In the video game call of duty, characters are troops firing real life brand guns. And then gun s use call of duty and military imagery in their advertising. Until these companies were freed from copyright restrictions by two thousand 11 supreme court ruling, video game companies actually signed licensing agreements with firearms companies.
Patrick Blanchfield analyzes the long history of US gun violence and the American death drive.
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