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\nAs with the Ad Council, the federal funding these Agree to Agree \u201cfunding partners\u201d enjoy isn\u2019t gun control specific. However, taxpayers should be aware that organizations that receive significant federal resources are involved in propaganda to undermine their fundamental rights.<\/p>\n
Why are Tax Dollars Funding a Civilian Disarmament Industry Anti-Gun Agitprop TV Ad Campaign?<\/a><\/p>\n The idiot box has been living up to the nickname.<\/p>\n In recent months television viewers have been subjected to a series of anti-gun propaganda pieces produced by the Ad Council. Dubbed the Agree to Agree campaign, the ads typically feature a misleading talking point about \u201cchildren\u201d and firearms followed by an invitation to go to the Ad Council effort\u2019s website where visitors are bombarded with further gun control agitprop. The website even invites visitors to learn about how to secure red flag gun confiscation orders.<\/p>\n The name might suggest an effort to bridge political disagreements, but the campaign\u2019s list of \u201cstakeholder partners\u201d shows it\u2019s a gun control effort through and through. So-called \u201cstakeholder partners<\/a>\u201d include: Brady: United Against Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.); Giffords (formerly Americans for Responsibly Solutions and the\u00a0Second Amendment-denying<\/a>\u00a0Legal Community Against Violence); Everytown for Gun Safety; and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Bloomberg School of Public Health (named for billionaire\u00a0gun control financier Michael Bloomberg<\/a>).\u00a0Handgun prohibition organization<\/a>\u00a0Violence Policy Center is not listed, although their longtime\u00a0benefactor<\/a>\u00a0the Joyce Foundation was involved.<\/p>\n The campaign\u2019s headline factoid is the following: \u201cGun injuries are now the leading cause of death for children and teens ages 1\u201117, surpassing car crashes for the first time in two decades.\u201d To justify the claim, the Ad Council cites a report from the Bloomberg School of Public Health.<\/p>\n