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September 3, 2015 3:00 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

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Gun names are becoming popular, unfortunately.

Meredith Engel, New York Daily News: Talk about a son of a gun! Violent baby names are on the rise as gun-lusting Americans pull the trigger on names like Magnum, Shooter and Caliber, according to troubling new data from Nameberry.com. Names inspired by knives, intimidating movie stars, tough girls and warriors have also spiked. The most popular of the macho monikers is Gunner, which 1,500 U.S. babies received last year. Gunner means “bold warrior” in Swedish. Other names gaining in popularity for boys are more specifically gun-related: Trigger, Shooter, Caliber, Magnum and Pistol, plus names inspired by gun manufacturers like Barrett, Remington, Kimber, Browning and Wesson.

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D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.