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How the gun industry targets kids using TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and video games
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"One example cited in the report is a January 2020 Instagram post from gun manufacturer Daniel Defense that features a photo of music star Post Malone showing off one of its AR-15-style rifles, the MK18, while standing in front of a bar stocked with liquor."
Post Malone, guns, and liquor... what about that says "advertising to kids"? p.s. Forget the AR, check out that Thompson over the bar...
The liquor and tobacco industries have been targeting children for decades. I'm surprised this is even something people aren't aware of. Yes, showing kids a big music star with guns and liquor works on them.
More lies
Oh really?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-companies-still-target-youth/
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/february/alcohol_advertising.html
Complete bullshit. Just because they make the politically driven accusations and affix a "science" brand on it doesn't make it any less of an agenda driven lie.
Now go back to eating your bland, textureless soylant like an adult. Nobody likes flavors except kids, and I'm glad for them to have been banned across the board to protect us from those evil corporations
I have no idea why you think tobacco companies don't advertise to kids when they've literally been found guilty in court of doing so. But I guess the tobacco industry only has our best interests at heart.
Hell, my father received a pack of Camels in the mail on his 16th birthday directly from the company (mid-70s). He wound up smoking camels for roughly 20 years before finally kicking the addiction.
A Businesses will do all they can to expand their consumer base and find new ways to get existing consumers to spend more money on their products. If the fines are less than the increased sales, it's just the cost of accessing that market.