Car's gun ad storm.A TV advert has sparked outrage by showing a young boy forced to rob a bank at gunpoint - so his dad can buy a new car. MPs and campaigners want Peugeot's ad banned. Londoner Lucy Cope, whose son Damian, 22, was shot and killed outside a nightclub, said: "It glamorises gun crime and makes it look cool." Diane Abbott Diane Julie Abbott (born September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London, England) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. , chairman of a Commons committee on gun crime said: "The ad is irresponsible ir·re·spon·si·ble adj. 1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations. 2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy. 3. and Peugeot should withdraw it." But the car firm said: "We have no plans to pull the advert." The Advertising Standards Agency said: "We'll look into every complaint." |
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