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While guns are the #1 killer of children & teens, the gun industry markets its products to kids and refuses to make them safer or help keep them out of dangerous hands.
@StudentsDemand is in Las Vegas for #ShotShow2023 with 17 demands for the gun industry—here are the demands:
@StudentsDemand is in Las Vegas for #ShotShow2023 with 17 demands for the gun industry—here are the demands:
1. STOP making AR-15s and other assault weapons that use high-capacity magazines.
2. STOP marketing to kids and teens.
3. STOP using fear-based ads to sell guns.
4. STOP marketing weapons of war to civilians and using military imagery to sell guns.
2. STOP marketing to kids and teens.
3. STOP using fear-based ads to sell guns.
4. STOP marketing weapons of war to civilians and using military imagery to sell guns.
5. STOP working to get guns into movies, TV shows and video games.
6. STOP making DIY kits that allow anyone to build untraceable ghost guns with no questions asked.
7. STOP producing weapons that are easily modified into machine guns.
6. STOP making DIY kits that allow anyone to build untraceable ghost guns with no questions asked.
7. STOP producing weapons that are easily modified into machine guns.
NEW: As the gun industry gets ready to party in Vegas at the NSSF’s #SHOTShow2023 - where thousands of gun makers, sellers, and media gather to celebrate sales and show off new products - @Everytown has just released a new report on the NSSF 🧵
everytownresearch.org/report/the-gun…
everytownresearch.org/report/the-gun…
One of the biggest draws? Deadly assault weapons like the one used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. But that won't stop @NSSFSHOTShow - a few months later, just 2 miles down the Strip, they went on with the show, as they did after Newtown, Parkland and more.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas…
Open only to industry insiders, SHOT is put on by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (@NSSF), the gun industry’s trade association, which actually now spends more money on federal lobbying against gun safety than the NRA does. 
