New York City Nanny, er, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is bankrolling a $12 million television ad campaign to lobby senators in key states, Pennsylvania included, to vote for new gun control legislation, specifically universal background checks.
But a dangerous thing happened on the way to a TV screen near you.
In one of the ads, a supposed common guy outfitted in a flannel shirt, seated on the tailgate of a pickup truck and touting "responsible" gun ownership, violates three fundamental rules of safe gun handling.
Read the article: The Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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