Contest Entry: Winchester 1979

[pikkewyntjie]

Troubled loner with a rifle in a wooded area wearing a jacket from the Lee Harvey Oswald Collection. What's not creepy about this ad?  I know it's debatable as to whether that is a kid, but I found this in Boys' Life so I'm guessing it's supposed to be.

Comments

[teamrodent]

YES
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I sense possible demerit badges on the way... (I don't remember the Girl Scouts advocating rifles or any other weapon besides the scout knife.)

[pikkewyntjie]

Older issues of Boys' Life had lots of gun ads, but mostly for air rifles. I don't recall seeing them in more recent issues when my son was a Cub Scout. If they were there, they weren't prevalent.

They still have the Rife Shooting badge: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/MeritBadges/mb-RIFL.aspx

[watteaux]

Fantastic

[misstia]

yes

do we need a 'this isn't going to end well?' tag??

[luke_russell]

Just look at the expression on his face.