towards children. it s called my first gun, and this ad was on their website, i think it s been scrubbed, but slate caught it and i want to play that ad for a second. hey, where you going? shoot my new cricket rifle. i wish i had one. my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way to get young or small framed shooters. started right, with a safety-promoting design. it s soft shooting, affordable, and accurate. girls and even mom will love the way they can pick one to their own taste. start your own tradition. cricket. find yours online or ask for a cricket rifle at your local dealer. so a grandmother went out shopping with her grandkids and bought my first rifle for a grandson and then he used it and shot his sibling and there was a death. and i wonder if there s something about being a mother that makes that story particular resonate and make something like
i mean, it s just tragic. the uncle of a 2-year-old girl shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother with a rifle given to him for his birthday. welcome back to you, mr. shapiro. thanks for having me. i ve missed you. i thought maybe you were going to deport yourself after the gun control thing. no, your attempts to get me deported failed. i wanted you to stay. you re so fun. let s turn to something serious. this 5-year-old boy shooting and killing his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he d been given. now, in kentucky where this happened, it s legal to do this. what i want to do is play a commercial, this is by cricket who makes these rifles and market them to these kids. let s watch this. where are you going? shoot my new cricket rifle. i wish i had one. my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way
what i want to do is play a commercial, this is by cricket who makes these rifles and market them to these kids. let s watch this. where are you going? shoot my new cricket rifle. i wish i had one. my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way to get young and small frame shooters started right. with the safety promoting design, it s soft shooting, affordable, and accurate. girls and even mom will love the way they can pick one to their own taste. start your own tradition, cricket. i mean, look, i ll be honest with you, i thought this was a spoof. i really did. i cannot believe this is genuinely deliberate targeted advertising and majoritying to give 5-year-olds rifles. what is your view? the parents are making some, you know, interesting decisions, bad decisions, of giving a 5-year-old a gun. it is illegal as far as i know for a 5-year-old to walk into a gun shop and pick up a gun.
the uncle of a 2-year-old girl shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother with a rifle given to him for his birthday. welcome back to you, mr. shapiro. thanks for having me. i ve missed you. i thought maybe you were going to deport yourself after the gun control thing. no, your attempts to get me deported failed. i wanted you to stay. you re so fun. let s turn to something serious. this 5-year-old boy shooting and killing his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he d been given. now, in kentucky where this happened, it s legal to do this. what i want to do is play a commercial, this is by cricket who makes these rifles and market them to these kids. let s watch this. where are you going? shoot my new cricket rifle. i wish i had one. my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way
right now and in good hands with the lord. i have a young daughter. i can only imagine what caroline sparks parents must be going through. i don t know them and don t want for a moment to judge them. they are in a small instance part of a broader gun culture relentlessly stoked, supported and prodded by the gun industry and the nra, the folks sitting in that ballroom in houston and it s a discussion we need to respect as though they re a religion. now, guns are part of our culture. that s a culture that even seems to embrace this. where are you going? to shoot my new cricket rifle. i wish i had one. my first rifle, a moment you will never forget. girls and moms will love one to pick to their own taste. start your own tradition. that s a gun designed, manufactured and marketed for