Remember that fake gun store in NY that SUPGV opened up and took video of? [View all]

[beevul]

Remember that fake gun store in NY that SUPGV opened up and took video of?

Heres the op in our group that covers it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172163317

And heres the GD thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017253473

I suggest to those who are interested, to take 5 minutes and refresh your memory on it with this vid:

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In an exclusive, the Shooter’s Log has learned that actors were used to portray customers in a fake gun shop “public service announcement” produced by States United Against Gun Violence earlier this year.

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media has confirmed these facts in its response to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request submitted in March.

“States United To Prevent Gun Violence opens a ‘gun store’ in NYC as a hidden camera social experiment to debunk safety myths,” the CeaseFire USA project claimed in its description of the video. The “social experiment,” like the “gun shop” itself, was pre-arranged, permits approved by the city indicate.

“Actors are interviewed on camera in a fake gun store,” the permits’ scene descriptions reveal.


It had previously been known that the “gun store proprietor” behind the counter was an actor—and one who has previously made a living glorifying fake “gun violence”—but up until now, speculation about if the “customers” were also plants has been just that.


http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/group-actors-nyc-gun-store-facade/

(links to the FOIL requests and responses at the above link)

Yet another gun control org caught red handed misrepresenting the truth. They even lied to msnbc.