Carolyn Maloney tweeted the following:
"Video game imagery is also used to sell guns to young people. The Smith & Wesson ad below the company uses one person shooter camera shots. We also found that gun manufacturers enter into licensing agreements to have their weapons featured in first-person shooter video games."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Carolyn Maloney:
"Gun manufactures prey on the concept of masculinity to sell their weapons. One commentator found that the intended effect of these ads appeared to be to humiliate men into arming themselves with combat weapons. This ad is for the bushmaster type rifle used at Sandy Hook."Read on Twitter
"Gun manufacture Sig Sauer goes further showing military personnel in their ads. Sig proudly sells a patrol version of the MCX Virtus and boasts it was conceived for the demands of the Special Operations community & describes it as the apex predator of the carbine world."Read on Twitter
"Another tactic used by the industry is to market their weapons as the gun of choice for the military or law enforcement."Read on Twitter
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