Gun-Maker Slammed for 'Children's Assault Rifles' Based on AR-15

[BeckyDem]

"At first glance, this comes across as a grotesque joke," said one gun control advocate. "On second look, it's just grotesque."

Jessica Corbett
January 26, 2022


Gun control advocates on Wednesday sharply condemned an Illinois-based company for recently unveiling the JR-15, a long rifle inspired by the AR-15 but marketed for children.

Although it is under 2.5 pounds and 20% smaller than the standard version, the JR-15 "operates just like Mom and Dad's gun," WEE1 Tactical said in a statement. The weapon "functions like a modern sporting rifle," but its "lightweight and rugged polymer construction and ergonomics are geared towards children."

WEE1 Tactical launched the JR-15 earlier this month at an annual trade show sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which is based in Newtown, Connecticut—where a gunman with an AR-15 murdered 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.

"The callousness of the National Shooting Sports Foundation to promote a children's version of the same type of assault rifle that was used in a horrific mass shooting of 20 first graders and six educators in our shared community is just the latest proof that the organization, and the gun manufacturers it represents, will do anything in pursuit of continued profits," Po Murray, chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance, said Wednesday.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/26/gun-maker-slammed-childrens-assault-rifles-based-ar-15

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[Karadeniz]

1. Really sick! And I'm surprised no one's taken them to court complaining that a child could

mistake his parent's rifle for his.

[Igel]

2. It's a 22.

I used a 22 semi-automatic long-rifle when I was a kid in Scouts. I sucked at it since a number of my peers in my troop had used a 22 caliber before, often often.

Seldom used any gun since then----that's what, 46 or 47 years?--and none for the last 33 years.

The rest is "oh, it looks scary." And perhaps magazine size.

Book. Cover.

[ornotna]

19. It could be a BB gun

It's still grotesque. Marketing a military assault style rifle for children. Children.

[NickB79]

31. Crosman has been selling an AR-style BB gun for a decade

https://www.crosman.com/product/crosman-m4-177-177-pellet-bb-pneumatic-pump-air-rifle

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. American gun manufacturers are more sick than the sick who buy guns for children. Close call.

The second amendment is a virus.

[Karadeniz]

13. Amen!!

[AndyS]

3. There is no limit . . .

"The callousness of the National Shooting Sports Foundation to promote a children's version of the same type of assault rifle that was used in a horrific mass shooting of 20 first graders and six educators in our shared community [Newtown, Connecticut] is just the latest proof that the organization, and the gun manufacturers it represents, will do anything in pursuit of continued profits," Po Murray, chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance, said Wednesday.

Other critics of the new rifle took aim at the gun-maker, which is also selling "swag" featuring cartoon skulls with baby pacifiers—one with bows and pigtails, and another with a mohawk.

As Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC), put it: "At first glance, this comes across as a grotesque joke. On second look, it's just grotesque."

"That a gun-maker has embraced imagery of dead children to promote gun ownership by youth surreally illustrates how detached this industry is from the death and injury that result from its products, especially among the young," he added.

There is no limit to the depravity of the gun industry or the gunners who support it.

It doesn't have to be this way: resources.

[BeckyDem]

25. I love your resources link, thank you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I wish that this were unbelievable--but it's not. This is our culture, NOW. It makes me sick. n/t

[BeckyDem]

26. It appeared to be black comedy so to speak. I know exactly what you mean.

[Delmette2.0]

5. WTF this is horrible.

Children and teenagers kill each other enough without a real kid size AR-15.

[70sEraVet]

8. I guess they could sell child-size coffins as a side-line.

[MN2theMax]

6. K & R

This is disgusting. Training and equipping future mass murderers.

[spanone]

7. K&R

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Appalling and sickening

[niyad]

11. This is The Onion, yes???? PLEASE tell me that this is The Onion.

[BeckyDem]

27. I wish I could tell you that, niyad.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Gun manufacturers need to be regulated.

[paleotn]

14. There's some very sick puppies in Amurka I'm afraid.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. A .22 with a one-round magazine. Huh.

[calimary]

16. HORRIBLE. I notice with chagrin the company name "WEE1" Wee one???!?!??!?

Gee, wonder who these guys are targeting...

[kimbutgar]

17. Would a black child be safe having one of those AR15 fakes?

[VGNonly]

18. The Happy Meal Version

[Lucky Luciano]

20. KinderGuardians: Sascha Baron Cohen (this is truly insane)

[AndyS]

23. Would you please post this to the video group?!

I will be the first K&R and do my utmost to keep it visable.

This mentality is REAL for God's sake.

If not let me? Don't want to steal your brilliant find.

[Lucky Luciano]

24. You can post it by all means!

[BeckyDem]

28. +1. That was powerful.

[Blue Owl]

21. The "Li'l Kyle" model

[BeckyDem]

29. Exactly right. Start them young.

[Grins]

22. Newtown, Connecticut??? You're shitting me?

How do they even appear in public?

[BeckyDem]

30. Shameless to the extreme.

[NickB79]

32. .22 rimfire AR's have been a thing since the 1970's

https://www.d4guns.com/product/armi-jager-ap-74-22-lr/#:~:text=One%20of%20its%20best%2Dknown,as%20high%20quality%20plinking%20rifles.

They also made .22 versions of the AK-47.

And like another person noted, the AR in the OP is a single shot unless you buy extra magazines. The Jagers used 10-rd magazines.