Idiots abound all around us!!! Dave Gun ads aired during Pats game rile activists (Smith and Wesson) By Jessica Heslam - Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 'The Boston Herald' / Boston, MA (Edited for brevity and generic law enforcement pertinence) Gun commercials played on a popular Boston radio station during Patriots game broadcasts have anti-crime and -violence crusaders up in arms. Springfield-based gun maker Smith & Wesson is running radio ads during Patriots games on WBCN-FM (104.1) again this season, said gun company spokesman Paul Pluff. The 30-second spot is set to music and ends with the message, "Visit Smith-Wesson.com to learn more about handgun safety and to find a dealer near you." The ad touts the company's gun safety locks and brags, "American-made Smith & Wesson products are used by major law enforcement and military agencies."
"It's great they're promoting gun safety. It's a little odd to me that they're trying to sell guns during a football game," said John Rosenthal, founder of the Massachusetts group Stop Handgun Violence. "Football, beer and guns don't mix." It's the third year WBCN has run the gun ads during Pats games. Pluff said the spots run only during pre- and post-game reports. A big percentage of sports fans own guns, Pluff said. WBCN - the "official flagship station" of the New England Patriots - targets men. The station lists Smith & Wesson as a sponsor on a section of their Web site where they post the Pats' game schedule. "It's just a message that goes out to the gun owners. It just reminds them about gun safety," Pluff said. Patriots spokesman Stacey James said WBCN oversees the ads and "we trust that they use their best judgment." WBCN Program Director Dave Wellington declined comment. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
