Senate Dems Seek Ban On Marketing Guns To Children

February 2, 2023 Democrats, Guns

A group of U.S. Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Thursday directing the Federal Trade Commission to create rules banning the marketing of firearms to children, including the JR-15, which has become a target of gun control advocates.

The planned legislation comes roughly a week after Democrats publicly called on the FTC to probe the marketing techniques of gun manufacturer Wee 1 Tactical, maker of the JR-15 .22 Long Rifle. The similarly named AR-15-style rifle has been used in a number of high-profile deadly shootings.

“A junior version of the AR-15 has no place in a kid’s toy box,” said Senator Ed Markey, the lead sponsor of the legislation.

Read the full article. McCarthy will surely block this.

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