The Second Amendment Isn’t The Only Anti-Gun Target

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Anti-gunners aren’t exactly fans of the Constitution.

I know, I know. We all already know that. It’s clear in the political positions they hold outside of the issue of guns. However, they’re also willing to use their anti-gun sensibilities to attack other parts of the Constitution.

In particular, they’re not fans of the First Amendment either.

But it’s military imagery in advertising — a surefire selling point when it comes to high-power weaponry — that has cropped up as a new trouble spot for the weapons industry.

The Connecticut Supreme Court cracked open the door earlier this month in a ruling that allows victims of the 2012 mass shooting at a Newton, Connecticut, elementary school to sue the maker of the rifle used in its attack over its advertising.

Among the suit’s claims is that Bushmaster and other gun maker defendants “promote their AR-15s by advertising that the most elite branches of the military — including Special Forces, SEALs, Green Berets and Army Rangers — have used them.”

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The problem, the plaintiff’s lawyers say, is that young men can be obsessed with the military or succumb to image of masculinity that the ads promise if they buy the semi-auto rifles.

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Source:: Bearing Arms