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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:33 PM Apr 2013

Gun Control PSAs By Moms Demand Action Are Striking And Powerful (PHOTOS)

Gun Control PSAs By Moms Demand Action Are Striking And Powerful (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/gun-control-psas-moms-demand-action-for-gun-sense-in-america_n_3082504.html

A striking new series of PSAs produced by the organization Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America seeks to illustrate what the organization's founder calls "the absurdity of our country's current lax laws and weak regulation of guns."

The first ad, released today, contrasts Trina Schart Hyman's illustrated version of Little Red Riding Hood with an assault weapon, asking viewers to guess which has been banned in the name of children's safety. Two school districts in California, Culver City and Empire, banned that version of Little Red Riding Hood in 1990 because its protagonist brings her grandmother a bottle of wine.

Later this week, the organization will formally launch two more PSAs that take a similar approach. One of them compares assault weapons to dodgeball -- which was recently banned in a New Hampshire school district due to concerns over violence and bullying and is not considered an "appropriate" P.E. activity by the National Association For Sport and Physical Education. The other features Kinder Surprise eggs, chocolate candies with toys inside that are banned under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 and by the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

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hack89

(39,171 posts)
1. Holding up book banning as justification for gun banning?
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:40 PM
Apr 2013

Bringing up banning books, dodge ball and Kinder Surprise eggs merely points out that there are some stupid laws and policies out there.

Why don't they highlight all those legal things that kill more kids than semiautomatic rifles?

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. Let's see...pretty sure EVERY school in CA
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:40 PM
Apr 2013

bans weapons, two schools banned the book...the book isn't banned outside of those schools as far as I can tell...something just isn't quite ringing true with the analogy..

aikoaiko

(34,127 posts)
4. By any standard AR15s are banned or regulated more in America that the other 3 things
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:55 PM
Apr 2013

Striking and powerful to those who don't understand the current laws on firearms.

 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
5. They're also deceptive. The rifle shown in all of the photos is a selective-fire M16, not...
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 06:53 PM
Apr 2013

...anything that has ever been classified as an "assault weapon."

It's a machinegun as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934. If you click on the photos at the momsdemandaction.com Web site, you can see the automatic sear pin above the selector.

http://momsdemandaction.org/in-the-news/choose-one-little-red-riding-hood-or-an-assault-weapon/

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