Gun Ads Continue After Mass Shootings But With New Scrutiny

By LISA MARIE PANE and RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press: Nation
Mon, 11/20/2017 - 11:16am

ATLANTA (AP) -- The ads leap out from the pages of almost any gun magazine: Soldiers wearing greasepaint and camouflage wield military-style rifles depicted as essential to the American way of life. A promotional spot by the Mossberg brand boasts of weapons "engineered to the specs of freedom and independence."...

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