S&W Gun ads aired during Pats game rile activists

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> Gun ads aired during Pats game rile activists
> By Jessica Heslam – Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
> ‘The Boston Herald’ / Boston, MA
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> 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.
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> 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.”
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> 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.”
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> “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.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> “It’s just a message that goes out to the gun owners. It just reminds
> them
> about gun safety,” Pluff said.
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> 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.

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