Disturbing Video Adverts For Automatic Aiming Gun

Weapons Company Releases Disturbing Video Game Style Advert For Automatic Aiming Gun -- The Telegraph

A US gun maker has released an animated video promoting an advanced rifle, which it claims will make long-range shooting "five times" more accurate.

The Precision Guided Firearm uses fighter-jet style technology and tablet computing to make it difficult to miss a target up to 1,200 yards.

Despite being the type of weapon one might expect to be used by the military, Texas based company TrackingPoint shows a father and son using it to hunt on their ranch.

In an animated promotional video resembling a video game, the men kill a wildcat with one shot as the son explains that his father, a war veteran, had always instructed him to "embrace technology when it gave me a real advantage."

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WNU Editor: Impressive tech .... and I now want to see a real video demonstration.

Update: Here is a real video demonstration. Warning .... live animals were used.

Inside A Connecticut Gun Factory (Photo Gallery)

A newly completed PTR-91 rifle. Robert Libetti/Business Insider

Step Inside The Connecticut Gun Factory That Is Leaving The State In Protest -- Business Insider

CEO Josh Fiorini and his gun manufacturing company PTR Industries, are right in the center of the national gun control debate.

PTR makes clones of the HK-91 semi-automatic rifle and is located in Bristol, CT. Bristol is about 45 minutes north of Newtown, where 20 children and six of their teachers were shot to death last December.

The debate grew more heated recently, when Connecticut passed the strictest gun control law in the nation on April 4th. As a response to that law, on April 9th, PTR announced its plan to leave Connecticut in an open letter to the state.

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My Comment: I always wanted to see the inside of a gun manufacturer .... this photo gallery gives a good insight on how guns are manufactured.

A List Of The Best Reporting On Guns In America

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In The Wake Of Yesterday's Shooting Here's A List Of The Best Reporting On Guns In America -- Business Insider

Update: With today's shooting in Newtown, Conn., this article, first published July 24, 2012, unfortunately seems relevant again.

In the wake of last week's shooting in Aurora, Colo., we've taken a step back and laid out the best pieces we could find about guns. They're roughly organized by articles on rights, trafficking and regulation. And include your suggestions in comments.

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My Comment: Sobering reading on a Saturday night.

Did Da Vinci Invent The 'Machine Gun'?

Invention: The multi-barrelled machine gun was a weapon with remarkable firepower. Da Vinci sketched this rolling artillery battery around 1480

Triple-Barrelled Cannon Found In Croatian Fort Is 'Machine Gun' Forerunner Designed By Da Vinci -- The Daily Mail

When an ancient three-barrelled cannon was discovered by schoolchildren, museum officials would have known they had stumbled on a rare find.

But now, 40 years after the discovery of the unique weapon, they have learned just how important it is - the gun is a prototype designed by Leonardo Da Vinci himself.

The cannon was discovered in a Croatian fort, but only now has it been confirmed it was designed more than 500 years ago by the artist and inventor.

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My Comment: I am a history, so stories like this one are so cool.