The marketing link between real and virtual firearms

by Take Two®

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Last week, the NRA, in part, blamed video games for an upsurge in gun violence. But in terms of business, a report in the New York Times points out how video game and gun manufacturers are closer bed fellows than you might think.

Joining us is Andrew Martin, who writes about this for the New York Times.

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