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05/03/13 11:25 PM

#203403 RE: sideeki #203239

After Child Shooting, NRA Conference Peddles Guns For Kids

HOUSTON — Just days after a five year old killed his two year old sister with a gun made for children, the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting pushed firearms into the hands of youth, including on-premises sale of weapons marketed explicitly to kids, an official NRA publication, and a “Youth Day” at the conference.

This is an NRA bib and child’s t-shirt:


A magazine cover targeting “young shooters” was on prominent display in the main convention hall as part of an NRA spread of official publications:


These weapons were available for purchase in the same convention hall, which doubled as a massive gun show:


The aforementioned Women and Guns also contained these pictures of children with guns in a piece on “Project Appleseed,” a program to teach young kids to use guns around the country:



http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/03/1961871/after-child-shooting-nra-conference-peddles-guns-for-kids/