TV ads for kids' toy weapons like this 1964 spot for "Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)" were so much more barbaric in the 1960s–but gun violence numbers in America were lower back then.
Go figure that one out.
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Unbelievable boy's toy gun ad from 1964: "Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)"
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