Sarah Palin used the symbol on a map illustrating the focus of her campaign work. After the Arizona shooting leftists said she was encouraging nutjobs to assassinate candidates. Why leftists would think that a potsmoking, acid rock fan, who burns USA flags and likes the "Communist Manifesto" would be inspired by Sarah Palin is beyond my ability to explain.
I have received emails that insist that this is a gun sight. Evidently they have not done any research. So I guess I will need to do it for them.
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/topomapsymbols.pdf
It is a surveying symbol. It is called a "reticle". The symbol was used by surveyors back when firearms were a flintlock muzzle loaded musket. It could mean a couple things. For one, it's what you see through a transit when sighting a target. The graduated lines on the vertical cross hair are known as stadia, and are used to calculate distance. It could also be a target used for rectification of aerial photography by a known coordinate at the intersection of the cross hairs. But overall, it means that the intersection is of a known coordinate, or one you wish to obtain. The symbol is also common in optical instruments used for astronomy, and are popular in graphical user interfaces as a precision pointer. The reticle was invented by Robert Hooke, and dates to the 17th century.
According to USGS, (U.S. Geological Survey) when used on a map it has no specific meaning other than a "Principle Point".
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If you think this is the cross hairs of a gun sight you don't know much about firearms.
Now, do a little research with your little brain and find out what the symbol really means.
Now, we all know what this symbol used by the Democrats means, don't we?
Now, we all know what this symbol used by the Democrats means, don't we?
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