SNL Alum Stars in Moms Demand Action Gun Control Ad

Safety is impossible with all of these big, scary guns around.

Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch is now starring in a Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America ad entitled, "What could go wrong?"

Dratch plays an overprotective mother who just wants a little safe and enjoyable family time out on the town. But when they show up to their favorite pizza place where some of the patrons are drinking adult beverages alongside their firearms -- shotguns, AR-15s, and AK-47s, of course -- Dratch mouths, "What the f***?" The family then opts for a to-go order.

A message appears at the end:

Loaded guns. Families with kids. And alcohol. It's a legal combination in more than 40 states. What could go wrong?

With this new "guns and alcohol don't mix" ad campaign, Moms Demand Action is pushing to make it illegal to bring a gun into any establishment that serves alcohol. The group isn't calling for any bans on the sale of alcohol, even though it admits alcohol contributes to "heightened levels of aggression." 

However, WhatCouldGoWrong.com does make the following plea:

93 percent of Americans oppose allowing guns in bars. And yet, only one state in the country (Alaska!) makes it illegal to bring a gun into both bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Further, the gun lobby, as part of its “guns everywhere” agenda, has successfully pushed through legislation in at least five states since 2009 — Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia — making it legal for people to bring guns into bars.

But millions of Americans are rising up to challenge this and other extreme policies that make us less safe. To get involved in the fight to save American lives from gun violence, join Everytown for Gun Safety today.

But this is where the ad is misleading. Purposefully left out are a few key restrictions in the laws; namely the fact that a patron carrying a loaded weapon into a bar is not allowed to drink at all. Anyone caught in violation could face jail time, fines and risk losing firearm licenses. Plus, restaurant and bar owners aren't forced to allow weapons inside their establishments and retain the right to forbid guns if they so choose.  

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