
Breitbart– The AR-15 is listed as The Crusader Rifle on the manufacturer’s website, described as a “lightweight mid-length rifle,” built to be used for tactical applications or for competition. The words of Psalm 144:1—”Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle”—are etched upon the right side of the gun’s lower, while a cross and shield are etched upon the left side.”
Along the AR-15’s safety lever are the Latin words “Pax Pacis” (Peace), “Bellum” (War), and “Deus Vult” (God Wills It). Peace is the gun’s safe position while “War” is the gun’s fire position.
According to WTSP 10 News, Spike’s Tactical spokesman Ben “Mookie” Thomas explained why the company decided to create the Crusader:
Right now and as it has been for quite some time, one of the biggest threats in the world is and remains Islamic terrorism. We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda.
***DISCLAIMER: Since guns and religion is a hot button issue, Im only writing this in regards of ISIS terrorist so dont hate me. But if you do please comment so my site statistics goes up….i guess i dont care that much.Whatever***
I’ll readily admit that i hate novelty things on firearms. I’m not some crazy gun nut, just more of a casual enthusiast but when I see novelty gun things it just screams marketing ploy to me. And thats fine because thats just business. But every time you walked into a shooting range for the past few years right at the counter they would sell those silly Hornady Zombie loads and Ruger with their Zombie slayer LCP. Its all just marketing hoopla. Same kinda goes with this.
That being said, i kinda just don’t care for this on the consumer lever. On the military level though, i sneaky kinda like it. I’ve been seeing news articles recently that ISIS soldiers have gotten a hold of US supply drops. Well fuck that. I wanna see the look of disgust and disappointment when they raid a drop point and look at all the bible scriptures that’ll just drive them ballistic. Its just a point of pride at this point. The same way a ton of old Vets never own an AK because they’re the guns of the terrorist, theres no chance ISIS members are gonna use the Crusader. So yea it might be a novelty marketing move by Spikes tactical, but If just one ISIS member finds an AR with bible verses or whatever on it and wont use it to kill anyone and it stops him for a bit, then i guess it served its purpose. Now when are we gonna discuss Mossberg putting in production Constantine’s Holy Shotgun? If you thought the Crusader had religious stopping power, this bad boy could make son of sam beg for mercy.