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Obama 'Change' poster artist infuriates gun advocates with his new work
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new print associating gun owners with Satan. Claiming to be inspired by recent massacres, he created the image to pressure politicians into tightening gun control legislation.
Fairey, who is known for his iconic “HOPE” poster that he created during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, has enraged gun advocates with his latest design. The newest print, which Fairey is selling for $150 a piece, depicts an AR15 rifle and the words “America – The Land Where God Saves & Satan Invests in Assault Weapons and High Capacity Magazines.”
The 43-year-old designer says recent mass shootings inspired him to create the image. In a blog post published on his website, Fairey promised that a portion of the proceeds from the print will be donated to a “common sense gun law advocacy group.”
He says that he’s not religious, but that he wanted to demonstrate the hypocrisy that he believes Americans exhibit by practicing Christianity while also carrying ‘Satan’s tools’ that end up being used in accidental deaths, homicides and suicides.
“I’m not a big fan of the absurd abundance of guns in the U.S…. I’m also perplexed by the claim of much of the nation to have ‘Christian values.’ If god tells us to love our neighbor and not to take another human life, where do the assault weapons and piles of ammo fit into these ‘Christian values’?” he writes.
“Anyway, if you claim to dig god, lay off of Satan’s tools… if you don’t believe in god, lay off of Satan’s tools!” Fairey adds. “We live in statistically the safest time in human history, so the idea one would need an assault weapon for self defense is ridiculous.”
[link to rt.com]
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