{"id":1423921,"date":"2022-04-07T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423921"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:00:42","slug":"gun-control-groups-push-ftc-to-equate-gun-and-tobacco-advertisements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-control-groups-push-ftc-to-equate-gun-and-tobacco-advertisements\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Control Groups Push FTC to Equate Gun and Tobacco Advertisements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgun-control-groups-push-ftc-to-equate-gun-and-tobacco-advertisements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423921&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A number of gun control groups have banded together and are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate gun advertisements like tobacco advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times\u2019<\/em> Dealbook Newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/business\/dealbook\/guns-marketing-ftc-petition.html\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Gabby Giffords\u2019 gun control group, March for Our Lives, the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence, and other gun control groups \u201care petitioning the Federal Trade Commission [on April 7, 2022] to investigate and regulate the firearms industry as it has with tobacco, alleging that gun manufacturers use deceptive advertising practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>NYC\u2019s<\/em> Dealbook describes the targeting of gun advertisements as \u201cthe latest salvo aimed at the marketing tactics of an industry that has largely been protected from liability for the harms of its products because of federal laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>National Shooting Sports Foundation\u2019s Larry Keane responded to gun controllers\u2019 attempt to treat Smith &#038; Wesson like Philip Morris by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lkeane\/status\/1512056592895721473\">tweeting<\/a>, \u201cAntigun groups have a problem w\/ the 1st and 2d Amendments[.] Commercial speech is protected speech[.] This is old antigun play run unsuccessfully in 80s and 90s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>NYC\u2019s<\/em> Dealbook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/business\/dealbook\/guns-marketing-ftc-petition.html\">notes<\/a> that the gun control groups criticized firearm advertisements by claiming, \u201cAmericans have been falsely led to believe that gun ownership is a safe way to protect their home and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On February 19, 2015, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2015\/02\/19\/researcher-reaffirms-at-least-760000-defensive-gun-uses-a-year\/\">noted<\/a> that Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck reaffirmed his scholarly findings that show at least 760,000 defensive gun uses (DGUs) in America each year.<\/p>\n<p>Kleck\u2019s work on DGUs entered into the public dialogue in 1993 with the publication of the National Self-Defense Survey (NSDS). He conducted this survey with his colleague Marc Gertz, finding a minimum of 760,000 DGUs annually. His numbers have yet to be refuted with empirical evidence.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendmen<\/em><em>t columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>\u00a0and the writer\/curator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:\u00a0<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of gun control groups have banded together and are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate gun advertisements like tobacco advertisements. 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