Anti-Gun Violence Policy Center Targets SHOT Show Exhibitor, Bushmaster Owner

Anti-Gun Violence Policy Center Targets SHOT Show Exhibitor, Bushmaster Owner

by AWR Hawkins 13 Jan 2014, 6:06 PM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/13/Violence-Policy-Center-Launches-Campaign-Against-Freedom-Group-On-Eve-Of-SHOT-Show

On January 13—the eve of SHOT Show 2014—Violence  Policy Center (VPC) released a paper targeting the marketing techniques Freedom Group, a SHOT Show exhibitor, uses for the gun companies they own.

Freedom Group holds and markets Bushmaster, Remington, DPMS/Panther Arms, Advanced Armament Corp., and Marlin, among others.

VPC says Freedom Group uses "militarized marketing" to sell their firearms—including pump shotguns.

For example, VPC says Freedom Group sells Bushmaster AR-15s by using the motto "Justice for All," as well as phrases like "Control your Destiny" and "Bravery on Duty." They also point out that that the Remington 870 pump shotgun—one of the most popular shotguns ever made—is marketed with words like "tactical" and with phrases such as, "[when] every second counts."

VPC claims that Freedom Group uses this kind of marketing to appeal to "males who already own firearms" and "young males" who don't but are "intrigued" by the "tactical coolness factor." They then remind their audience that Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 in committing his heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary.

What VPC doesn't say is that Lanza stole that Bushmaster.

What they also don't say is that many Freedom Group firearms are marketed with a law enforcement angle because many of them—like the Bushmaster AR-15 and the Remington 870 pump shotgun—are law enforcement staples.

On January 9th Breitbart News reported that Forsyth County, North Carolina, Sheriff William Schatzman had acquired 88 Bushmaster AR-15 rifles for "officers on the street."

Violence Policy Center

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the Violence Policy Center.

Note: Valerie B. Jarrett was a director at the Joyce Foundation, is the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and married to Bryan Traubert.

Bryan Traubert is married to Penny S. Pritzker, and a director at the National Park Foundation.

Jonathan B. Jarvis is a director at the National Park Foundation, and a director at the National Park Service.

One Million Vets To March On DC 10-13-2013 (Past Research on the National Park Service)

Sunday, October 6, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/one-million-vets-to-march-on-dc-10-13.html

Ellen S. Alberding is a director at the National Park Foundation, and the president of the Joyce Foundation.

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the Violence Policy Center.

Valerie B. Jarrett was a director at the Joyce Foundation, is the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.