Though their album Hey Ma just hit stores in the U.K. on April 8, the cover art for the album is already stirring up controversy [1]. Depicting a baby reaching toward a gun with baby blocks spelling out the album name, the idea for the cover arose from a news item about a 10-month-old American baby obtaining a firearms certificate. Guitarist Larry Gott said, "Firearms are dangerous, they're not to be taken likely, and we as a society are becoming over familiarized with the image of gun and gun culture."

The Advertising Standards Authority in the U.K. has a different opinion, however, and has banned the cover art from any billboards promoting Hey Ma.

Do you think this is necessary?

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