{"id":1576659,"date":"2022-07-28T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T16:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576659"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T16:25:20","slug":"aoc-pressley-claim-gun-manufacturers-use-white-supremacy-to-sell-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-pressley-claim-gun-manufacturers-use-white-supremacy-to-sell-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC, Pressley Claim Gun Manufacturers Use White Supremacy To Sell Guns"},"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%2Faoc-pressley-claim-gun-manufacturers-use-white-supremacy-to-sell-guns%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=1576659&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DCNF-Squad-Gun-Manufacturers-Featured-e1659023468368.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Members of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d a group of left-wing members of the House of Representatives, accused firearms manufacturers of using white supremacy in the marketing of firearms Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts made the claims during a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee targeting the marketing of firearms, claiming that the advertisements used symbols of white supremacy. The representatives referenced advertisements while questioning the CEOs of two firearms manufacturers in a hearing held in the wake of mass shootings in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/uvalde-consolidated-independent-school-district-texas-elementary-active-shooter-reports\/\">Uvalde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/04\/report-gunfire-erupts-fourth-of-july-parade-highland-park-illinois-chicago\/\">Highland Park<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/14\/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-tops\/\">Buffalo<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/aoc-ocasio-cortez-guns-2nd-amendment\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Blood Money\u2019: AOC Loses Her Mind Over Gun Manufacturers In House Hearing)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to draw your attention to that red tattoo featured in your company\u2019s advertisement,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said to Daniel Defense CEO Marty Daniel. \u201cDo you know what that tattoo is, Mr. Daniel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Daniel said he didn\u2019t, Ocasio-Cortez turned to Kelly Sampson, Senior Counsel and Director of Racial Justice of Brady United, who said the tattoo was a white supremacist symbol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Mr. Daniel, you may or may not know, but your company\u2019s advertisement prominently displays iconography associated with white supremacist movements,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said, before pulling up a photo from the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. \u201cMr. Daniel, yes or no, are you aware that your advertising department uses imagery affiliated with white supremacist movements in its marketing materials?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, ma\u2019am, I don\u2019t think we do \u2013\u201d Daniel said before being interrupted by Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Pressley questioned Daniel and Ruger CEO Christopher Killoy over a poster during the hearing after an adviser from the Giffords Law Center called it \u201cdangerous,\u201d asking if they would use their positions on the board of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to halt such advertisements. Daniel and Killoy told Pressley that the NSSF didn\u2019t advertise firearms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as gun manufacturers have immunity to sell their weapons of war using harmful marketing tactics, black and brown communities will continue to be targeted, and that has got to change,\u201d Pressley claimed. \u201cIn the face of white supremacy, my neighbors and I are undeterred in the pursuit of healing and the true justice, and we will not let gunmakers incite violence against us with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ruger, Daniel Defense, the NSSF, Pressley and Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d a group of left-wing members of the House of Representatives, accused firearms manufacturers of using white supremacy in the marketing of firearms Wednesday.Democratic Reps. 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