A group of Democratic U.S. senators asked the FTC to open an investigation into a company they said is marketing a rifle to kids.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer displays a placard showing WEE1 Tactical’s “JR-15” during a news conference on the marketing of rifles to children, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 26, 2023.“The law says you shouldn’t be marketing guns to kids. But there’s a company in Chicago that’s doing just that,” Schumer said of Wee 1 Tactical.
The investigation request appears to fall outside the FTC’s normal purview. The regulator, which declined to comment, enforces antitrust law and rules against deceptive and unfair business practices.
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