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Time Warner Cable bans some gun ads
Posted: 01.18.2013 at 6:17 PM
Ken Chapman
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Time Warner Cable has banned certain gun ads in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre, according to Broadcasting & Cable.

The Cable giant says: "We no longer accept ads showing semi-automatic weapons and guns pointed at people. We stand by this policy. If it's essential to a business owner to show this kind of imagery in their commercials, there are other advertising options in the marketplace."

The strong stance is the latest in the national crack-down on gun violence. President Obama has released a new gun control plan that would, among other things, require universal background checks and would place a ban on assault-style rifles.

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