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Antis Target "Kids" Gun Marketing

Postby rugersol on Thu May 02, 2013 11:14 am

http://abcnews.go.com/US/youth-gun-marketing-debate-ignited-latest-child-death/story?id=19086960

The tragic shooting death of a 2-year-old girl by her 5-year-old brother this week was compounded by the fact -- baffling to many who don't use guns -- that the .22 rifle the boy used has been given to him as a present.


Lobbyists and advocates across the country are growing increasingly indignant over such shootings, and websites like Kid Shootings and Oh Shoot have now sprung up to track such incidents.

The shooting that has focused major attention on young kids with guns, as well as the gun industry's growing focus on young children as the next generation of customers, was Tuesday's fatal shooting in Cumberland County, Ky.


... kinda surprised we ain't seen any legislation, to that end, pop up, yet?!

I 'spose, it wouldn't take much tweaking of the current "children's access" law?!
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Re: Antis Target "Kids" Gun Marketing

Postby Glenn_S on Thu May 02, 2013 2:17 pm

The worst part about this is that it was COMPLETELY preventable. A gun of ANY kind belongs locked up, particularly with kids in the house. This type of thing happening does not help our cause.
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Antis Target "Kids" Gun Marketing

Postby whiteox on Thu May 02, 2013 3:50 pm

I wonder if people would be nearly as upset if the 5 year old had taken the 3 year old swimming in the new 3' deep pool the parents got him for his birthday and the 2 year old drowned.

I suspect not, and that's more likely than a shooting.

Strangely, people don't start tarring pool makers as "merchants of death".
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Re: Antis Target "Kids" Gun Marketing

Postby 45Badger on Thu May 02, 2013 6:46 pm

Ignorance is curable. Stupid is forever.

Heartbreaking story, especially because it is so easily preventable.
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Re: Antis Target "Kids" Gun Marketing

Postby GunClasses.Net on Fri May 03, 2013 5:26 am

NPR published a related article, just last night:

When It Comes To Guns, How Young Is Too Young?

by Alan Greenblatt
May 02, 2013 4:35 PM

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/02/180607299 ... -too-young


It already has 428 comments this morning. Hot topic, do ya think? Some compare gun marketing to kids as akin to marketing tobacco or unhealthy food to children...
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