And oddly enough, I seem to be the only one here who falls into the demographics they are aiming for…

Out-of-state gun lobbyists? Kind of a narrow target audience. But, hey, if that’s who they told you they were aiming for… ;)

Srsly, though, I’ve found that when I went looking to get offended, I was always successful in my quest. Since I stopped trying, my blood pressure has dropped to a much healthier level.

I said I didn’t like to ad. A lot of people disagree. To each his own. There’s no narcissism involved in it. In the big scheme of things, I really don’t give a rats ass if a range wants to run an ad like this.

Like what? That a gun person might go to a range for a bachelor/ette party?

That they might go play paintball for a bachelor/ette party?

Is the negative stereotype that a pregnant lady in a wedding veil implies a not-proper relationship that includes pre-martial sex and they are only getting married because the bride to be is pregnant?

That’s not a negative stereotype. In fact, it’s very much a large part of reality.

I don’t see a thing that says anything about rednecks.

I do see a lot of folks whining about image at the link, and in the above comments.

Folks, if yall are narcissistic enough that you care about the image your believe this advertisement portrays concerning your chosen soap box, you might want to reevaluate your reasons for climbing the soap box, be it your state image, or gun rights, or red necks, or marriage.

It’s a matter of who they are trying to reach (or were last year when I talked to them and actually researched them) and how this doesn’t quite fit so well with it.

You seem to be holding a minority opinion even in the comments section here, Bitter. Most people seem to be finding it funny, in an irreverent, self-deprecating, tongue-in-cheek way.

Having spent some years trying to promote an irreverent, hip image for an indoor range in a southern college town myself, I think the ad hit the mark nicely. (Although I’m still personally proud of “Automatics For The People”…)

Did you know its sponsored by a NSSF grant?? Wow

Of course, the ad isn’t going to help much, not when they charge $25 for an hour on the shooting lane. Ouch!!!

That’s some $$pricey$$ shooting.

Sadly, it made me laugh. And want to go there.

But I’m not proud of that … ;-)