Posted on 04/07/2022 9:56:08 AM PDT by rellimpank
Likening "unfair and deceptive" firearms advertising to that of tobacco products, gun safety advocates Thursday asked US regulators to crack down on the industry.
A coalition of three groups asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which regulates advertising, to "investigate and regulate the gun industry's unfair and deceptive advertising," according to their 40-page petition.
"The FTC is failing consumers, failing our democracy, and failing the millions of Americans who have lost their lives or their loved ones to gun violence," the petition said.
"No industry -- regardless of its political clout -— should be immune from scrutiny of its marketing and advertising."
The effort, brought by the Giffords Law Center, Brady United and the March for our Lives, revives a 1996 appeal by Brady to the same agency that the groups said resulted in no public action.
An FTC spokesman said the agency had no comment on the petition.
The groups cite data showing a shift in gun industry marketing from an emphasis on hunting and sports shooting in the decades through the early 2000s to an overwhelming focus on self-defense themes over the last decade.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Did they glean any talking points from the gun violence messaging manual?
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf
After all, none of them there “rights” are absolute. Just ask branDUHn.
A violation of the first and second amendments.
Quite a goal there...
Have you ever seen a gun advertisement which showed someone knocking off the liquor store with their product? No. Therefore the manufacturers are exercising their First Amendment right, not soliciting crime.
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Now you stop this killing stuff. It's not nice. But don't worry, with the new bail laws and Judges Ms. Jackson, you won't spend a day in prison. You'll just have to promise to be good and never, never buy a gun again.
Do pharma ads first.
IMO a gunmaker’s ad tthat would be all I need to see to get me to buy would be “owning our products is your 2nd Amendment right!”
Henry Repeating Arms advertised on Hannity the last couple of times I paused my remote there.
But let the alphabet people propaganda seep into everything...
Yeah, what ads?
I’ve never seen a Gun ad on TV or Radio, you?
Lol loved those birdman ads. The idiot liibs completely fell for it.
The 1x scope with rubber band reticle is great.
I’ve sure noticed that TV has been inundated with ads from gun companies.
“...failing our democracy...”
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