"Try This One, Partner": The Evolution of Toy Gun TV Advertisements
A video history of the selling of make-believe firearms
By: Eric Davidson
With the holiday season upon us, memories of childhood gift lists co-mingle with grown-up concerns about what toys are appropriate for their kids. Many parents around the country are no doubt wrestling with seeing a toy machine gun listed on their child’s letter to the North Pole.
This article is quite obviously not meant as a scholarly …
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