{"id":1830526,"date":"2023-01-31T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1830526"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:38:51","slug":"media-malign-firearm-manufacturer-for-selling-gun-that-encourages-adults-to-teach-kids-safe-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-malign-firearm-manufacturer-for-selling-gun-that-encourages-adults-to-teach-kids-safe-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Malign Firearm Manufacturer For Selling Gun That Encourages Adults To Teach Kids Safe Shooting"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmedia-malign-firearm-manufacturer-for-selling-gun-that-encourages-adults-to-teach-kids-safe-shooting%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=1830526&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-->\n<p>Democrats and corporate media teamed up this week against a gun manufacturer to make fun of it for selling a gun to teach adults how to safely shoot and handle a firearm. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing inherently illegal about gun manufacturer WEE1 Tactical\u2019s all-black JR-15, a 2.5 lb .22 long rifle designed to function \u201clike a modern sporting rifle.\u201d In fact, the JR-15 is one of the best introductory firearms available once it goes on sale later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Seven Democrat senators remain, however. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/-senators-slam-wee1-tactical-for-marketing-assault-style-jr-15-weapon-to-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renew<\/a> Their demands that WEE1 be punished by the Federal Trade Commission for marketing gun manufacturers are a direct threat to their rights. \u201cassault rifles\u201d  \u201cdeadly weapons of war\u201d For young children.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media are all too happy to promote the anti-gun narrative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/v7vakd\/the-jr-15-rifle-for-kids-is-back-without-baby-skulls-in-marketing-this-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amplified<\/a> the senators\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/senators-renew-call-investigation-smaller-ar-15-rifle\/story?id=96712785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Besorgnization<\/a> With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/explained-what-is-the-jr-15-assault-rifle-is-it-being-marketed-to-children-in-the-us-12072942.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inaccurate<\/a> Negative headlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing Soon to Stores: The AR-15 for Kids,\u201d One headline from New York Magazine Intellegincer <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230130124501\/https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/01\/wee-1s-jr-15-is-the-ar-15-for-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA child-size rifle with cartoon skulls, inspired by the AR-15, raises concerns,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/01\/29\/jr-15-rifle-ar-15-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAR-15 rifle for kids marketed weeks after a 6-year-old shot a teacher,\u201d Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jr-ar-15-rifle-for-kids-marketed-2023-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fretted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the coordinated political moves of discrediting a legitimate company manufacturing and marketing legal guns are a coordinated move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Trade Commission is nonpartisan. It\u2019s designed to be nonpartisan. And now you\u2019ve got partisan senator pressure asking them to take a partisan policy position on First Amendment-protected free speech,\u201d The Federalist heard Mark Oliva, The National Shooting Sports Foundation&#8217;s managing director of public relations. \u201cNothing that [WEE1 is] advertising on this is illegal. Nothing of it is criminal. Nothing is factually wrong. They\u2019re going after it because they don\u2019t like it. They\u2019re trying to weaponize the Federal Trade Commission to achieve their policy positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Safety First <\/p>\n<p>The JR-15 was designed by Eric Schmid, a brother-sister duo from WEE1, and Heidi Schaefer, of WEE1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hTbyEPt4lEI&#038;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safer, smaller and lighter<\/a> Version of the AR-15 that can be used for teaching gun safety to children. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal was to build a truly unique shooting platform that a Parent or Coach can safely use to teach a young enthusiast,\u201d Flyer <a href=\"https:\/\/vpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wee1onepager2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Promoting<\/a> The firearm states<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer reiterated this commitment to The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric had this idea to create this firearm as a training platform for safety, education, and tradition. That\u2019s really what we\u2019re all about,\u201d Schaefer stated. <\/p>\n<p>Schmid made the gun specifically with his patent-pending technology \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wee1tactical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tamper resistant<\/a> safety,\u201d It acts like a cap on a bottle to stop children from firing the gun without adult supervision. <\/p>\n<p>It does not share parts with ARs, but uses.22LR as a recreational round that produces low recoil and low noise. This allows for safer shooting and greater accuracy. Schaefer claimed it instead \u201cphysically operates similar to the AR-15\u201d So that children who are interested in shooting sports may familiarize themselves with modern sporting rifles as well as the.22 LR caliber, which is rapidly increasing in popularity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to introduce the next generation into the shooting sports and hunting sports what is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Nothing that [WEE1 is] advertising on this is illegal. Nothing of it is criminal. 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