD, that might come out to be a little more than 2 cents.

i used to have a gun. but i kept accidentally shooting myself in the facial and headal region. but its all G to the Z cuz GunZ RxrZ HxrZ.

JD's comments start with the proposition that guns, presumably including handguns, are "tools." I agree. Tools with the sole purpose of causing death. Personally I'm not sure analogizing the a phillips screwdriver is helpful.

Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=screwdriver%20stabbing

Results 1 - 10 of about 75,600 for screwdriver stabbing. (0.16 seconds)

"...Baxter pulled out a screwdriver and stabbed..."

I think it's a fair comparison.

Kudos J.D.

Note - If 80 million LEGAL owners each have an average of 2.5 guns, that's 200 million guns. What a concept!

For every gun that is fired in self defense, or in commission of a crime, there are many more that are not. The psychological effects of a gun are as great as the physical damage it can cause. So yes, it is a TOOL.

For anyone who wants to THINK instead of spouting misinformation:

http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

Tool -noun: anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success.

From the dictionary.

Are we back on this whole tool deal? You guys are all tools. Potentially dangerous tools, but tools nonetheless.

@ JD, Good work on the screwdrvier stabbing search. I think the gun haters should actually check the stats of people being murdered with everyday objects before they go off about guns. I got 1.9 million hits for "Sock Murder"
http://www.google.com/search?q=sock+murder&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS283US283

@25.

Yet none of those 1.9 million hits are about sock murders. You can never compare hits with actual findings on search engines.

omg that was a totally awesome ad. the end really caught me. hah.

The D stands for Dumbankles.

Personally, I enjoy shooting...liberals.

It's great fun because I know the can't fight back. I'm just doing my part to stop Obama.

"Are steakhouses hotbeds of sin and inequity for the collection of sharp knives?"

This is glib and it doesn't make for a strong argument.

I was hoping the damn fucker would die...

I almost pissed myself laughing when I saw the kid's head xD

@12 Gun violence in the UK is becoming a problem. Despite the prohibition on owning guns here guns are becoming more common. Social workers I've talked to speculate that its to do with trade and more open borders between Uk and the EU, particularly with Eastern European countries. In resposne to J.D. I think the point is that guns don't seem to have a particular purpose in modern Western society other than individual security. I think that having the ability to freely purchase guns has a neglibile effect in terms of security in Western, particularly American, society. However, making something illegal is not going to dramatically decrease the occurence. Particular examples are the prohibition on prostitution and drugs.

As far as making a difference in modern western culture, several years ago Florida dramatically loosened concealed carry permitting for state residents.

The effect? Many residents started carrying concealed pistols on their person, violent crimes dropped sharply with a significant portion of the remaining crimes being committed against people with visible origins out-of-state (driving rental cars, cars with OOS plates, etc) because those people were less likely to be able to defend themselves effectively.

And @30, I find it no less glib than any on the anti-gun arguments on the table. The problem is people are often not bright enough to find the logical inconsistencies in them and thus miss what should only be humor and take them seriously. It also serves as an example of an everyday place filled to the brim with one of humankind's first (and probably the highest bodycount-having) weapons that I personally have never heard to a murder in (though yes, I'm sure it's happened).

@18, yeah, I was cleaning under my couch cushions, it was more like $0.83 and a stale pretzel.

While I am inclined to agree with the idea that a gun's sole purpose is that of destruction of life, and has few relevant secondary ones. I am also of the idea that it is impossible to un-invent guns.
Nonetheless gun ownership in itself is problematic, mainly because people do not use them properly or treat them with the adequate respect.
Personally I feel that there is something inherently wrong about all weapons, but more so about guns for their relative simplicity in use couped with their range.
However I feel that if people are to use the gun (or any other weapon) responsibly, whatever that may mean, their possession is not something one can object to.
The solution to gun violence is making guns much harder to get (both legal and illegaly).
And yes that would not solve all violence problems, any object may be used as a weapon, but it will reduce some fears.
As to the carrying of guns for protection. It has a certain uncivilized touch to it. It implies a distrust of government and a state of control loss.

As to the video. It is beautiful, thoughtful. It combines a rather joyous awe at destruction of objects, with a sudden twist of disgust at the idea of a human death and at a potential desire to see if "they will do it".
Very thought provoking

Second Odysseus -

Why does a country that basically prohibits the ownership of hadnguns have to have an add campaign to fight the use of illegal handguns? could it be perhaps that bans dont work? and the criminal element will always have guns!? Guncontrol doesnt work - Perfect example thank you UK for showing us.

MOLONLABE
Leonidas

JD
what your forgetting is that the swiss are mental and are too busy playing with all the nazi gold they have

i dunno whay you americans fight over this shit all the time.
its too late you cant put the gene back in the bottle you have to many guns out there to stop it now

Name of the song?

The real problem is eductaion.

The people here in this forum, and those like them, who have good arguements for and against guns are not the people at the centre of gun related crime. The people who use guns for crime will use them if they are legal or not as they do not care either way so all this discussion is irrelivant.

Educating people, helping people see that crime is not an answer to there problems is the only way to reduce gun related death. Gang menbers are all misguided and simply to affraid to make there own, honest, way thru life. They think they have no opportunties to live a decent and happy life and its their belief in this that makes it true... so the cycle continues.

take the guns and they will use knifes. take the knifes and they will use sticks.

Maybe America has the biggest problem with gun crime because it is the most poorly educated country in the world... not beacuse guns are legal.

Anyone have an alternative site work dont allow you tube :(

If it weren't for gunz there would be no head shot sept if you took a picture ;/

In order to control gun crimes the federal government has to do one of two things. either (a) ban all guns or (b) give everybody guns. in order to achieve goal a the government would have to tighten security of the nation (aka lock down all borders and perform a dragnet search and seizure of all homes, work facilities, general buildings etc.) Whereas, in order to achieve goal b the government would have to give a gun to everybody and train them how, when, and why to use it. Either way is going to cost a lot of money and time, and neither one is going to stop violent crimes. But personally i like option b.

Just, as JD said, my $0.02.

I was also really hoping that (a) they were going to shoot the kid and (b) the kid's head would explode. That would kill (aka terminate, destroy, etc.) that kid.

Just my $0.02

See, I saw this and thought "A radio station?"

Yo, herc, I hope you get this! Who revised that article? because there are no current dates listed. They stopped around 2000ish.

Ban Hammers and Screwdrivers, Ice picks, baseball bats, should I go on?