Illinois banning gun advertising to kids

kids and guns — Trystan Olson, 4, of Spokane, Wash., holds a toy gun as he reaches toward the trigger of the rifle of his father, Erik Olson, during a rally by gun-rights advocates at the state capitol Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Olympia, Wash. Approximately 50 demonstrators, including a half-dozen small children, protested rules that prohibit openly carrying guns into the House and Senate viewing galleries. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Illinois to ban gun advertising allegedly marketed to kids

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he plans to sign the law.

Trystan Olson, 4, of Spokane, Wash., holds a toy gun as he reaches toward the trigger of the rifle of his father, Erik Olson, during a rally by gun-rights advocates at the state capitol Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Olympia, Wash. Approximately 50 demonstrators, including a half-dozen small children, protested rules that prohibit openly carrying guns into the House and Senate viewing galleries. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Elaine Thompson

By Micah Yason

A bill that would ban firearm advertising to children and militants is on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. The governor has already promised to sign this legislation into law, but gun-rights advocates call it vague and an infringement on the right to bear arms and freedom of speech.

Reset checks in with one of the sponsors of the bill and talks about the influence of messaging on kids.

GUESTS: Democratic Senator Don Harmon of the 39th District

Katherine Kinzler, professor and chair of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago