I swear it wasn’t political when I started.  And it’s not really now, but given the general political vibe these days my intentions really wouldn’t have mattered – somebody would interpret this differently that what was ever intended.  Yeah, yeah – the first amendment is right there so I suppose it is a little political.  I just thought it would be a cool idea and I’ve drawn inspiration for the image from several sources that have done it previously.  I actually had some political elements in it that I decided were not appropriate – just didn’t want them “junking up” the image.

My inspiration was the M4 carbine.  I know nothing about weapon itself – this is simply the model I could recreate with some of the gear I own.  See the image on 500px.