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Aug. 9, 2022

Gun groups challenge ban on marketing guns to minors

AB 2571 “impermissibly delegates to ‘a court’ the determination, on an ad hoc and subjective basis, of whether a marketing or advertising communication ‘reasonably appears to be attractive to minors,’ without providing an explicit standard for application of the law,” wrote Michael B. Reynolds, of Snell & Wilmer.

A new law barring the marketing of firearms to minors violates free speech protections, a gun rights group argues in a lawsuit.

“The First Amendment … protects both pure ideological and political speech, as well as honest, non-misleading commercial speech promoting lawful products or services, especially when the products or services are themselves protected by the Constitution,” wrote Michael B. Reynolds, a partner with Snell & Wilme...

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