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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Abené Clayton

Biden urged an investigation into how guns are peddled to kids. Will it stop the ads?

Chuck Schumer holds a placard with an ad on it showing a child aiming a gun.
Chuck Schumer displays an advertisement for WEE1 Tactical's JR-15, which is ‘geared toward smaller enthusiasts’, according to the company’s website. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Last year the Georgia-based gun manufacturer Daniel Defense tweeted an image of a young child with a rifle – about the same size as the child himself – in his lap. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it,” the caption read.

The post came just eight days before an 18-year-old shot and killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas – using a weapon made by Daniel Defense.

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