August 8, 2022
YOU'RE NOT IMAGING THE KOOKINESS OF THE GUN NUTS:
Gun makers appeal to masculinity, supremacist groups to sell guns: Report (Ivana Saric, 8/08/22, Axios)
According to company materials, the gun manufacturers target young men by marketing guns in a way that appeals to consumers' masculinity. One ad suggested that buying AR-15 would ensure "your status at the top of the testosterone food chain.""The firearm industry has been marketing directly and indirectly to white supremacist and extremist organizations for years, playing on fears of government repression against gun owners and fomenting racial tensions," the report stated, noting gun makers used symbols and names in their marketing materials that nodded to white supremacist organizations.According to the report, the five gun makers being investigated "do not have any systems in place to monitor and analyze" the deaths, injuries and crimes associated with their products.
You can never go wrong assuming the Right is driven by doubts about their own maleness.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 8, 2022 7:54 PM