Posted on 06/02/2020 10:05:15 AM PDT by rktman
The latest to try it is the ever-annoying Fred Guttenberg.
The father of a mass shooting victim and two gun safety groups petitioned the federal government on Sunday to stop the firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson from using what they described as “deceptive and unfair” marketing to promote assault-style rifles.
The father, Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Fla., joined with the advocacy groups Brady and Everytown for Gun Safety to send a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission.
As part of the complaint, Mr. Guttenberg and the gun control groups said that Smith & Wesson mimicked first-person-shooter video games in its advertising materials to attract adolescents and young adults. They added that the marketing of the company’s AR-15-style guns “attracts, encourages and facilitates mass shooters” and “played a significant role” in the Parkland shooting, according to the complaint.
Smith & Wesson didn’t immediately respond.
Smith & Wesson is the maker of the M&P15 .223 rifle used by the 19-year-old shooter in the 2018 Parkland massacre. The complaint urged the federal agency to investigate the company and to require that it include warnings in some of its marketing materials.
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To start, stop calling anti Constitutional groups “safety” groups. They are anti American.
You talkin’ to me? LOL!
Or go camp out in front of NRA Headquarters.
Or something.
While I am sympathetic to their pain, my rights don’t end where their feelings begin.
Like, you know, maybe he should complain to the video game companies.
perhaps a warning label is needed.
“WARNING: Not for use in illegal mass murders.”
Or perhaps we should make laws making it illegal to kill people.
That should stop all the killings.
Maybe people should only be allowed to buy blanks...even the police and military.
Maybe he should complain to the stinkin’ FBI!
The worthless FBI was warned many times about the punk kid’s threats but the bastards did nothing.
That POS shooter Nikolai Cruz had more red flags than a Mayday parade in the former Soviet Union.
“WARNING: Not for use in illegal mass murders.”
“Most excellent for stopping looters.”
I wonder what he thinks now after all the rioting and business owners having to take arms to protect their businesses and homes?
There are more guns in this country than there are people.
We could stop manufacturing guns today and there would be firearms for everyone for a long, long time.
These folks are barking up the wrong tree. Preach gun safety. Preach responsible ownership.
Preach not being an asshole to the weird kids.
Focus on something that will make a difference.
Nah. Only destroying them will be good enough. Maybe.
> I wonder what he thinks now after all the rioting and business owners having to take arms to protect their businesses and homes?
Unfortunately he’s probably screaming that you should let the police protect you. It worked so well in Parkland.
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