Thanks to tribe for letting me know about this. I know there aren't a lot of members in Italy right now, but those of you that are definitely need to be aware of https://www.associazionepiercers.it/, the “IPGA: Italian Piercer's Gun Association”. Roughly translated, here is what their mission is (obviously): “The IPGA means to promote the use of the gun to do piercing.”
The pro-gun lobby is gaining strength in North America as well. They have already taken successful potshots at the APP, and have began nipping at BME as well, making threats that if BME doesn't publish pro-gun stories it could take legal action. (Don't worry, it's not going to happen).
I'm not sure that there's anything we can do to legally stop things like this, but at a minimum, if you are getting pierced, and you have friends getting pierced, friends don't let friends get pierced with a gun. All arguments about the health and safety issues aside, by getting pierced by a piercer you support the body piercing industry. When you get pierced by a gun, you take $25 away from the body piercing industry. So if we're going to get sued if we tell you about the health reasons, please don't forget the financial reasons as well.
Well, time to go down to Artik and see what's up with the BBQ tiki shirt… I'm dying to hear how the London BBQ went and how the Texas BBQ went so I hope people wake up and post about them soon!
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