LEGO Art Triggers Anti-gun Group
By NRAHQ
Opinion
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Back in 2012, we reported on a controversy over LEGO Heavy Weapons, a guide #add on building toy guns out of LEGO bricks written by Jack Streat, a then-teenaged resident of the United Kingdom. Some parents were aghast that the much-loved children’s toy could be used to make “confrontational” playthings. When the same publisher followed up by releasing Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against #add (authored by two former employees of the LEGO firm), Britain’s Daily Telegraph virtually guaranteed a boost in book sales by apparently describing it as “the Anarchist Cookbook of the nursery.”
The same sort of peculiar overreaction has surfaced again, this time in relation to an art exhibit in Britain of “stunning, thought-provoking and often humorous artworks” geared towards “art enthusiasts and LEGO fans alike.” The Brick by Brick exhibition at Nottinghamshire’s Harley Gallery features LEGO-inspired art by 18 international artists. The objects on display include a …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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