Lauer Custom Weaponry, a company based in Wisconsin that offers custom-painted guns for sale, has reacted to Mayor Bloomberg’s 2006 decision to ban any custom paints on guns in New York City by offering a collection of custom-painted guns called “The Bloomberg Collection“.
The Bloomberg Collection comes in several colors named after New York City boroughs. The colors are Manhattan Red, Bronx Rose (purple), Brooklyn Blue, Queens Green, and Staten Island Orange (yellow?). Lauer Custom Weaponry also sells the guns in brick and mortar camouflage which, I assume, will make you look like you’re holding a piece of construction material in your hands rather than a gun-shaped crayon.
Mayor Bloomberg holds up a real colorful gun next to a toy gun. See the ABC News report here (the female spokesperson for Lauer Custom Weaponry is tripping over her words).
Anyway, as you can imagine, Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t like the idea that his name and his caricature is being used to market these guns. The argument by Lauer, of course, is that any gun, real or fake, should be taken seriously, and that the color of the gun itself should make no difference in that matter.
Personally, I just can’t see myself taking a thief personally if he/she were to rob me with, say, a purple gun. I mean, c’mon, what is this, a Power Rangers episode?
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come on if someone is going to rob a bank or anything for that matter do u think they can afford a custom painted gun.?
He is a straight up idiot!!! Bloomberg is who I mean.
guys c’mon i have many guns / rifles and i wouldnt paint any of them. why ? because for this point only, say you rob a bank with the painted gun no one will take you seriously until you kill someone with it , but you dont want that because you will be in even more trouble. just DONT PAINT GUNS . YOU GUYS HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. (:
FIRST OFF, is there any law making it illegal to make guns colored, let alone any shade other than….black, SS, chrome, brass etc.? No there isn’t so stop whining. You can paint your 3000 lb car any shade and any ugly mural you want. when they kill far more people then guns do. This guy above is a clown, its a point that it doesnt matter if someone doesnt take you serious, its about, hey what is that, oh its a gun. If you dont take any gun, fake or not serious. then you deserve to be shot for your ignorance and stupidity. Jesus, it’s our right and our amendment so stop pretending its cancer causing or molesting children. Your all so very pathetic.