Gun Industry Promote Guns as Gifts For Kids
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Jan 27, 2013 5:40PM GMTUS war machinery killing children
The US firearms industry has invested millions of dollars into a campaign to get American children interested in guns and shooting.
An article published on Sunday in New York Times announced the industry’s strategies to promote a next generation of gun users. These strategies included backing youth groups with firearms, ammunition and money; weakening state restrictions on hunting by young children; sponsoring semiautomatic-handgun competitions for youths; and developing a video game that promotes target-shooting and advertises brand-name weapons.
The industry’s 2012 report, which was based on an extensive social research, also focused on children aged eight to 17 and suggested that “peer ambassadors” should help introduce cautious youths to guns slowly, by the means of paintball, archery or other activities that are less frightening.
"The point should be to get newcomers started shooting something, with the natural next step being a move toward actual firearms," said the report. MORE HERE: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/27/285870/us-gun-industry-targets-kids/
WHAT NEXT?
More Small Town Gun Violence.
MORE HERE: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/teen_performer_at_inaugural_events_EjiZKz2nEBvZCZ2epnha3I
How many more of our children must die by guns before we say ENOUGH? thinkingblue
posted by thinkingblue at 1:47 PM
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