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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Jun 11, 2015
Unbelievable boy's toy gun ad from 1964: “Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)”
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