The National Rifle Association convention has asked a vendor to remove a controversial zombie doll that bleeds fake blood when shot, at the request of the organizers.
The company, Zombie Industries, was selling a range of three-dimensional ‘life sized’ targets that ‘bleed when shoot at them’.
According to the Independent, for gun-toting, Republican-supporting and President-hating Americans, a 3D shooting target that looks like an undead Barack Obama was also on sale.
The NRA’s move comes at a time of heightened fears over gun massacres and terrorism, encouraging people to shoot at a likeness of Obama would cause upset.
While gun makers like to insist that people are not inspired by what they see on screen, the choice of zombie imagery follows a fashion for the genre in films and video games, such as “The Walking Dead”.
The convention displayed dolls from ‘bleeding zombies’ that emit a bright colour when hit, as well as “mutilating zombies” that, according to the firm’s website, ‘physically show visible bodily devastation when shot’
The Obama-like torso called ‘Rocky’ or ‘Bill’ is among dubious company: others in the range include a Nazi SS soldier, a “terrorist” doll that resembles Osama Bin Laden and one called ‘Bobo the clown’.
Another doll is named ‘the ex’, which looks like a dark-haired woman, presumably sold to scorned gun-owners to release their frustration. (ANI)