The Daily Beast
In 2002, only 194 babies were named Colt, while in 2012 there were 955. Just 185 babies were given the name Remington in 2002, but by 2012 the number had jumped to 666. Perhaps the most surprising of all, however, is a jump in the name Ruger’s (America’s leading firearm manufacturer) from just 23 in 2002 to 118 in 2012. “This name [Ruger] is more evidence of parents’ increasing interest in naming children after firearms,” Wattenberg writes. “Colt, Remington, and Gauge have all soared, and Gunner is much more common than the traditional name Gunnar.”
And? Is that any worse than DeShawn, Taquisha, and so forth?
ReplyDeleteYour secret racist is showing, Greg?
DeleteNo more than yours. If it's fair to criticize the names given to one group of children, it's fair to criticize all groups.
DeleteGreg said that parents in the gun culture giving their kids names unique to their group that may seem odd to others was no different than parents in another cultural sub-group giving their children names unique to their group that may seem odd to others.
DeleteObviously this was a dog whistle saying blacks are bad, and I'm just deaf on that frequency or I'd have heard it.
That or Mike's hallucinating.
I dunno. I got nowhere with my suggestion to my sister and brother-in-law to name my nephew "Bushmaster."
ReplyDeleteLOL! That was funny.
Delete"The meaning of the name Remington is From The Ridge Town"
ReplyDelete"The meaning of the name Colt is Young Horse"
"The meaning of the name Gauge is Measurer"
http://www.babynames.com/Names/name-index.php
As Freud once said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I'm not big on "unique" baby names since its asking for the poor kid to get teased. I'm not seeing how Colt is worse than say, Dweezil or Moon-Unit.
Those are nothing compared to the number of babies named John- after John Moses Browning.
ReplyDeleteIt is a conspiracy dating back to biblical times when everyone carried a gun!
DeleteDangerous Assault Children! They must not be allowed in our nation's schools!
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