Are there laws preventing advertising of guns on TV?

[k9870]

ive seen 24 seasons where it does seem they got advertisements, besides the obvious HK, in some seasons every car driven is a ford, jack steals like 2 tauruses, drives an expedition as a personal car, secret service have excursions instead of a suburban, things like that. I"n the most recent season he says "springfield, m1a, .308" when he never identifies guns by name.....

I see the argument about a "niche" market but you expect some ads during shooting shows, like world skeet shooting championships may want to advertise shotguns.

[BurtReynoldsMoustache]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Frankly, I'm surprised that a gun company hasn't outright paid for product placement in a show yet. Car companies, computer companies, soft drink companies pay for product placement all the time, yet I've never seen a gun company do it. I guess 24 comes the closest, but they still featured a lot of non-HK guns. I guess the logistics would be a bit harder, as they'd have to go through the armorers, but I think it'd be worth it.

I was under the impression that Walther had something to do with James Bond upgrading to the P5 and later the P99.