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:
https://twitter.com/StudentsDemand/status/1615449689964306464
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.
8. STOP working with dealers who sell guns without background checks, including at gun shows and online.
9. CALL OUT bad actors in the gun industry and refuse to work with them.
9. CALL OUT bad actors in the gun industry and refuse to work with them.
10. INNOVATE to make safer guns, from low-tech solutions that prevent accidental discharges to high-tech smart guns that can only be used by authorized people.
11. PRODUCE gun locks that are harder to crack and offer discounts or rebates on strong gun safes.
11. PRODUCE gun locks that are harder to crack and offer discounts or rebates on strong gun safes.
12. ENCOURAGE gun owners to always lock up their firearms.
13. FUND PSAs that teach gun owners how to be safer and more responsible — and call out extremists who use guns to intimidate, threaten and harass others.
13. FUND PSAs that teach gun owners how to be safer and more responsible — and call out extremists who use guns to intimidate, threaten and harass others.
14. LABEL products to remind people that owning a gun comes with many risks, like the surgeon general’s warnings on tobacco products.
15. ESTABLISH a code of conduct that requires gun dealers to secure inventories, flag repeat customers and refuse to sell to questionable buyers.
15. ESTABLISH a code of conduct that requires gun dealers to secure inventories, flag repeat customers and refuse to sell to questionable buyers.
16. KNOW customers by requiring distributors & dealers to disclose when their guns are recovered in crimes, when the ATF finds infractions, and when guns are lost/stolen.
17. ONLY work with influencers who disclose financial relationships with the industry & promote gun safety.
17. ONLY work with influencers who disclose financial relationships with the industry & promote gun safety.
Join @StudentsDemand in working to hold the gun industry accountable: Check out the full list of demands and add your name below.
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