There are over 20 million AR-15 style weapons in the hands of American citizens. Per the FBI, less than 500 Americans are killed by these rifles every year. Ironically this makes them safer than backyard pools and texting drivers.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Rick wrote: Lets see the advertisement(s) in question and then see if those advertisements can be blamed for any individual act of gun violence. I've looked for these alleged advertisements that could possibly inspire bad people to kill with theses guns and I can't find them. Most killers have mental problems, so I doubt an advertisement would be the thing that pushed them over the edge.
If I was to seek out another "military style weapon", it wouldn't be because I wanted to take out innocent people. I'm also interested in military vehicles and would love to have one, but not because I could mount a machine gun on top and roll down the 16th Street Mall causing mayhem.
This reminds me of a lot of ads for sports cars where the driver takes it into a high speed slide smoking the tires and clearly violating the law. If a gun manufacturer made the same type of ad (a guy dressed in camo destroying something in a public place with his AR-15)... then yes, I would agree with you.
Please post one of the alleged bad advertisements and we can discuss further.
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Please REVIEW the article again...it states there will be an INTERNAL (NOT YET RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC)......how can I post something that unavailable to me???
homeagain wrote:
OMG....release INTERNAL DOC that show marketing focus...u r purposely being oblique.
I'm not being "oblique". I'm simply stating that if there is marketing that is out there or that is planned to be out there, I'd just like to see it. Trying to make a point using information that is not factually provable will never convince anyone. Let me know when you have it and we can continue.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Obviously the ads are so rare that HA can't find them. Gun advertising is very limited, they don't have the money for national ad campaigns. You will find them on YouTube if you use certain channels and some low rated outdoor oriented cable TV. So essentially the people viewing these ads are already into guns.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
