Maker of gun in Newtown shootings removes ‘shockingly awful’ promo
The online promotion for Bushmasters encouraged men to revoke their friends’ ‘man cards’ for such things as ‘avoiding eye contact with a fifth grader.’
In one part of the promo, gun maker Bushmasters offers a variety of reasons that men should revoke their friends’ man cards, one of which is “avoiding eye contact with a fifth grader.”
BuzzFeed called the language “shockingly awful.”
Although the company removed the promotion, you can still see it at BuzzFeed.
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