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Why is it that we have tons of these PSAs showing the danger of certain dangerous and irresponsible activities, many of which are put on by the very companies selling products people use irresponsibly, but we do not have gun safety PSAs?
Yet do we see gun manufacturers saying do not play with guns. Do not point a firearm at people you are not threatening. make sure your gun is not loaded and ready to fire when you are not using it? Or even just make sure to shoot safely?
Granted we haven't been connected to cable/ television for the past five years and didn't watch it much prior to then, but I'm quite sure the reason that you don't see many gun safety PSA's is because most gun manufactures don't advertise their products on television.
I've seen plenty of Ford commercials, but never once have I seen a Glock commercial.
However, I do know that most gun manufactures actually fund gun safety classes and provide lots of gun safety literature when you purchase a firearm. I own a Glock 27, and when I purchased it I was also provided a Gun-lock and lots of safety information. Beyond that, I was also subjected to a background check.
The last time I purchased cigarettes for a friend, who was well over 18, all I needed to do was look at the warning on the side of the carton.
Every Alcohol advertisement I see on TV ends with drink responsibly and I have seen a ton of just straight up ads telling people not to drink and drive from alcohol distributors.
Don't think this addresses the question. Not to be a dick, but .....
If I'm not mistaken, the general question was:
"I see lots of PSA's for phones, driving and alcohol, but why don't I see lots of PSA's for gun safety?"
To that end, I simply stated that firearm manufactures don't generally have any advertisements, so why would they have PSA's on Television? I also stated that most, if not all, firearm manufactures not only provide safety equipment (i.e. gunlocks) with their merchandise, but also fund gun safety/ awareness training.
It seems that we cannot show the dangers firearms pose every day and show the aftermath of irresponsible behavior and mistakes with firearms. Is it because the gun lobby and industruy does not want to admit these things happen?
I guess I did not make the assumption that PSAs are linked only to products that advertise on television. I thought the question was would this product benefit by PSAs, because it also has a negative public image that works against product sales. ( or potentially at least) The behind the scenes efforts don't really work to alter that public image because non gun enthusiasts don't know about them.
That's a good point, from the OP I was taking it as a discussion about the absence of firearm PSA's in advertising.
In relation to you're question, I don't actually think additional PSA's regarding firearm safety would provide any real benefit. The manufactures do provide lots of training and safety related material/ equipment, and the media paints a pretty grim portrait gun violence.
I'm a realist and think that most PSA's have limited effect, including the tobacco, alcohol and texting ones. Actual training is pretty effective, along with education and improved safety mechanisms. The gunlock provided with all Glock products is pretty decent and a good step in the way of preventing the wrong people from using a firearm.
The behind the scenes efforts don't really work to alter that public image because non gun enthusiasts don't know about them.
I don't know that anything is really going to change the public image of guns/ gun safety, including additional PSA's.
We've got several wars, a handful of mass shootings and countless stories of children getting into their parents gun closets to illustrate the dangers of firearms. I think most people are already keenly aware of the potential danger surrounding firearms.
Besides, anyone who purchases a firearm is barraged with safety information.
I can understand that perspective. I think PSAs are inherently disingenuous though. I think they are mostly damage control, which is why I think they would serve the pro-gun community and the gun industry.
Granted we haven't been connected to cable/ television for the past five years and didn't watch it much prior to then, but I'm quite sure the reason that you don't see many gun safety PSA's is because most gun manufactures don't advertise their products on television.
I've seen plenty of Ford commercials, but never once have I seen a Glock commercial.
However, I do know that most gun manufactures actually fund gun safety classes and provide lots of gun safety literature when you purchase a firearm. I own a Glock 27, and when I purchased it I was also provided a Gun-lock and lots of safety information. Beyond that, I was also subjected to a background check.
The last time I purchased cigarettes for a friend, who was well over 18, all I needed to do was look at the warning on the side of the carton.
I agree with you on this, and would go a step further. A lot of anything on television, or otherwise displayed is disingenuous.
However, what we really need is a cultural shift away from violence. To that end, it might not hurt to have more PSA's although I think they'd have limited value. What we really need is more people to get out there and stop promoting wanton violence. Whether it's video games, movies or advertisements, we continually promote violence.
It's funny my kids don't think twice about seeing someone get their head cut-off, but bad words or nudity and it's bad. None of this is influence from their parents, but rather stuff they receive from society.
May I ask your position? I think you are progun...am I right? If so, let's say you were faced with irrefutable evidence that more guns owned = more deaths by guns ....would you care? It seems like most people on the progun side are more concerned with protecting their right to own a gun then anything else. This is an honest question.
There actually is a network that seems to put on quite a few commercials for guns. . . It is the outdoor channel and I am pretty sure it is the firearm channel.
They are pretty heavy on guns and ads there. Still from a public relations perspective it is one of those things other companies have taken to doing for whatever effect it has on public safety and to at least say they are doing something.
At the very least they could do is run something that reminds parents to tell their kids if they ever come across a gun to not play with it and tell an adult about it on a regular network. That would even help out non-gun owners whop might not think to tell their kids to watch out around people who use guns stupidly.
Because gun manufacturers are protected from liability by Congress.
Why do you think basic safety measures don't exist on guns? A light that indicates a bullet in the chamber? A safety that doesn't allow firing when a magazine is removed? Trigger locks built in, or fingerprint activated?
I think that is an very very valid point. How would we make such a shift though.
We glorify criminals and people who do "whatever it takes" to succeed. We crush and humiliate "weaker" people to the glory of the crowds. We condemn those who are gentler by nature as weak, intellectuals as weak, women as weak because they can't or won't bash your skull in if they deem it necessary (in other words if you threaten their power)
May I ask your position? I think you are progun...am I right? If so, let's say you were faced with irrefutable evidence that more guns owned = more deaths by guns ....would you care? It seems like most people on the progun side are more concerned with protecting their right to own a gun then anything else. This is an honest question.
Why don't you see gun PSAs?
Simple.
Because gun manufacturers are protected from liability by Congress.
Why do you think basic safety measures don't exist on guns? A light that indicates a bullet in the chamber? A safety that doesn't allow firing when a magazine is removed? Trigger locks built in, or fingerprint activated?
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