Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
18 x 24″ Screen Print, Signed and Numbered Edition of 450. $45.
For release on 1/21/2011 at a random time.
EDIT 1/17/11: added the below that Fairey posted on OG:
http://obeygiant.com/headlines/2nd-amen ... more-12717
2nd Amendment Solutions
There were a few alternative tag lines for this poster including:
WHY DO I NEED A GUN?… TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE MY GUNS AWAY!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMERICANS WON’T ADOPT THE METRIC SYSTEM?… WE USE 9MM’S ALL THE TIME!
I began this print before the recent shootings in Arizona inspired by Nevada Tea Party nut job Sharron Angle’s comment that “if congress keeps going this way, people are looking for 2nd Amendment remedies”
The 2nd Amendment reads:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
It was adopted in 1791 shortly after the revolutionary war in which the colonies had freed themselves from an English monarchy that gave the colonies no representation. The wisdom of the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that a state militia could combat dictatorial oppression. I would assert that putting easily concealed handguns in the hands of a large portion of the civilian population was probably not what the founding fathers had in mind.
My concern over violent rhetoric in politics and the very easy access to guns seems reasonably well founded. I’m not blaming violent rhetoric for the shootings committed by a mentally ill man, but it can’t help. Inciting hostility is just uncivilized and irresponsible. I’m perplexed by America’s love of hand guns. I grew up in South Carolina hunting with my dad and we always had shotguns in the house. My dad put a framed piece in my room that said “A wise hunter once said: all the Pheasants ever bred won’t repay for one man dead”. I was taught to honor and value human life. Whatever your feelings are about hunting, you can’t easily conceal a shotgun, but you can use it to defend your home. Hand guns are too easy to misuse. A lot of people claim to own hand guns for self-defense, but check out the statistics below. Hand guns lead to intentional or unintentional misuse far more often than they are used for justifiable, self-defense related homicides. Even southern boys Lynyrd Skynyrd seem to get it!
Check out these lyrics from Saturday Night Special:
Big Jim’s been drinkin’ whiskey
And playing poker on a losin’ night
And pretty soon, Big Jim starts a thinkin’
Somebody been cheatin’ and lyin’
So Big Jim commences to fightin’
I wouldn’t tell you no lie
And Big Jim done pull his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes
Mr.Saturday night special
Got a barrel that’s blue and cold
Ain’t no good for nothin’
But put a man six feet in a hole
Self Defense
For every time a gun in the home is used in a self-defense homicide, a gun will be used in:
• 1.3 unintentional deaths
• 4.6 criminal homicides
• 37 suicides
In 1997 there were 15,690 homicides.
• Of these, 8,503 were committed with handguns.
• Among handgun homicides, only 193 (2.3 percent) were classified as justifiable homicides by civilians.
For every time in 1997 that a civilian used a handgun to kill in self-defense, 43 people lost their lives in handgun homicides alone.
For more handgun statistics check out http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/hgbanfs.htm
Thanks for caring.
-Shepard
print direct link:
http://obeygiant.com/prints/2nd-amendment-solutions
For release on 1/21/2011 at a random time.
EDIT 1/17/11: added the below that Fairey posted on OG:
http://obeygiant.com/headlines/2nd-amen ... more-12717
2nd Amendment Solutions
There were a few alternative tag lines for this poster including:
WHY DO I NEED A GUN?… TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE MY GUNS AWAY!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMERICANS WON’T ADOPT THE METRIC SYSTEM?… WE USE 9MM’S ALL THE TIME!
I began this print before the recent shootings in Arizona inspired by Nevada Tea Party nut job Sharron Angle’s comment that “if congress keeps going this way, people are looking for 2nd Amendment remedies”
The 2nd Amendment reads:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
It was adopted in 1791 shortly after the revolutionary war in which the colonies had freed themselves from an English monarchy that gave the colonies no representation. The wisdom of the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that a state militia could combat dictatorial oppression. I would assert that putting easily concealed handguns in the hands of a large portion of the civilian population was probably not what the founding fathers had in mind.
