Pro football takes fire for rejecting gun ad for Super Bowl broadcast
The National Football League (NFL) refused to run an ad by a Georgia gun manufacturer during the Super Bowl next February. The ad did not meet league standards prohibiting ads mentioning firearms. The ad does not specifically mention guns but includes a silhouette of one. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 6, 2013, by Christopher Seward) The manufacturer, Daniel Defense, said about the purpose of the ad, “We are trying to exercise our First Amendment rights to