Bushmaster Ad Run During Sandy Hook, page 1

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Topic started on 23-12-2012 @ 06:20 PM by waltdisney

CNN: Not Man Enough? Buy a Gun

These are screenshots from the Bushmaster website. As we now know, Adam Lanza (the shooter) had a Bushmaster rifle. This page has now been taken down due to Sandy Hook.

Coincidentally, they name a "Adam L" in their ads...

Adam L avoids eye contract with tough looking 5th graders. MAN CARD REVOKED

The general idea of the campaign is: your a sissy until you buy a Bushmaster rifle.
So if this "Adam L" person is scared of 5th graders BEFORE he buys a rifle, what will he do once he buys one? Kill the 5th graders??

This is either really bad timing by Bushmaster for this particular ad, or it was placed there on purpose.

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:23 PM by netwarrior

I see nothing in those screenshots that proves it came from Bushmaster. Checking further.

reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:26 PM by watchitburn

So um, what are you saying?

Do you have a theory to go along with this thread?

reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:27 PM by netwarrior

I see nothing but blogs for proof of this. Wayback machine has nothing for nearly 6 months.

Edited to add: Even the dang CNN article the OP lists only references buzzfeed.com. Buzzfeed itself is the originating author. I'm calling bunk. The only thing that lists under "Bushmaster man card" is the blogs! apparently it didn't "rage across twitter" as buzzfeed suggests. No other websites mention anything about twitter quotes.

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:34 PM by waltdisney

Google "Man Card ad removed from Bushmaster website" its everywhere.

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:37 PM by netwarrior

Which both lead back to buzzfeed.

If it pissed off that many people it would be all over the place. It's terribly easy to photoshop something like this.

reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:41 PM by netwarrior

I am not doubting that bushmaster led the ad campaign. I can see the directory on their website. What i doubt is the veracity of the "Adam L" pictures, because the only place those are seen is buzzfeed. Conveniently, the bushmaster site is down to confirm this picture.

reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 06:46 PM by diqiushiwojia

The original is Colin F, not Adam L. This pic is probably a photoshopped parody not to be taken seriously.

Here's the original:

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 07:16 PM by waltdisney

The whole ad campaign is fishy, which is why it was pulled down. CNN brought me to the Adam L screenshots, so if they are fake, why is CNN directing people there?

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 07:19 PM by ParanoidAmerican

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The templets are from Bushmasters Website anyone could have made this...you go in fill out a couple things and it makes them you can even print them off to give to unmanly friends...it is all a promotional thing like the VW Backseat Drivers License.

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Here is the page....I can't make one atm my net is seriously restricted here.

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My guess is someone used Adam L as their name or it is another Adam L....Little, Long, Lang, ect....all common names.

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reply posted on 23-12-2012 @ 07:59 PM by diqiushiwojia

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If you compare the Colin F and Adam L pictures, the background behind ADAM is not as clear as the background behind COLIN. That proves that the ADAM letters were photoshopped there. Besides, it's much easier to photoshop ADAM when you have COLIN than to photoshop COLIN when you have ADAM because there's no 'N' anywhere else in the advery.

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Sorry, I hadn't read through paranoid's post just now. Then someone must have put Adam L in there as a joke.

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reply posted on 24-12-2012 @ 07:54 AM by DriCo04

It's a freaking ad made by a poor quality guns manufacturer. The Adam L was added in there.

reply posted on 27-12-2012 @ 12:53 AM by OccamsRazor04

It's either an MK Ultra project targeting Adam L ... or it's a poor photoshop job and a sick joke.

In case you are having trouble figuring out which it is, photoshop is involved.

reply posted on 27-12-2012 @ 01:19 AM by Violater1