My concern over violent rhetoric in politics and the very easy access to guns seems reasonably well founded. I’m not blaming violent rhetoric for the shootings committed by a mentally ill man, but it can’t help. Inciting hostility is just uncivilized and irresponsible. I’m perplexed by America’s love of hand guns. I grew up in South Carolina hunting with my dad and we always had shotguns in the house. My dad put a framed piece in my room that said “A wise hunter once said: all the Pheasants ever bred won’t repay for one man dead”. I was taught to honor and value human life. Whatever your feelings are about hunting, you can’t easily conceal a shotgun, but you can use it to defend your home. Hand guns are too easy to misuse. A lot of people claim to own hand guns for self-defense, but check out the statistics below. Hand guns lead to intentional or unintentional misuse far more often than they are used for justifiable, self-defense related homicides. Even southern boys Lynyrd Skynyrd seem to get it!
Check out these lyrics from Saturday Night Special:
Big Jim’s been drinkin’ whiskey
And playing poker on a losin’ night
And pretty soon, Big Jim starts a thinkin’
Somebody been cheatin’ and lyin’
So Big Jim commences to fightin’
I wouldn’t tell you no lie
And Big Jim done pull his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes
Mr.Saturday night special
Got a barrel that’s blue and cold
Ain’t no good for nothin’
But put a man six feet in a hole
Self Defense
For every time a gun in the home is used in a self-defense homicide, a gun will be used in:
• 1.3 unintentional deaths
• 4.6 criminal homicides
• 37 suicides
In 1997 there were 15,690 homicides.
• Of these, 8,503 were committed with handguns.
• Among handgun homicides, only 193 (2.3 percent) were classified as justifiable homicides by civilians.
For every time in 1997 that a civilian used a handgun to kill in self-defense, 43 people lost their lives in handgun homicides alone.
For more handgun statistics check out http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/hgbanfs.htm
Thanks for caring.
-Shepard
print direct link:
http://obeygiant.com/prints/2nd-amendment-solutions
Last edited by sas on Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
A full week before the actual release. Don't know if I've seen that before...
This is the Sharron Angle print?
This is the Sharron Angle print?
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
It's not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. It's the one that says "To whom it may concern."
Anonymous Belfast Resident.
quoted in Guardian (London, Oct. 16, 1991).
http://quotes.dictionary.com/its_not_th ... my_name_on
Anonymous Belfast Resident.
quoted in Guardian (London, Oct. 16, 1991).
http://quotes.dictionary.com/its_not_th ... my_name_on
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Decent.. but easy pass for me.
I don't think my wife would be too keen on any gun prints with our 2 year old...
Plus we just found out another baby is on the way.
Good luck to everyone.
I don't think my wife would be too keen on any gun prints with our 2 year old...
Plus we just found out another baby is on the way.
Good luck to everyone.
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not feelin' it.
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Passing for the same reason.cheap cologne wrote:Decent.. but easy pass for me.
I don't think my wife would be too keen on any gun prints with our 2 year old...
Plus we just found out another baby is on the way.
Good luck to everyone.
Congrats on number 2!
Good luck all
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
I like it!!
good way to start out the year
good way to start out the year
"save a pretzel for the gas jets!"
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Interesting... I'm undecided. Stronger message than recent but imagery feels a bit less than fully developed
Congrats on baby number deux!
Congrats on baby number deux!
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
i likey. hope i can get it via my phone in the mountains of colorado...
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Definitely on my list...
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
thanks for releasing on payday!
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Waiting for Rollins instead
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Will give it a shot.. No pun intended.
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
any of you guys that are passing wanna snag this for me and Ill hit you back up? Let me know, thanks!
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
I personally love this print, but I might be biased.
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
I can't understand those whose are passing. After what happened in AZ, I'm glad Shep is taking action. I'm going for this.
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+1 Definitely going for this!spagucci1 wrote:I can't understand those whose are passing. After what happened in AZ, I'm glad Shep is taking action. I'm going for this.
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Why are you biased?TheOmethod wrote:I personally love this print, but I might be biased.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
+1spagucci1 wrote:I can't understand those whose are passing. After what happened in AZ, I'm glad Shep is taking action. I'm going for this.
Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
Imagery is weak. Cool saying at the bottom, though.spagucci1 wrote:I can't understand those whose are passing. After what happened in AZ, I'm glad Shep is taking action. I'm going for this.
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
good idea, bad execution
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Re: Official Anticipation: 2nd Amendment Solutions
I feel the exact opposite. I like the classic lines with the black and red, but I can't get behind the message. FWIW, I am glad he's expressing his viewpoint and I know people will dig it.hundreddollarhorse wrote:good idea, bad execution