NASCAR shocks gun industry as it appears to block some firearm ads

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Washington (CNN)NASCAR rejected advertisements for its souvenir programs from multiple firearms companies earlier this summer as part of what is being seen as a "gradual shift" in its position on guns.

The move may be another example of how major companies are adjusting as the nation grapples with guns in America.

While the move did not get widespread notice, NASCAR'S apparent shift stunned gun enthusiasts who said there is a large overlap between NASCAR fans and gun owners, and left some in the firearms industry questioning why NASCAR's viewpoint has shifted and where the racing organization now stands on Second Amendment issues.

"They've got the drivers shooting off blanks in the winner's circle. It doesn't make any sense," David Dolbee, the general manager for K-Var Corp., a large distributor of firearms, which submitted an advertisement that was rejected featuring an AK-47 and various accessories.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/politics/nascar-bans-gun-ads-souvenir-program/index.html

[Doreen]

1. Good for NASCAR.

Stay strong and do not back down. All in all to many people are into NASCAR to turn away because of this. It will do fine.

[Aristus]

3. Yeah, I agree.

I don't see NASCAR fans suddenly not being NASCAR fans anymore, guns or no guns.

[Doreen]

4. Where I live the NASCAR fanatics are usually gun fanatics

also but from a lot of them I know or have met ( can't throw a dead cat without hitting one ) this will not keep them away from the track.

[Initech]

2. Excellent! Good for NASCAR.

I hope this is a trend in society that we're moving away from addiction to the gun. I really do.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Word is getting around...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212448475

BTW, sure lots of NASCAR fans are shooters, but few of them are gun nuts.

No reason responsible gun owners shouldn't want fewer gun deaths.