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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew gun safety ad features kids playing with sex toys
A gun safety organization has taken a humorous approach to promote a serious message.The new ad titled Playthings shows two young boys using sex toys for a sword fight.omeo
The tag line for the commercial: If they find it, theyll play with it. So always lock up your guns.
The organization Evolve Together aims to prevent gun violence and was set up to promote proper gun responsibility.
We've recruited gun owners, manufacturers and retailers to sit alongside non-gun owners, the groups website says. Every individual, gun owner or not, can make a difference by helping to establish gun responsibility as the social norm.
Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/27/12/03/gun-safety-ad-features-kids-playing-with-sex-toys#AjkCyMV6rqdS8Yyo.99
**someone showed me this, the video is pretty funny
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New gun safety ad features kids playing with sex toys (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Jun 2014
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littlemissmartypants
(22,712 posts)1. Thank you. nt
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)2. you know, this is really key in what Progessivism is about...
Changing social norms. I like how the article sresses the point.
With my tendency to think in humanist, social psychology perspectives, that's the most important thing, to me ....
C Moon
(12,219 posts)3. That's a brilliant ad. Although, I doubt it would go over well with the general public.
But that's what they're getting at.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)4. I support safe storage 100%.
I support safe storage 100%. I think that many gun owners and pro-RKBA types like me can enthusiastically see the important message within the good humor of this ad.
K&R,
-app