The Funny or Die spoof hoping to revitalise the push for gun control

Are you a criminal wanting to buy a gun? Confused about which state offers the laxest laws to help you do so? CrimAdvisor is here to help.

Campaigners against gun violence have turned to parody with a spoof travel tips website in the style of TripAdvisor, giving suggestions for where “felons and fugitives can go to buy, carry and traffic in guns”, and where they should avoid.

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“This thing would be really funny, if it weren’t so tragically true,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign. He said that in some states it is so easy for violent felons to acquire guns that “they have become prime destinations for criminals”.

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“I think most Americans would flip out if they knew just how ridiculously easy it is for criminals to buy and carry guns in some of these states,” said Adam McKay, the writer, director and producer who made the video in conjunction with a Funny or Die team.

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/12/funny-or-die-crimadvisor-spoof-website-gun-control

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