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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is one of the leaders behind the effort to get the FTC to investigate the gun industry. (Photo: Blumenthal<\/em>) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A group of 12 Democratic lawmakers this week called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the gun industry for \u201cunfair and deceptive advertising practices.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 12 senators wrote a letter to FTC Chairperson Lina Khan arguing that gun makers and sellers target children and teenagers in their ads and continually fail to warn consumers about the inherent danger of firearms. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe industry regularly and routinely makes false and misleading representations about firearm safety and unfairly exploits children and teenagers through unfair and deceptive marketing practices, including targeting teenagers, particularly young men, with advertising for military-style weapons,\u201d the senators wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTime and again, these practices have had deadly consequences,\u201d they continued. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Everytown Celebrates New Banking Codes to Track Gun Purchases, Monitor Gun Owners<\/a> \u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The group also pointed to anti-gun petitions that claim “firearm possession, ownership, and use render consumers substantially less safe and substantially more at risk of injury and death with limited, if any, protective benefit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rare instances in which a gun owner successfully uses a firearm for self-defense are far outweighed by the vastly higher number of injuries and deaths for the owners, family members, and other cohabitants. In fact, research indicates that for each instance in which a firearm in the home is used successfully in self-defense, there are 11 attempted or completed firearm suicides, seven criminal assaults or homicides involving a firearm, and four unintentional shootings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The letter, which you can read below, was signed by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Jack Reed (D-RI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GunsAmerica reached out to Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, for comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Who the FTC should be going after is Democrat Senators and other politicians who make and run false statements and ads about gun owners and the Second Amendment,” he said via email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Talking about unfair and deceptive acts and practices these gun prohibition politicians are the real danger to freedom in our country,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim that firearm ownership by responsible Americans is a net negative with no protective benefit is a bald-faced lie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the CDC has acknowledged that instances of defensive gun use (DGU) by law-abiding citizens in this country are at least as common<\/a>, but probably more common than instances where criminals use firearms in the commission of a crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Everytown Celebrates New Banking Codes to Track Gun Purchases, Monitor Gun Owners \u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just on the metric of DGUs alone there is a clear-cut benefit, and that’s to say nothing of the benefits of other 2A-related activities like hunting and competitive shooting which help to put food on the table and bring families, friends and communities together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the 2A is a safeguard against tyranny. It is the amendment that secures and protects all the rest. As it’s been said, an armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Gottlieb’s correct, the FTC should recognize that the “these gun prohibition politicians are the real danger to freedom in our country.” Yes, they are indeed the ones who need to be investigated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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